Barclays, Base Prospectus 2006

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Important Notice
IMPORTANT NOTICE
This Base Prospectus should be read and construed with any amendment or supplement hereto and with
any other documents incorporated by reference and, in relation to any issue of Notes, with the relevant
Final Terms.
The Managers (as defined under "Subscription and Sale" excluding the Issuer) have not independently
verified the information contained herein. Accordingly, no representation, warranty or undertaking,
express or implied, is made and no responsibility or liability is accepted by the Managers as to the
accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this Base Prospectus or any other information
provided by the Issuer in connection with the Programme.
No person has been authorised by the Issuer to issue any statement which is not consistent with or not
contained in this document, any other document entered into in relation to the Programme or any
information supplied by the Issuer or any information as in the public domain and, if issued, such
statement may not be relied upon as having been authorised by the Issuer or the Managers.
The distribution of the Base Prospectus and any Final Terms and any offering material relating to the
Notes and the offering, sale and delivery of the Notes in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law.
Nobody may use this Base Prospectus or any Final Terms for the purpose of an offer or solicitation if
in any jurisdiction such use would be unlawful. In particular, this document may only be
communicated or caused to be communicated in the United Kingdom in circumstances in which section
21(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 does not apply. Additionally, Notes issued under
this Programme will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
will include Notes in bearer form that are subject to U.S. tax law requirements. Therefore, subject to
certain exceptions, Notes may not be offered, sold or delivered within the United States or to U.S.
persons.
For a more detailed description of some restrictions, see "Subscription and Sale".
Neither this Base Prospectus nor any Final Terms constitute an offer to purchase any Notes and should
not be considered as a recommendation by the Issuer or the Managers that any recipient of this Base
Prospectus or any Final Terms should purchase any Notes. Each such recipient shall be taken to have
made its own investigation and appraisal of the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Issuer (see
"Risk Factors").
In connection with the issue and distribution of any Tranche of Notes under the Programme, the
Managers (if any) who are specified in the relevant Final Terms as the stabilising managers (or persons
acting on its behalf) may over-allot Notes (provided that the aggregate principal amount/total number
of Notes allotted does not exceed 105 per cent. of the aggregate principal amount/total number of the
Notes) or effect transactions with a view to supporting the market price of the Notes at a level higher
than that which might otherwise prevail. However, there is no assurance that such Managers (or any
person acting on its behalf) will undertake stabilisation action. Any stabilisation action may begin at
any time after the adequate public disclosure of the Final Terms of the offer of Notes and, if begun,
may be ended at any time, but it must end no later than the earlier of 30 days after the Issue Date and
60 days after the date of the allotment of the Notes.
Any such stabilisation action so taken will be, in all material respects, permitted by or otherwise
in accordance with all relevant requirements applicable to such actions in the jurisdictions where
such actions are effected (including rules and other regulatory requirements governing any stock
exchange where such Notes are listed).