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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of Each Class of Securities Offered

 

Maximum Aggregate Offering Price

 

Amount of Registration Fee(1)

 

 

 

 

 

Global Medium-Term Notes, Series A

 

$4,000,000

 

$515.20

 

(1)                         Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(r) of the Securities Act of 1933.

 



 

Pricing Supplement dated August 15, 2014

(To the Prospectus dated July 19, 2013,
the Prospectus Supplement dated July 19, 2013
and the Index Supplement dated July 19, 2013)

 

Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2)
Registration No. 333-190038

 

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$4,000,000

Callable Contingent Payment Notes due August 18, 2017

Linked to the Lowest Return of the EURO STOXX 50® Index, the Russell 2000® Index, and the Nikkei

Stock Average (Nikkei225)

Global Medium-Term Notes, Series A

 

Terms used in this pricing supplement, but not defined herein, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the prospectus supplement.

 

Issuer:

Barclays Bank PLC

 

 

Initial Valuation Date:

August 15, 2014

 

 

Issue Date:

August 20, 2014

 

 

Final Valuation Date:*

August 15, 2017

 

 

Observation Dates:*

November 17, 2014, February 17, 2015, May 15, 2015, August 17, 2015, November 16, 2015, February 16, 2016, May 16, 2016, August 15, 2016, November 15, 2016, February 15, 2017, May 15, 2017 and the Final Valuation Date.

 

 

Maturity Date:*

August 18, 2017

 

 

Denominations:

Minimum denomination of $1,000, and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof

 

 

Reference Assets:

EURO STOXX 50® Index (the “EURO STOXX 50 Index”), Russell 2000® Index (the “Russell 2000 Index”) and  the Nikkei Stock Average (Nikkei225) (the “Nikkei225”)

 

 

 

 

Reference Asset

Bloomberg Ticker

Initial Level

Barrier Level

Coupon Barrier Level

 

 

 

EURO STOXX 50 Index

SX5E<Index>

3,033.52

1,971.79

1,971.79

 

 

 

Russell 2000 Index

RTY<Index>

1,141.65

742.07

742.07

 

 

 

Nikkei225

NKY <Index>

15,318.34

9,956.92

9,956.92

 

 

 

 

The EURO STOXX 50 Index, the Russell 2000 Index and the Nikkei225 are each referred to in this pricing supplement as a “Reference Asset” and collectively as the “Reference Assets”.

 

 

Payment at Maturity:

If you hold your Notes to maturity, and if your Notes are not early redeemed by us pursuant to the “Early Redemption at the Option of the Issuer” provisions described below, you will receive (subject to our credit risk) on the Maturity Date, in addition to any Contingent Coupon that may be due on such date, a payment per $1,000 principal amount Note that you hold determined as follows:

 

·                   If the Final Level of the Lowest Performing Reference Asset is greater than or equal to its Barrier Level, $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount Note that you hold.

 

·                   If the Final Level of the Lowest Performing Reference Asset is less than its Barrier Level, an amount per $1,000 principal amount Note calculated as follows:

 

$1,000 + [$1,000 x Reference Asset Return of the Lowest Performing Reference Asset]

 

If your Notes are not redeemed by us prior to maturity, and if the Final Level of the Lowest Performing Reference Asset is less than its Barrier Level, your Notes will be fully exposed to any such decline and you will lose some or all of your investment in the Notes. The payment at maturity will be based solely on the Reference Asset Return of the Lowest Performing Reference Asset and the performances of the other Reference Assets will not be taken into account for purposes of calculating any payment due at maturity under the Notes. 

 

Any payments due on the Notes, including any payment due at maturity, is subject to the creditworthiness of the Issuer and is not guaranteed by any third party. For a description of risks with respect to the ability of Barclays Bank PLC to satisfy its obligations as they come due, see “Credit of Issuer” in this pricing supplement.

[Terms of the Notes Continue on the Next Page]

 

 

Initial Issue Price(1)

Price to Public

Agent’s Commission(2)

Proceeds to Barclays Bank PLC

Per Note

$1,000

100%

1.75%

98.25%

Total

$4,000,000

$4,000,000

$70,000

$3,930,000

(1)          Our estimated value of the Notes on the Initial Valuation Date, based on our internal pricing models, is $975.90 per Note.   The estimated value is less than the initial issue price of the Notes.  See “Additional Information Regarding Our Estimated Value of the Notes” on page PS-1 of this pricing supplement.

(2)          Barclays Capital Inc. will receive commissions from the Issuer equal to 1.75% of the principal amount of the notes, or $17.50 per $1,000 principal amount, and may retain all or a portion of these commissions or use all or a portion of these commissions to pay selling concessions or fees to other dealers.

 

Investing in the Notes involves a number of risks.  See “Risk Factors” beginning on page S-6 of the prospectus supplement and “Selected Risk Considerations” beginning on page PS-9 of this pricing supplement.

 

We may use this pricing supplement in the initial sale of Notes.  In addition, Barclays Capital Inc. or another of our affiliates may use this pricing supplement in market resale transactions in any Notes after their initial sale. Unless we or our agent informs you otherwise in the confirmation of sale, this pricing supplement is being used in a market resale transaction.

 

The Notes will not be listed on any U.S. securities exchange or quotation system.  Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined that this pricing supplement is truthful or complete.   Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

The Notes constitute our direct, unconditional, unsecured and unsubordinated obligations and are not deposit liabilities of Barclays Bank PLC and are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency of the United States, the United Kingdom or any other jurisdiction.

 

Terms of the Notes, Continued

 

Contingent Coupon:

The Contingent Coupon is equal to $21.875 per $1,000 principal amount note, which is 2.1875% of the principal amount per Note (8.75% per annum).

 

If the Closing Level of each Reference Asset on any Observation Date is equal to or greater than their respective Coupon Barrier Levels, Barclays Bank PLC will pay you the Contingent Coupon applicable to such Observation Date on the related Contingent Coupon Payment Date.

 

If the Closing Level of any Reference Asset is less than its Coupon Barrier Level on any Observation Date, the Contingent Coupon applicable to such Observation Date will not accrue or be payable and Barclays Bank PLC will not make any payment to you on the related Contingent Coupon Payment Date.

 

 

Contingent Coupon Payment Dates:*

With respect to any Observation Date, the fifth Business Day after such Observation Date, provided that the Contingent Coupon Payment Date with respect to the Final Valuation Date will be the Maturity Date.

 

 

Early Redemption at the Option of the Issuer:

We may redeem your Notes (in whole but not in part) at our sole discretion without your consent at the Redemption Price set forth below on any Contingent Coupon Payment Date, provided that we give at least five Business Days’ prior written notice to the trustee.  If we exercise our redemption option, the Contingent Coupon Payment Date on which we exercise such option will be referred to as the “Early Redemption Date”.

 

 

Redemption Price:

A cash payment equal to $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount Note that you hold, together with any Contingent Coupon that may be due on the applicable Early Redemption Date.

 

 

Closing Level:

With respect to a Reference Asset, on any day, the official closing level of that Reference Asset published at the regular weekday close of trading on that day as displayed on the applicable Bloomberg Professional® service page noted above or any successor page on Bloomberg Professional® service or any successor service, as applicable. 

 

In certain circumstances, the closing level of a Reference Asset will be based on the alternate calculation of the Reference Asset  as described in “Reference Assets—Adjustments Relating to Securities with the Reference Asset Comprised of an Index or Indices” in the accompanying prospectus supplement.

 

 

Coupon Barrier Level:

With respect to a Reference Asset, 65% of its Initial Level (rounded to two decimal places), as set forth in the table above.

 

 

Barrier Level:

With respect to a Reference Asset, 65% of its Initial Level (rounded to two decimal places), as set forth in the table above.

 

 

Reference Asset Business Day:

A day that is a scheduled trading day with respect to each Reference Asset on which no Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to any Reference Asset

 

The term “scheduled trading day”, with respect to each Reference Asset, has the meaning set forth under “Reference Assets—Indices—Market Disruption Events for Securities with the Reference Asset Comprised of an Index or Indices of Equity Securities” in the accompanying prospectus supplement.

 

 

Lowest Performing Reference Asset:

The Reference Asset with the lowest Reference Asset Return, as calculated in the manner set forth below.

 

 

Reference Asset Return:

With respect to each Reference Asset the performance of such Reference Asset from its Initial Level to its Final Level, calculated as follows:

 

Final Level – Initial Level
Initial Level

 

 

Initial Level:

With respect to a Reference Asset, the Closing Level on the Initial Valuation Date.

 

 

Final Level:

With respect to a Reference Asset, the Closing Level on the Final Valuation Date.

 

 

Calculation Agent:

Barclays Bank PLC

 

 

Denominations:

Minimum denomination of $1,000, and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof

 

 

CUSIP/ISIN:

06741UHS6 / US06741UHS69

 

*                  Subject to postponement, as described under “Selected Purchase Considerations—Market Disruption Events” in this pricing supplement.

 

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ADDITIONAL TERMS SPECIFIC TO THE NOTES

 

You should read this pricing supplement together with the prospectus dated July 19, 2013, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated July 19, 2013 and the index supplement dated July 19, 2013 relating to our Global Medium-Term Notes, Series A, of which these Notes are a part.  This pricing supplement, together with the documents listed below, contains the terms of the Notes and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous oral statements as well as any other written materials including preliminary or indicative pricing terms, correspondence, trade ideas, structures for implementation, sample structures, brochures or other educational materials of ours.  You should carefully consider, among other things, the matters set forth under “Risk Factors” in the prospectus supplement and the index supplement, as the Notes involve risks not associated with conventional debt securities.  We urge you to consult your investment, legal, tax, accounting and other advisors before you invest in the Notes.

 

You may access these documents on the SEC website at www.sec.gov as follows (or if such address has changed, by reviewing our filings for the relevant date on the SEC website):

 

·                  Prospectus dated July 19, 2013

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/312070/000119312513295636/d570220df3asr.htm

 

·                  Prospectus Supplement dated July 19, 2013

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/312070/000119312513295715/d570220d424b3.htm

 

·                  Index Supplement dated July 19, 2013

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/312070/000119312513295727/d570220d424b3.htm

 

 

Our SEC file number is 1-10257.  As used in this pricing supplement, the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our” refers to Barclays Bank PLC.

 



 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING OUR ESTIMATED VALUE OF THE NOTES

 

Our internal pricing models take into account a number of variables and are based on a number of subjective assumptions, which may or may not materialize, typically including volatility, interest rates, and our internal funding rates.  Our internal funding rates (which are our internally published borrowing rates based on variables such as market benchmarks, our appetite for borrowing, and our existing obligations coming to maturity) may vary from the levels at which our benchmark debt securities trade in the secondary market.  Our estimated value on the Initial Valuation Date is based on our internal funding rates.  Our estimated value of the Notes may be lower if such valuation were based on the levels at which our benchmark debt securities trade in the secondary market.

 

Our estimated value of the Notes on the Initial Valuation Date is less than the initial issue price of the Notes.  The difference between the initial issue price of the Notes and our estimated value of the Notes results from several factors, including any sales commissions paid to Barclays Capital Inc. or another affiliate of ours, any selling concessions, discounts, commissions or fees allowed or paid to non-affiliated intermediaries, the estimated profit that we or any of our affiliates expect to earn in connection with structuring the Notes, the estimated cost which we may incur in hedging our obligations under the Notes, and estimated development and other costs which we may incur in connection with the Notes.

 

Our estimated value on the Initial Valuation Date is not a prediction of the price at which the Notes may trade in the secondary market, nor will it be the price at which Barclays Capital Inc. may buy or sell the Notes in the secondary market. Subject to normal market and funding conditions, Barclays Capital Inc. or another affiliate of ours intends to offer to purchase the Notes in the secondary market but it is not obligated to do so.

 

Assuming that all relevant factors remain constant after the Initial Valuation Date, the price at which Barclays Capital Inc. may initially buy or sell the Notes in the secondary market, if any, and the value that we may initially use for customer account statements, if we provide any customer account statements at all, may exceed our estimated value on the Initial Valuation Date for a temporary period expected to be approximately four months after the Issue Date because, in our discretion, we may elect to effectively reimburse to investors a portion of the estimated cost of hedging our obligations under the Notes and other costs in connection with the Notes which we will no longer expect to incur over the term of the Notes.  We made such discretionary election and determined this temporary reimbursement period on the basis of a number of factors, including the tenor of the Notes and any agreement we may have with the distributors of the Notes.  The amount of our estimated costs which we effectively reimburse to investors in this way may not be allocated ratably throughout the reimbursement period, and we may discontinue such reimbursement at any time or revise the duration of the reimbursement period after the initial issue date of the Notes based on changes in market conditions and other factors that cannot be predicted.

 

We urge you to read the “Selected Risk Considerations” beginning on page PS-9 of this pricing supplement.

 

PS-1



 

HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLES OF AMOUNTS PAYABLE ON A SINGLE CONTINGENT COUPON PAYMENT DATE

 

The following examples demonstrate the circumstances under which you may receive a Contingent Coupon on a hypothetical Contingent Coupon Payment Date. The numbers appearing in these tables are purely hypothetical and are provided for illustrative purposes only. These examples do not take into account any tax consequences from investing in the Notes and make the following key assumptions:

 

·                  Initial Level of each Reference Asset: 100.00*

·                  Coupon Barrier Level for each Reference Asset: 65.00*

·                  Contingent Coupon: 2.1875% of the principal amount per Note (8.75% per annum)

 

* The hypothetical Initial Level of 100.00 and the hypothetical Coupon Barrier Level of 65.00 for each Index have been chosen for illustrative purposes only. The actual Initial Level for each Reference Asset is equal to the Closing Level for that Reference Asset on the Initial Valuation Date, as set forth on the cover page of this pricing supplement.

 

For more information about recent levels of each Reference Asset, please see “Information Regarding the Reference Assets” below.

 

Example 1: The Closing Level of each Reference Asset is greater than its Coupon Barrier Level on the relevant Observation Date.

 

Reference Asset

Closing Level on Relevant Observation Date

EURO STOXX 50 Index

85.00

Russell 2000 Index

105.00

Nikkei225

110.00

 

Because the Closing Level of each Reference Asset is greater than its respective Coupon Barrier Level, you will receive a Contingent Coupon of $21.875, or 2.1875% of the principal amount of your Notes, on the related Contingent Coupon Payment Date.

 

Example 2: The Closing Level of one Reference is greater than its Coupon Barrier Level on the relevant Observation Date and the Closing Level of at least one other Reference Asset is less than its Coupon Barrier Level.

 

Reference Asset

Closing Level on Relevant Observation Date

EURO STOXX 50 Index

105.00

Russell 2000 Index

55.00

Nikkei225

85.00

 

Because the Closing Level of at least one Reference Asset is less than its Coupon Barrier Level, you will not receive a Contingent Coupon on the related Contingent Coupon Payment Date.

 

Example 3: The Closing Level of each Reference is less than its Coupon Barrier Level on the relevant Observation Date.

 

Reference Asset

Closing Level on Relevant Observation Date

EURO STOXX 50 Index

55.00

Russell 2000 Index

45.00

Nikkei225

50.00

 

Because the Closing Level of at least one Reference Asset is less than its Coupon Barrier Level, you will not receive a Contingent Coupon on the related Contingent Coupon Payment Date.

 

Examples 2 and 3 demonstrate that you may not receive a Contingent Coupon on a Contingent Coupon Payment Date. If the Closing Level of at least one Reference Asset is below its Coupon Barrier Level on each Observation Date, you will not receive any Contingent Coupons during the term of your Notes.

 

PS-2



 

HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLES OF CONTINGENT COUPON PAYMENTS DURING THE TERM OF THE NOTES

 

The following examples are purely hypothetical and are provided for illustrative purposes only. These examples are intended to illustrate the amount of Contingent Coupons that you may receive over the term of the Notes under various circumstances.  The following examples do not take into account any tax consequences from investing in the Notes and make the following key assumptions:

 

§                  Contingent Coupon: 2.1875% of the principal amount per Note (8.75% per annum)

 

§                  You hold your Notes to maturity and we do NOT exercise our option to redeem your Notes prior to maturity

 

Example 1: The Closing Level of at least one Reference Asset is less than its Coupon Barrier Level on some Observation Dates. The Closing Level of each Reference Asset is greater than their respective Coupon Barrier Levels on other Observation Dates.

 

Observation Date

Is the Closing Level of any
Reference Asset Less Than its
Coupon Barrier Level?

Is a Contingent Coupon Due
on the Related Contingent
Coupon Payment Date?

Contingent Coupon
Payment (per $1,000
principal amount)

1

No

Yes

$21.875

2

Yes

No

$0.00

3

Yes

No

$0.00

4

No

Yes

$21.875

5

Yes

No

$0.00

6

No

Yes

$21.875

7

Yes

No

$0.00

8

No

Yes

$21.875

9

No

Yes

$21.875

10

Yes

No

$0.00

11

No

Yes

$21.875

12 (the Final Valuation Date)

Yes

No

$0.00

 

The total amount of Contingent Coupons that you receive during the term of the Notes is $131.25 per $1,000 principal amount Note that you hold. This example demonstrates that you will receive a Contingent Coupon on a Contingent Coupon Payment Date only if the Closing Level of each Reference Asset is equal to or greater than its Coupon Barrier Level on the related Observation Date.

 

 

 

Example 2: The Closing Level of each Reference Asset on each Observation Date is equal to or greater than its respective Coupon Barrier Level.

 

Observation Date

Is the Closing Level of any
Reference Asset Less Than its
Coupon Barrier Level?

Is a Contingent Coupon Due
on the Related Contingent
Coupon Payment Date?

Contingent Coupon
Payment (per $1,000
principal amount)

1

No

Yes

$21.875

2

No

Yes

$21.875

3

No

Yes

$21.875

4

No

Yes

$21.875

5

No

Yes

$21.875

6

No

Yes

$21.875

7

No

Yes

$21.875

8

No

Yes

$21.875

9

No

Yes

$21.875

10

No

Yes

$21.875

11

No

Yes

$21.875

12 (the Final Valuation Date)

No

Yes

$21.875

 

The total amount of Contingent Coupons that you receive during the term of the Notes is $262.50 per $1,000 principal amount Note that you hold. This example demonstrates the maximum possible return that you may earn on their Notes.

 

PS-3



 

Example 3: The Closing Level of at least one Reference Asset is less than its Coupon Barrier Level on each Observation Date.

 

Observation Date

Is the Closing Level of any
Reference Asset Less Than its
Coupon Barrier Level?

Is a Contingent Coupon Due
on the Related Contingent
Coupon Payment Date?

Contingent Coupon
Payment (per $1,000
principal amount)

1

Yes

No

$0.00

2

Yes

No

$0.00

3

Yes

No

$0.00

4

Yes

No

$0.00

5

Yes

No

$0.00

6

Yes

No

$0.00

7

Yes

No

$0.00

8

Yes

No

$0.00

9

Yes

No

$0.00

10

Yes

No

$0.00

11

Yes

No

$0.00

12 (the Final Valuation Date)

Yes

No

$0.00

 

The total amount of Contingent Coupons that you receive during the term of the Notes is $0.00. This example demonstrates that you may not receive any Contingent Coupons during the term of the Notes.

 

The examples above relate solely to the Contingent Coupon payments that you may receive during the term of the Notes and do not relate to the payment that you may receive at maturity.  Regardless of any Contingent Coupons that you may receive during the term of the Notes, you may also lose some or all of the principal amount of your Notes, as described on the cover page of this pricing supplement.

 

For examples of the payment that you may receive at maturity, please see “Hypothetical Examples of Amounts Payable at Maturity” below.

 

PS-4



 

HYPOTHETICAL PAYMENT AT MATURITY CALCULATIONS

 

The following table illustrates a hypothetical range of payments that you may receive at maturity (excluding the final Contingent Coupon payment that may be due on the Notes) assuming a range of Reference Asset Returns for the Reference Assets.  The examples set forth below are purely hypothetical and are provided for illustrative purposes only.  The numbers appearing in the following table and examples have been rounded for ease of analysis.  The following examples do not take into account any tax consequences from investing in the Notes.  These examples also make the following key assumptions:

 

§                  Initial Level of each Reference Asset: 100.00*

 

§                  Coupon Barrier Level for each Reference Asset: 65.00*

 

§                  Barrier Level for each Reference Asset: 65.00*

 

* The hypothetical Initial Level of 100.00 and the hypothetical Coupon Barrier Level and Barrier Level of 65.00 for each Reference Asset have been chosen for illustrative purposes only. The actual Initial Level for each Reference Asset is equal to the Closing Level for that Reference Asset on the Initial Valuation Date, as set forth on the cover page of this pricing supplement.

 

For more information about recent levels of each Reference Asset, please see “Information Regarding the Reference Assets” below.

 

The following table illustrates the hypothetical payments at maturity assuming a range of performances for the Reference Assets:

 

Final
Level of
Russell
2000
Index

Final
Level of
EURO
STOXX
50 Index

Final
Level of
Nikkei225

Reference

Asset

Return of
Russell
2000
Index

Reference
Asset
Return of
EURO
STOXX 50
Index

Reference
Asset
Return of
Nikkei225

Reference
Return of the
Lowest
Performing
Reference
Asset

Payment at
Maturity*
(Not including any
Contingent Coupon)

200.00

205.00

210.00

100.00%

105.00%

110.00%

100.00%

$1,000.00

195.00

190.00

200.00

95.00%

90.00%

100.00%

90.00%

$1,000.00

180.00

185.00

185.00

80.00%

85.00%

85.00%

80.00%

$1,000.00

170.00

170.00

180.00

75.00%

70.00%

80.00%

70.00%

$1,000.00

160.00

165.00

170.00

60.00%

65.00%

70.00%

60.00%

$1,000.00

155.00

150.00

155.00

55.00%

50.00%

55.00%

50.00%

$1,000.00

140.00

145.00

145.00

40.00%

45.00%

45.00%

40.00%

$1,000.00

135.00

130.00

140.00

35.00%

30.00%

40.00%

30.00%

$1,000.00

120.00

125.00

130.00

20.00%

25.00%

30.00%

20.00%

$1,000.00

112.00

110.00

115.00

12.00%

10.00%

15.00%

10.00%

$1,000.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

$1,000.00

95.00

90.00

97.50

-5.00%

-10.00%

-2.50%

-10.00%

$1,000.00

80.00

102.00

90.00

-20.00%

2.00%

-10.00%

-20.00%

$1,000.00

115.00

95.00

70.00

15.00%

-5.00%

-30.00%

-30.00%

$1,000.00

80.00

80.00

65.00

-20.00%

-20.00%

-35.00%

-35.00%

$1,000.00

60.00

80.00

70.00

-40.00%

-20.00%

-30.00%

-40.00%

$600.00

55.00

50.00

60.00

-45.00%

-50.00%

-40.00%

-50.00%

$500.00

40.00

60.00

45.00

-60.00%

-40.00%

-55.00%

-60.00%

$400.00

115.00

30.00

50.00

15.00%

-70.00%

-50.00%

-70.00%

$300.00

20.00

25.00

30.00

-80.00%

-75.00%

-70.00%

-80.00%

$200.00

15.00

10.00

20.00

-85.00%

-90.00%

-80.00%

-90.00%

$100.00

0.00

50.00

10.00

-100.00%

-95.00%

-90.00%

-100.00%

$0.00

 

*per $1,000 principal amount Note

 

PS-5



 

The following examples illustrate how the payments at maturity set forth in the table above are calculated:

 

Example 1: The Russell 2000 Index increases from an Initial Level of 100.00 to a Final Level of 120.00, the EURO STOXX 50 Index increases from an Initial Level of 100.00 to a Final Level of 125.00, the and the Nikkei225 increases from an Initial Level of 100.00 to a Final Level of 130.00.

 

Because the Reference Asset Return of the Russell 2000 Index of 20.00% is the lower than the Reference Asset Returns of the EURO STOXX 50 Index and the Nikkei225, the Russell 2000 Index is the Lowest Performing Reference Asset. Because the Final Level of the Lowest Performing Reference Asset is greater than its Initial Level (and, accordingly, greater than its Barrier Level), the investor receives a cash payment of $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount Note that they hold.

 

Example 2: The Russell 2000 Index decreases from an Initial Level of 100.00 to a Final Level of 80.00, the EURO STOXX 50 Index increases from an Initial Level of 100.00 to a Final Level of 102.00, and the Nikkei225 decreases from an Initial Level of 100.00 to a Final Level of 90.00.

 

Because the Reference Asset Return of the Russell 2000 Index of -20.00% is the lower than the Reference Asset Returns of the EURO STOXX 50 Index and the Nikkei225, the Russell 2000 Index is the Lowest Performing Reference Asset. Because the Final Level of the Lowest Performing Reference Asset is greater than its Barrier Level, the investor receives a cash payment of $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount Note that they hold.

 

Example 3: The Russell 2000 Index increases from an Initial Level of 100.00 to a Final Level of 115.00, EURO STOXX 50 Index decreases from an Initial Level of 100.00 to a Final Level of 30.00, and the Nikkei225 decreases from an Initial Level of 100.00 to a Final Level of 50.00.

 

Because the Reference Asset Return of the EURO STOXX 50 Index of -70.00% is lower than the Reference Asset Returns of the Russell 2000 Index and the Nikkei225, the EURO STOXX 50 Index is the Lowest Performing Reference Asset. Because the Final Level of the Lowest Performing Reference Asset is less than its respective Barrier Level, the investor receives a payment at maturity of $300.00 per $1,000 principal amount Note, calculated as follows:

 

$1,000 + [$1,000 x Reference Asset Return of the Lowest Performing Reference Asset]

$1,000 + [$1,000 x -70.00%] = $300.00

 

SELECTED PURCHASE CONSIDERATIONS

 

·                  Reference Asset Business Days and Market Disruption Events—The Observation Dates (including the Final Valuation Date), the Contingent Coupon Payment Dates, the Maturity Date and the payment at maturity are subject to adjustment in the event that a scheduled Observation Date is not a Reference Asset Business Day.

 

If the Calculation Agent determines that an Observation Date is not a Reference Asset Business Day, the relevant Observation Date will be postponed.  If such postponement occurs, the Closing Levels of the Reference Assets shall be determined using the Closing Levels on the first following Reference Asset Business Day.  In no event, however, will an Observation Date be postponed by more than five Reference Asset Business Days (or days that would have been Reference Asset Business Days but for the occurrence of a Market Disruption Event with respect to a Reference Asset on such day).  If the Calculation Agent determines that a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing in respect of any Reference Asset on such fifth day, the Calculation Agent will determine the Closing Level of any Reference Asset unaffected by such Market Disruption Event using the Closing Level on such fifth day, and will make an estimate of the Closing Level of any Reference Asset affected by such Market Disruption Event that would have prevailed on such fifth day in the absence of such Market Disruption Event.

 

In the event that an Observation Date (other than the Final Valuation Date) is postponed, the applicable Contingent Coupon Payment Date will be the fifth Business Day following the relevant Observation Date, as postponed. If the final Observation Date (the Final Valuation Date) is postponed, the Maturity Date will be postponed by the same number of business days from but excluding the originally scheduled Final Valuation Date to and including the originally scheduled Maturity Date.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the accompanying prospectus supplement, the Final Valuation Date may be postponed by up to five Reference Asset Business Days (or days that would have been Reference Asset Business Days but for the occurrence of a Market Disruption Event), as described above.

 

For a description of what constitutes a Market Disruption Event with respect to an Index, see “Reference Assets—Indices—Market Disruption Events for Securities with the Reference Asset Comprised of an Index or Indices of Equity Securities” in the prospectus supplement.

·      Adjustments to the Reference Assets—The Reference Assets are subject to adjustment in various circumstances, as described under “Reference Assets—Indices—Adjustments Relating to Securities with the Reference Asset Comprised of an Index” in the accompanying prospectus supplement.

 

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·                  Downside Exposure to the EURO STOXX 50 Index, the Russell 2000 Index and the Nikkei225—The EURO STOXX 50 Index is comprised of fifty European blue-chip companies from within the Eurozone portion of the STOXX 600 Supersector indices. The Russell 2000 Index is designed to track the performance of the small capitalization segment of the U.S. equity market.  The Nikkei225 is a modified price-weighted stock index that measures the composite price performance of 225 underlying stocks trading on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc., representing a broad cross-section of Japanese industries. For more information about the Reference Assets, please see “Information Regarding the Reference Assets” below.

·                  Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations—The material tax consequences of your investment in the Notes are summarized below.  The discussion below supplements the discussion under “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” in the accompanying prospectus supplement.  Except as noted under “Non-U.S. Holders” below, this section applies to you only if you are a U.S. holder (as defined in the accompanying prospectus supplement) and you hold your Notes as capital assets for tax purposes and does not apply to you if you are a member of a class of holders subject to special rules or are otherwise excluded from the discussion in the prospectus supplement (for example, if you did not purchase your Notes in the initial issuance of the Notes).  In addition, this discussion does not apply to you if you purchase your Notes for less than the principal amount of the Notes.

 

The U.S. federal income tax consequences of your investment in the Notes are uncertain and the Internal Revenue Service could assert that the Notes should be taxed in a manner that is different than described below.  Pursuant to the terms of the Notes, Barclays Bank PLC and you agree, in the absence of a change in law or an administrative or judicial ruling to the contrary, to characterize your Notes as a contingent income-bearing derivative contract with respect to the Reference Assets.

 

If your Notes are properly treated as a contingent income-bearing derivative contract, you will likely be taxed on any Contingent Coupons you receive on the Notes as ordinary income in accordance with your regular method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes.  In addition, you should recognize gain or loss upon the sale, redemption or maturity of your Notes in an amount equal to the difference (if any) between the amount you receive at such time and your tax basis in the Notes. Except as described below, such gain or loss should generally be long-term capital gain or loss if you have held your Notes for more than one year, and otherwise should generally be short-term capital gain or loss.  Short-term capital gains are generally subject to tax at the marginal tax rates applicable to ordinary income.  However, it is possible that you should recognize ordinary income upon the sale of your Notes to the extent of the portion of the sale proceeds that relates to accrued Contingent Coupons that you have not yet included in ordinary income.  Any character mismatch arising from your inclusion of ordinary income in respect of any Contingent Coupons and capital loss (if any) upon the sale, redemption or maturity of your Notes may result in adverse tax consequences to you because an investor’s ability to deduct capital losses is subject to significant limitations.

 

In the opinion of our special tax counsel, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, it would be reasonable to treat your Notes in the manner described above.  This opinion assumes that the description of the terms of the Notes in this pricing supplement is materially correct.

 

NO STATUTORY, JUDICIAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY DIRECTLY DISCUSSES HOW YOUR NOTES SHOULD BE TREATED FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES.  AS A RESULT, THE U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE NOTES ARE UNCERTAIN.  ACCORDINGLY, WE URGE YOU TO CONSULT YOUR TAX ADVISOR AS TO THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF INVESTING IN THE NOTES.

 

Alternative Treatments.  As discussed further in the accompanying prospectus supplement, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service are actively considering various alternative treatments that may apply to instruments such as the Notes, possibly with retroactive effect.  Other alternative treatments for your Notes may also be possible under current law.  For example, it is possible that the Notes could be treated as debt instruments subject to the special tax rules governing contingent payment debt instruments. Under the contingent payment debt instrument rules, you generally would be required to accrue interest on a current basis in respect of the Notes over their term based on the comparable yield and projected payment schedule for the Notes and pay tax accordingly, even though these amounts may exceed the Contingent Coupons (if any) that are paid on the Notes.  You would also be required to make adjustments to your accruals if the actual amounts that you receive in any taxable year differ from the amounts shown on the projected payment schedule.  In addition, any gain you may recognize on the sale, redemption or maturity of the Notes would be taxed as ordinary interest income and any loss you may recognize on the sale, redemption or maturity of the Notes would generally be ordinary loss to the extent of the interest you previously included as income without an offsetting negative adjustment and thereafter would be capital loss.  You should consult your tax advisor as to the special rules that govern contingent payment debt instruments.

 

It is also possible that your Notes could be treated as an investment unit consisting of (i) a debt instrument that is issued to you by us and (ii) a put option in respect of the Reference Assets that is issued by you to us.  You should consult your tax advisor as to the possible consequences of this alternative treatment.

 

For a further discussion of the tax treatment of your Notes and the Contingent Coupons to be paid on the Notes as well as other possible alternative characterizations, please see the discussion under the heading “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax

 

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Considerations—Certain Notes Treated as Forward Contracts or Derivative Contracts” in the accompanying prospectus supplement.  You should consult your tax advisor as to the possible alternative treatments in respect of the Notes.  For additional, important considerations related to tax risks associated with investing in the Notes, you should also examine the discussion in “Selected Risk Considerations—Taxes”, in this pricing supplement.

 

Non-U.S. HoldersBarclays currently does not withhold on payments to non-U.S. holders in respect of instruments such as the Notes.  However, if Barclays determines that there is a material risk that it will be required to withhold on any such payments, Barclays may withhold on any Contingent Coupons at a 30% rate, unless you have provided to Barclays (i) a valid Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or (ii) a valid Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN-E claiming tax treaty benefits that reduce or eliminate withholding.  If Barclays elects to withhold and you have provided Barclays with a valid Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN-E claiming tax treaty benefits that reduce or eliminate withholding, Barclays may nevertheless withhold up to 30% on any Contingent Coupons it pays to you if there is any possible characterization of the payments that would not be exempt from withholding under the treaty.  Non-U.S. holders will also be subject to the general rules regarding information reporting and backup withholding as described under the heading “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations—Information Reporting and Backup Withholding” in the accompanying prospectus supplement.

 

The following replaces the discussion of Section 871(m) of the Internal Revenue Code in the accompanying prospectus supplement under “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations—Tax Treatment of Non-U.S. Holders.”  The Treasury Department has issued proposed regulations under Section 871(m) of the Internal Revenue Code which would, if finalized in their current form, impose U.S. federal withholding tax on “dividend equivalent” payments made on certain financial instruments linked to U.S. corporations (which the proposed regulations refer to as “specified ELIs”) that are owned by non-U.S. holders.  According to a notice issued by the Internal Revenue Service on March 4, 2014, the Internal Revenue Service intends to issue regulations providing that the term “specified ELI” will exclude any instrument issued prior to 90 days after the date when the proposed regulations under Section 871(m) are finalized.  Accordingly, we anticipate that non-U.S. holders of the Notes will not be subject to tax under Section 871(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

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SELECTED RISK CONSIDERATIONS

 

An investment in the Notes involves significant risks.  Investing in the Notes is not equivalent to investing directly in the Reference Assets or the underlying components of the Reference Assets.  These risks are explained in more detail in the “Risk Factors” section of the prospectus supplement, including the risk factors discussed under the following headings:

 

·             “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to All Securities”;

·             “Risk Factors—Additional Risks Relating to Securities with More Than One Reference Asset, Where the Performance of the Security Is Based on the Performance of Only One Reference Asset”;

·             “Risk Factors—Additional Risks Relating to Securities Which We May Call or Redeem (Automatically or Otherwise);

·             “Risk Factors—Additional Risks Relating to Securities with a Barrier Percentage or a Barrier Level”; and

·             “Risk Factors—Additional Risks Relating to Notes Which Are Not Characterized as Being Fully Principal Protected or Are Characterized as Being Partially Protected or Contingently Protected”.

 

In addition to the risks described above, you should consider the following:

 

·                  Your Investment in the Notes May Result in a Loss; No Principal Protection—The Notes do not guarantee any return of principal.  The payment at maturity depends on whether the Final Level of the Lowest Performing Reference Asset is less than its respective Barrier Level.  If the Final Level of the Lowest Performing Reference Asset is less than its Barrier Level, your Notes will be fully exposed to the decline of such Reference Asset from its Initial Level to its Final Level and you will lose some or all of your principal. You may lose up to 100% of your investment in the Notes.

·                  Potential Return Limited to the Contingent Coupons—The positive return on the Notes is limited to the Contingent Coupons, if any, that may be due during the term of the Notes.  You will not participate in any appreciation in the value of any Reference Asset and you will not receive more than the principal amount of your Notes at maturity (plus a Contingent Coupon if one is due in respect of the Final Valuation Date) even if the Reference Asset Return of one or more Reference Assets is positive.

·                  You May Not Receive any Contingent Coupon Payments on the Notes—You will receive a Contingent Coupon on a Contingent Coupon Payment Date only if the Closing Level of each Reference Asset on the related Observation Date is equal to or greater than its respective Coupon Barrier Level. If the Closing Level of any Reference Asset on an Observation Date is less than its Coupon Barrier Level, you will not receive a Contingent Coupon on the related Contingent Coupon Payment Date. If the Closing Level of at least one Reference Asset is less than its respective Coupon Barrier Level on each Observation Date, you will not receive any Contingent Coupons during the term of the Notes.

·                  If Your Notes are not Redeemed by Us Prior to Maturity, the Payment at Maturity is not Based on the Level of any Reference Asset at any Time Other than the Closing Level of the Lowest Performing Reference Asset on the Final Valuation Date—The Final Levels and Reference Asset Returns of the Reference Assets (and, accordingly, the Reference Asset Return of the Lowest Performing Reference Asset) will be based solely on the Closing Levels of the Reference Assets on the Final Valuation Date.  Accordingly, if the level of the Lowest Performing Reference Asset dropped precipitously on the Final Valuation Date, the payment at maturity that you will receive, if any, will be significantly less than it would have been had your payment at maturity been linked to the level of such Reference Asset at a time prior to such drop.

 

If your Notes are not called prior to maturity, your payment at maturity will be based solely on the Reference Asset Return of the Lowest Performing Reference Asset. If the Final Level of the Lowest Performing Reference Asset is less than the Barrier Level applicable to such Reference Asset, you will lose some or all of your investment in the Notes. Your losses will not be limited in any way by virtue of the Reference Asset Returns of the other Reference Assets being higher than the Reference Asset Return of the Lowest Performing Reference Asset.

·                  Credit of Issuer—The Notes are senior unsecured debt obligations of the issuer, Barclays Bank PLC and are not, either directly or indirectly, an obligation of any third party.  Any payment to be made on the Notes depends on the ability of Barclays Bank PLC to satisfy its obligations as they come due and is not guaranteed by any third party.   In the event Barclays Bank PLC were to default on its obligations, you may not receive any amounts owed to you under the terms of the Notes.

·                  Potential Early Exit—While the original term of the Notes is as indicated on the cover page of this pricing supplement, we may redeem your Notes (in whole but not in part) at our sole discretion without your consent at the Redemption Price on any Contingent Coupon Payment Date. As such, the term of the Notes may be as short as three months.

 

The Redemption Price that you receive on any Early Redemption Date, together with any Contingent Coupons that you may have received on prior Contingent Coupon Payment Dates, may be less than aggregate amount of payments that you would have received had you held your Notes to the scheduled maturity.  You may not be able to reinvest any amounts received on the Early Redemption Date in a comparable investment with similar risk and yield. No additional payments will be due after the Early Redemption Date.  Our right to redeem the Notes may also adversely impact your ability to sell your Notes and the price at which they may be sold.  Our election to redeem the Notes may further limit your ability to sell your Notes and realize any market appreciation of the value of your Notes.

 

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·                  Holding the Notes is not the Same as Owning Directly the Reference Assets, or the Underlying Constituents of the Reference Assets; No Dividend Payments or Voting Rights—Holding the Notes is not the same as investing directly in any of the underlying constituents of the Reference Assets.  The return on your Notes will not reflect the return you would realize if you actually purchased the underlying constituents the Reference Assets. As a holder of the Notes, you will not have voting rights or rights to receive cash dividends or other distributions or other rights that holders of the stocks comprising the Reference Assets would have.

·                  Suitability of the Notes for Investment—You should reach a decision whether to invest in the Notes after carefully considering, with your advisors, the suitability of the Notes in light of your investment objectives and the specific information set out in this pricing supplement, the prospectus supplement, the index supplement and the prospectus. Neither the Issuer nor any dealer participating in the offering makes any recommendation as to the suitability of the Notes for investment.

·                  Historical Performance of the Reference Assets Should Not Be Taken as Any Indication of the Future Performance of the Reference Assets Over the Term of the Notes—The historical performance of a Reference Asset is not an indication of the future performance of that Reference Asset over the term of the Notes.  The historical correlation between Reference Assets is not an indication of the future correlation between them over the term of the Notes.  Therefore, the performance of the Reference Assets individually or in comparison to each other over the term of the Notes may bear no relation or resemblance to the historical performance of any of the Reference Assets.

·                  Non-U.S. Securities Market Risk—The component securities of the EURO STOXX 50 Index and the Nikkei225 have been issued by non- U.S. issuers. Investments in securities linked to the value of non-U.S. securities involve risks associated with the securities markets in those countries. In particular securities issued by foreign companies in foreign securities markets may be more volatile and may be subject to different political, market, economic, exchange rate, regulatory and other risks which may have a negative impact on the performance of the financial products linked to such securities, which may have an adverse effect on the Notes.  Also, the public availability of information concerning the issuers of such securities will vary depending on their home jurisdiction and the reporting requirements imposed by their respective regulators.  In addition, the issuers of these securities may be subject to accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and requirement that differ from those applicable to United States reporting companies.

·                  Currency Exchange Risk— The component securities of the EURO STOXX 50 Index and the Nikkei225 are traded and quoted in foreign currencies on non-U.S. markets. Therefore, holders of the Notes will be exposed to currency exchange rate risk with respect to the currencies in which the securities which comprise the EURO STOXX 50 Index and those which comprise the Nikkei225 are denominated.  Currency exchange rates may be subject to a high degree of fluctuation due to changes in interest rates, the effects of monetary policies issued by the United States, foreign governments, central banks or supranational entities, the imposition of currency controls or other national or global political or economic developments. If the applicable currencies appreciate or depreciate relative to the U.S. dollar over the term of the Notes, you will not receive any additional payment or incur any reduction in your payment at maturity. If the value of the currencies in which securities comprising the EURO STOXX 50 Index or the Nikkei225 are denominated strengthens against the U.S. dollar during the term of your Notes, you may not obtain the benefit of that increase, which you would have had you owned such securities directly.

·                  Risks Associated with Small Capitalization Stocks May Affect the Notes—The Russell 2000 Index is intended to track the small capitalization segment of the U.S. equity market. The stock prices of smaller sized companies may be more volatile than stock prices of large capitalization companies. Small capitalization companies may be less able to withstand adverse economic, market, trade and competitive conditions relative to larger companies. Small capitalization companies may be less likely to pay dividends on their stocks, and the presence of a dividend payment could be a factor that limits downward stock price pressure under adverse market conditions.

·                  The Estimated Value of Your Notes Might be Lower if Such Estimated Value Were Based on the Levels at Which Our Debt Securities Trade in the Secondary Market—The estimated value of your Notes on the Initial Valuation Date is based on a number of variables, including our internal funding rates.  Our internal funding rates may vary from the levels at which our benchmark debt securities trade in the secondary market.  As a result of this difference, the estimated value referenced above may be lower if such estimated value was based on the levels at which our benchmark debt securities trade in the secondary market.

·                  The Estimated Value of Your Notes is Lower Than the Initial Issue Price of Your Notes—The estimated value of your Notes on the Initial Valuation Date is lower than the initial issue price of your Notes.  The difference between the initial issue price of your Notes and the estimated value of the Notes is a result of certain factors, such as any sales commissions paid to Barclays Capital Inc. or another affiliate of ours, any selling concessions, discounts, commissions or fees allowed or paid to non-affiliated intermediaries, the estimated profit that we or any of our affiliates expect to earn in connection with structuring the Notes, the estimated cost which we may incur in hedging our obligations under the Notes, and estimated development and other costs which we may incur in connection with the Notes.

·                  The Estimated Value of the Notes is Based on Our Internal Pricing Models, Which May Prove to be Inaccurate and May be Different from the Pricing Models of Other Financial Institutions—The estimated value of your Notes on the Initial Valuation Date is based on our internal pricing models, which take into account a number of variables and are based on a number of subjective assumptions, which may or may not materialize.  These variables and assumptions are not evaluated or verified on an independent basis. Further, our pricing models may be different from other financial institutions’ pricing models and the methodologies used by us to estimate the value of the Notes may not be consistent with those of other financial institutions which may be purchasers or sellers of Notes in the secondary market.  As a result, the secondary market price of your Notes may be materially different from the estimated value of the Notes determined by reference to our internal pricing models.

 

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·                  The Estimated Value of Your Notes Is Not a Prediction of the Prices at Which You May Sell Your Notes in the Secondary Market, if any, and Such Secondary Market Prices, If Any, Will Likely be Lower Than the Initial Issue Price of Your Notes and Maybe Lower Than the Estimated Value of Your Notes—The estimated value of the Notes will not be a prediction of the prices at which Barclays Capital Inc., other affiliates of ours or third parties may be willing to purchase the Notes from you in secondary market transactions (if they are willing to purchase, which they are not obligated to do).  The price at which you may be able to sell your Notes in the secondary market at any time will be influenced by many factors that cannot be predicted, such as market conditions, and any bid and ask spread for similar sized trades, and may be substantially less than our estimated value of the Notes.  Further, as secondary market prices of your Notes take into account the levels at which our debt securities trade in the secondary market, and do not take into account our various costs related to the Notes such as fees, commissions, discounts, and the costs of hedging our obligations under the Notes, secondary market prices of your Notes will likely be lower than the initial issue price of your Notes.  As a result, the price, at which Barclays Capital Inc., other affiliates of ours or third parties may be willing to purchase the Notes from you in secondary market transactions, if any, will likely be lower than the price you paid for your Notes, and any sale prior to the maturity date could result in a substantial loss to you.

·                  The Temporary Price at Which We May Initially Buy The Notes in the Secondary Market And the Value We May Initially Use for Customer Account Statements, If We Provide Any Customer Account Statements At All, May Not Be Indicative of Future Prices of Your Notes—Assuming that all relevant factors remain constant after the Initial Valuation Date, the price at which Barclays Capital Inc. may initially buy or sell the Notes in the secondary market (if Barclays Capital Inc. makes a market in the Notes, which it is not obligated to do) and the value that we may initially use for customer account statements, if we provide any customer account statements at all, may exceed our estimated value of the Notes on the Initial Valuation Date, as well as the secondary market value of the Notes, for a temporary period after the initial issue date of the Notes.  The price at which Barclays Capital Inc. may initially buy or sell the Notes in the secondary market and the value that we may initially use for customer account statements may not be indicative of future prices of your Notes.

·                  We and Our Affiliates May Engage in Various Activities or Make Determinations That Could Materially Affect Your Notes in Various Ways and Create Conflicts of Interest—We and our affiliates establish the offering price of the Notes for initial sale to the public, and the offering price is not based upon any independent verification or valuation.  Additionally, the role played by Barclays Capital Inc., as a dealer in the Notes, could present it with significant conflicts of interest with the role of Barclays Bank PLC, as issuer of the Notes. For example, Barclays Capital Inc. or its representatives may derive compensation or financial benefit from the distribution of the Notes and such compensation or financial benefit may serve as an incentive to sell these Notes instead of other investments.  We may pay dealer compensation to any of our affiliates acting as agents or dealers in connection with the distribution of the Notes.  Furthermore, we and our affiliates make markets in and trade various financial instruments or products for their own accounts and for the account of their clients and otherwise provide investment banking and other financial services with respect to these financial instruments and products. These financial instruments and products may include securities, instruments or assets that may serve as the underliers, basket underliers or constituents of the underliers of the Notes.  Such market making, trading activities, other investment banking and financial services may negatively impact the value of the Notes.  Furthermore, in any such market making, trading activities, and other services, we or our affiliates may take positions or take actions that are inconsistent with, or adverse to, the investment objectives of the holders of the Notes.  We and our affiliates have no obligation to take the needs of any buyer, seller or holder of the Notes into account in conducting these activities.

·                  Additional Potential Conflicts—In addition to the variety of roles that we and our affiliates play in connection with the issuance of the Notes described above, we also act as calculation agent and may enter into transactions to hedge our obligations under the Notes.  In performing these varied duties, the economic interests of the calculation agent and other affiliates of ours are potentially adverse to your interests as an investor in the Notes.

·                  Lack of Liquidity—The Notes will not be listed on any securities exchange.  Barclays Capital Inc. and other affiliates of Barclays Bank PLC intend to make a secondary market for the Notes but are not required to do so, and may discontinue any such secondary market making at any time, without notice.  Barclays Capital Inc. may at any time hold unsold inventory, which may inhibit the development of a secondary market for the Notes. Even if there is a secondary market, it may not provide enough liquidity to allow you to trade or sell the Notes easily.  Because other dealers are not likely to make a secondary market for the Notes, the price at which you may be able to trade your Notes is likely to depend on the price, if any, at which Barclays Capital Inc. and other affiliates of Barclays Bank PLC are willing to buy the Notes. The Notes are not designed to be short-term trading instruments.  Accordingly, you should be able and willing to hold your Notes to maturity.

·                  TaxesThe U.S. federal income tax treatment of the Notes is uncertain and the Internal Revenue Service could assert that the Notes should be taxed in a manner that is different than described above.  As discussed further in the accompanying prospectus supplement, the Internal Revenue Service issued a notice in 2007 indicating that it and the Treasury Department are actively considering whether, among other issues, you should be required to accrue interest over the term of an instrument such as the Notes at a rate that may exceed the Contingent Coupons (if any) that you receive on the Notes and whether all or part of the gain you may recognize upon the sale, redemption or maturity of an instrument such as the Notes should be treated as ordinary income.  Similarly, the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department have current projects open with regard to the tax treatment of pre-paid forward contracts and contingent notional principal contracts.  While it is impossible to anticipate how any ultimate guidance would affect the tax treatment of instruments such as the Notes (and while any such guidance may be issued on a prospective basis only), such guidance could be applied retroactively and could in any case (i) increase the likelihood that you will be required to accrue income in respect of the Notes even if you do not receive any payments with respect to the Notes until redemption or maturity and (ii) require you to accrue income in respect of the Notes in excess of any Contingent Coupons

 

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received on the Notes.  The outcome of this process is uncertain.  In addition, any character mismatch arising from your inclusion of ordinary income in respect of any Contingent Coupons and capital loss (if any) upon the sale, redemption or maturity of your Notes may result in adverse tax consequences to you because an investor’s ability to deduct capital losses is subject to significant limitations.  You should consult your tax advisor as to the possible alternative treatments in respect of the Notes.

·                  Many Economic and Market Factors Will Impact the Value of the Notes—In addition to the value of the Reference Assets on any day, the value of the Notes will be affected by a number of economic and market factors that may either offset or magnify each other, including:

o                the expected volatility of the Reference Assets;

o                the time to maturity of the Notes;

o                the market price and dividend rate on the common stocks underlying the Reference Assets;

o                interest and yield rates in the market generally;

o                a variety of economic, financial, political, regulatory or judicial events;

o                supply and demand for the Notes; and

o                our creditworthiness, including actual or anticipated downgrades in our credit ratings.

 

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INFORMATION REGARDING THE REFERENCE ASSETS

 

The EURO STOXX 50® Index

 

The EURO STOXX 50 Index provides a blue-chip representation of supersector leaders in the Eurozone. The EURO STOXX 50 Index represents supersector leaders in the Eurozone in terms of free-float market capitalization and covers 50 stocks from 12 Eurozone countries: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain.

 

For more details about the EURO STOXX 50 Index, the index sponsor and license agreement between the index sponsor and the issuer,  as well as certain risk factors that you should consider, see “Reference AssetsNon-Proprietary Indices-Equity IndicesEURO STOXX 50 Index” and “Risk Factors” on page IS-8 and IS-2, respectively, of the accompanying index supplement.

 

Historical Levels of the EURO STOXX 50 Index

 

You should not take the historical levels of the EURO STOXX 50 Index as an indication of the future performance of the EURO STOXX 50 Index. The level of the EURO STOXX 50 Index has fluctuated in the past and may, in the future, experience significant fluctuations. Any historical upward or downward trend in the level of the EURO STOXX 50 Index during any period shown below is not an indication that the EURO STOXX 50 Index is more or less likely to increase or decrease at any time during the life of the Notes.

 

Neither we nor any of our affiliates make any representation to you as to the performance of the EURO STOXX 50 Index. The actual performance of the EURO STOXX 50 Index over the life of the Notes, as well as the payment at maturity, may bear little relation to the historical levels shown below.

 

The table below shows the high, low and final Closing Levels of the EURO STOXX 50 Index for each of the four calendar quarters in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 and the first, second, and third calendar quarters of 2014 (through August 15, 2014). We obtained the Closing Levels listed in the table below and shown in the graph below from Bloomberg, L.P. We have not independently verified the accuracy or completeness of the information obtained from Bloomberg, L.P.

 

Period/Quarter Ended

Quarterly High

Quarterly Low

Quarterly Close

March 31, 2008

4,339.23

3,431.82

3,628.06

June 30, 2008

3,882.28

3,340.27

3,352.81

September 30, 2008

3,445.66

3,000.83

3,038.20

December 31, 2008

3,113.82

2,165.91

2,447.62

March 31, 2009

2,578.43

1,809.98

2,071.13

June 30, 2009

2,537.35

2,097.57

2,401.69

September 30, 2009

2,899.12

2,281.47

2,872.63

December 31, 2009

2,992.08

2,712.30

2,964.96

March 31, 2010

3,017.85

2,631.64

2,931.16

June 30, 2010

3,012.65

2,488.50

2,573.32

September 30, 2010

2,827.27

2,507.83

2,747.90

December 31, 2010

2,890.64

2,650.99

2,792.82

March 31, 2011

3,068.00

2,721.24

2,910.91

June 30, 2011

3,011.25

2,715.88

2,848.53

September 30, 2011

2,875.67

1,995.01

2,179.66

December 31, 2011

2,476.92

2,090.25

2,316.55

March 31, 2012

2,608.42

2,286.45

2,477.28

June 30, 2012

2,501.18

2,068.66

2,264.72

September 30, 2012

2,594.56

2,151.54

2,454.26

December 31, 2012

2,659.95

2,427.32

2,635.93

March 31, 2013

2,749.27

2,570.52

2,624.02

June 30, 2013

2,835.87

2,511.83

2,602.59

September 30, 2013

2,936.20

2,570.76

2,893.15

December 31, 2013

3,111.37

2,902.12

3,109.00

March 31, 2014

3,172.43

2,962.49

3,161.60

June 30, 2014

3,314.80

3,091.52

3,228.24

August 15, 2014*

3,289.75

3,006.83

3,033.52

 

*For the period commencing on July 1, 2014 and ending on August 15, 2014.

 

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The following graph sets forth the historical performance of the EURO STOXX 50 Index based on daily Closing Levels from January 1, 2008 through August 15, 2014. The Closing Level of the EURO STOXX 50 Index on August 15, 2014 was 3,033.52.

 

 

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The Russell 2000® Index

 

As noted above, the Russell 2000 Index is designed to track the performance of the small capitalization segment of the U.S. equity market.

 

For more details about the Russell 2000 Index, the index sponsor and license agreement between the index sponsor and the issuer,  as well as certain risk factors that you should consider, see “Reference AssetsNon-Proprietary IndicesEquity IndicesRussell 2000® Index” and “Risk Factors” on page IS-31 and IS-2, respectively, of the accompanying index supplement.

 

Historical Closing Levels of the Russell 2000 Index

 

You should not take the historical levels of the Russell 2000 Index as an indication of the future performance of the Russell 2000 Index. The level of the Russell 2000 Index has fluctuated in the past and may, in the future, experience significant fluctuations. Any historical upward or downward trend in the level of the Russell 2000 Index during any period shown below is not an indication that the Russell 2000 Index is more or less likely to increase or decrease at any time during the life of the Notes.

 

Neither we nor any of our affiliates make any representation to you as to the performance of the Russell 2000 Index. The actual performance of the Russell 2000 Index over the life of the Notes, as well as the payment at maturity, may bear little relation to the historical levels shown below.

 

The table below shows the high, low and final Closing Level of the Russell 2000 Index for each of the four calendar quarters in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 and the first, second, and third calendar quarters of 2014 (through August 15, 2014). We obtained the Closing Levels listed in the table below and shown in the graph below from Bloomberg, L.P. We have not independently verified the accuracy or completeness of the information obtained from Bloomberg, L.P.

 

Period/Quarter Ended

Quarterly High

Quarterly Low

Quarterly Close

March 31, 2008

753.55

643.97

687.97

June 30, 2008

763.27

686.07

689.66

September 30, 2008

754.38

657.72

679.58

December 31, 2008

671.59

385.31

499.45

March 31, 2009

514.71

343.26

422.75

June 30, 2009

531.68

429.16

508.28

September 30, 2009

620.69

479.27

604.28

December 31, 2009

634.07

562.40

625.39

March 31, 2010

690.30

586.49

678.64

June 30, 2010

741.92

609.49

609.49

September 30, 2010

677.64

590.03

676.14

December 31, 2010

792.35

669.45

783.65

March 31, 2011

843.55

773.18

843.55

June 30, 2011

865.29

777.20

827.43

September 30, 2011

858.11

643.42

644.16

December 31, 2011

765.43

609.49

740.92

March 31, 2012

846.13

747.28

830.30

June 30, 2012

840.63

737.24

798.49

September 30, 2012

864.70

767.75

837.45

December 31, 2012

852.49

769.48

849.35

March 31, 2013

953.07

872.60

951.54

June 30, 2013

999.99

901.51

977.48

September 30, 2013

1,078.41

989.54

1,073.79

December 31, 2013

1,163.64

1,043.46

1,163.64

March 31, 2014

1,208.65

1,093.59

1,173.04

June 30, 2014

1,192.96

1,095.99

1,192.96

August 15, 2014*

1,208.15

1,114.86

1,141.65

*For the period commencing on July 1, 2014 and ending on August 15, 2014.

 

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The following graph sets forth the historical performance of Russell 2000 Index the based on daily Closing Levels from January 1, 2008 through August 15, 2014. The Closing Level of the Russell 2000 Index on August 15, 2014 was 1,141.65.

 

 

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS

 

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The Nikkei225

 

As noted above, the Nikkei225 is a modified price-weighted stock index that measures the composite price performance of 225 underlying stocks trading on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc., representing a broad cross-section of Japanese industries.

 

For more information about the Nikkei225, the index sponsor and license agreement between the index sponsor and the issuer, as well as certain risk factors that you should consider, see “Non-Proprietary Indices—Equity Indices—Nikkei Stock Average (Nikkei225)” and “Risk Factors” on page IS-27 and IS-2, respectively, of the accompanying index supplement.

 

Historical Index Closing Levels of the Nikkei225

 

You should not take the historical levels of the Nikkei225 as an indication of the future performance of the Nikkei225. The level of the Nikkei225 has fluctuated in the past and may, in the future, experience significant fluctuations. Any historical upward or downward trend in the level during any period shown below is not an indication that the  Nikkei225 is more or less likely to increase or decrease at any time during the life of the Notes.

 

Neither we nor any of our affiliates make any representation to you as to the performance of the Nikkei225. The actual performance o the Nikkei225 over the life of the notes, as well as the payment at maturity, may bear little relation to the historical levels shown below.

 

The table below shows the high, low and final Closing Level of the Nikkei225 for each of the four calendar quarters in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 and the first, second, and third calendar quarters of 2014 (through August 15, 2014). We obtained the Closing Levels listed in the table below and shown in the graph below from Bloomberg, L.P. We have not independently verified the accuracy or completeness of the information obtained from Bloomberg, L.P.

 

Quarterly High, Low and Final Index Closing Levels of the Index

 

Period/Quarter Ended

Quarterly High

Quarterly Low

Quarterly Close

March 31, 2008

14,691.41

11,787.51

12,525.54

June 30, 2008

14,489.44

12,656.42

13,481.38

September 30, 2008

13,603.31

11,259.86

11,259.86

December 31, 2008

11,368.26

7,162.90

8,859.56

March 31, 2009

9,239.24

7,054.98

8,109.53

June 30, 2009

10,135.82

8,351.91

9,958.44

September 30, 2009

10,639.71

9,050.33

10,133.23

December 31, 2009

10,638.06

9,081.52

10,546.44

March 31, 2010

11,097.14

9,932.90

11,089.94

June 30, 2010

11,339.30

9,382.64

9,382.64

September 30, 2010

9,795.24

8,824.06

9,369.35

December 31, 2010

10,370.53

9,154.72

10,228.92

March 31, 2011

10,857.53

8,605.15

9,755.10

June 30, 2011

10,004.20

9,351.40

9,816.09

September 30, 2011

10,137.73

8,374.13

8,700.29

December 31, 2011

9,050.47

8,160.01

8,455.35

March 31, 2012

10,255.15

8,378.36

10,083.56

June 30, 2012

10,109.87

8,295.63

9,006.78

September 30, 2012

9,232.21

8,365.90

8,870.16

December 31, 2012

10,395.18

8,534.12

10,395.18

March 31, 2013

12,635.69

10,486.99

12,335.96

June 30, 2013

15,627.26

12,003.43

13,677.32

September 30, 2013

14,808.50

13,338.46

14,455.80

December 31, 2013

16,291.31

13,853.32

16,291.31

March 31, 2014

16,121.45

14,008.47

14,827.83

June 30, 2014

15,376.24

13,910.16

15,162.10

August 15, 2014*

15,646.23

14,778.37

15,318.34

* For the period commencing July 1, 2014 and ending on August 15, 2014

 

PS-17



 

The following graph sets forth the historical performance of Index the based on daily Index Closing Levels from January 1, 2008 through August 15, 2014. The Index Closing Level of the Index on August 15, 2014 was 15,318.34.

 

 

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.

 

SUPPLEMENTAL PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

We have agreed to sell to Barclays Capital Inc. (the “Agent”), and the Agent has agreed to purchase from us, the principal amount of the Notes, and at the price, specified on the cover of this pricing supplement. The Agent commits to take and pay for all of the Notes, if any are taken.

 

PS-18