Barclays, Base Prospectus 2006

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this Base Prospectus and (ii) will be made to the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and/or the Baden-
Wuerttemberg Stock Exchange for such Notes to be admitted to trading, either (i) on the official list
(amtlicher Markt), the regulated market (geregelter Markt), or (ii) on the unregulated market
(Freiverkehr) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and/or the Baden-Wuerttemberg Stock Exchange
(EUWAX), as the case may be. Approval by the Competent Authority means the positive act at the
outcome of the scrutiny of the completeness of this Base Prospectus including the consistency of the
information given and its comprehensibility. In addition, Notes may be listed on further stock
exchanges or may not be listed at all as agreed between the Issuer and the relevant Manager(s) in
relation to the relevant issue.
In this Base Prospectus, references to "Listed Notes" (and all related references) shall mean, in relation
to Notes issued under the Programme that the Competent Authority has given its approval of this Base
Prospectus and that the relevant Notes have been admitted by the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and/or the
Baden-Wuerttemberg Stock Exchange to trading either on the official list (amtlicher Markt) or the
regulated market (geregelter Markt) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and/or the Baden-Wuerttemberg
Stock Exchange.
Notice of the aggregate principal amount/aggregate par value of Notes, interest (if any) payable in
respect of Notes, the issue price of notes and any other terms and conditions not contained herein which
are applicable to each Tranche of Notes will be set forth in the relevant Final Terms which, with
respect to Listed Notes will be delivered to the Competent Authority. In relation to Listed Notes issued
under the Programme, copies of this Base Prospectus, the relevant Final Terms and all other documents
set out below under "Availability of Documents" will be available for inspection during normal
business hours at the offices of the Fiscal Agent at whose office copies thereof can also be obtained
free of charge, and a copy of this Base Prospectus or any further base prospectus, or any supplements
thereto, and the relevant Final Terms may also be accessed through the website of the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange at www.deutsche-boerse.de.
The Programme allows for Notes to be listed on such other further stock exchange(s) as may be agreed
between the Issuer and the relevant Manager(s). Notes not issued on any stock exchange may also be
issued.
The Issuer will notify the Noteholders of any material adverse change in its financial condition and will
publish details thereof in accordance with §12 of the Terms and Conditions of the Notes. If the terms of
the Programme are modified or amended in a manner which would make the Base Prospectus, as
supplemented, inaccurate or misleading, a new or supplemental Base Prospectus will be prepared.
Approval of the Base Prospectus and Notification
Approval of this Base Prospectus pursuant to § 13 German Securities Prospectus Act
(Wertpapierprospektgesetz) has only been sought from the Competent Authority and from no other
competent authority in any other EU Member State or any other State which has or will implement the
Prospectus Directive.
In order to be able to conduct a public offer and/or listing in relation to certain issues of Notes in
Austria and The Netherlands, the Issuer intends to apply for a notification of the Base Prospectus
pursuant to §§ 17, 18 German Securities Prospectus Act (Wertpapierprospektgesetz) into the Republic
of Austria ("Austria") and The Netherlands. Furthermore, the Issuer has undertaken with the
Managers, however, to procure in connection with a Tranche of Notes a notification pursuant to §§ 17,
18 German Securities Prospectus Act (Wertpapierprospektgesetz) in relation to such jurisdiction(s), as
may be agreed by the Issuer and the relevant Manager(s) from time to time.
Statute Governing Common Rights of Owners of Debt Securities of 1899
According to the requirements of the "Statute Governing Common Rights of Owners of Debt Securities
of 1899" the Statute is applicable to Notes issued under the Programme.