Barclays, Base Prospectus 2006

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[[in case of [Notes] [Certificates] other than Zero Coupon [Notes] [Certificates] insert:]
(b) Payment of Interest. Payment of interest on [Notes] [Certificates] shall be made, subject
to applicable fiscal and other laws and regulations, in the Currency and to the Clearing
System or to its order for credit to the relevant account holders of the Clearing System
upon presentation of the Global [Note] [Certificate] at the specified office of any Paying
Agent outside the United States [and upon delivery of certifications to the effect that the
beneficial owners or owners of the [Notes] [Certificates] represented by the Temporary
Global [Note] [Certificate] are not U.S. persons as defined by the U.S. Securities Act of
1933].
(2) Business Day. If the date for payment of any amount in respect of any [Note] [Certificate] is not
a Business Day then the [Noteholder] [Certificateholder] shall not be entitled to payment until
the next Business Day in the relevant place and shall not be entitled to further interest or other
payment in respect of such delay.
"Business Day" means a day on which (other than Saturday and Sunday) [(a)] banks are open
for business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in [enter all
other relevant business centres] (the "Relevant Financial Centres") [and (b) all relevant parts
of the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer System
("TARGET") are operating to effect payments in Euro].
(3) United States. "United States" means the United States of America including the States thereof
and the District of Columbia and its possessions (including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands,
Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands).
(4) Discharge. The Issuer shall be discharged by payment to, or to the order of, the Clearing
System.
(5) References to Principal and Interest. References to "principal" shall be deemed to include, as
applicable the Final Redemption Amount of the [Notes] [Certificates]; the Early Redemption
Amount of the [Notes] [Certificates]; the Optional Redemption Amount of the [Notes]
[Certificates]; and any premium and any other amounts which may be payable under or in
respect of the [Notes] [Certificates]. References to "interest" shall be deemed to include, as
applicable, any Additional Amounts which may be payable under §6.
§6
(Taxation)
All payments of principal and interest in respect of the [Notes] [Certificates] shall be made free and
clear of, and without withholding or deduction for, any taxes, duties, assessments or governmental
charges of whatever nature imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or within Germany or
the United Kingdom, or any authority therein or thereof having power to tax, unless such withholding
or deduction is required by law. In that event the Issuer shall pay such additional amounts (the
"Additional Amounts") as shall result in receipt by the [Noteholders] [Certificateholder] of such
amounts as would have been received by them had no such withholding or deduction been required,
except that no Additional Amounts shall be payable with respect to any [Note] [Certificate]
(a) as far as German Kapitalertragsteuer (including Zinsabschlagsteuer) and the German Solidarity
Surcharge (Solidaritätszuschlag) or any other tax which may substitute the German
Kapitalertragsteuer or Solidaritätszuschlag, as the case may be, is concerned;
(b) to, or to a third party on behalf of, a [Noteholder] [Certificateholder] where such Noteholder
[Certificateholder] is liable to such withholding or deduction by reason of having some
connection with Germany or the United Kingdom other than by reason only of the holding of
such [Note] [Certificate] or the receipt of the relevant payment in respect thereof;