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Free Writing Prospectus

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration No. 333-169119

August 22, 2011

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IPath iPath Exchange Traded Notes ® SM iPath Dow Jones-UBS Softs Subindex Total Return ETN iPath Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) are senior, unsubordinated, unsecured debt securities issued by Barclays Bank PLC delivering exposure to the returns of a market or strategy with the trading flexibility of a listed security. The iPath® Dow Jones–UBS Softs Subindex Total Return SM ETN offers investors cost-effective exposure to softs commodities as measured by the Dow Jones–UBS Softs Subindex Total Return SM (the “Index”). Investors can trade on an exchange at market price or receive a cash payment at the scheduled maturity date or through early redemption1, based on the performance of the Index, less investor fees. NOTE DETAILS Ticker JJS Intraday indicative value ticker JJS.IV Bloomberg index ticker DJUBSOTR CUSIP 06739H230 Primary exchange NYSE Arca Yearly fee 0.75% Inception date 06/24/08 Maturity date 06/24/38 Index Dow Jones-UBS Softs Subindex TotalSM * The investor fee is equal to the Yearly Fee times the principal amount of your securities times the index factor, calculated on a daily basis in the following manner: The investor fee on the inception date will equal zero. On each subsequent calendar day until maturity or early redemption, the investor fee will increase by an amount equal to the Yearly Fee times the principal amount of your securities times the index factor on that day (or, if such day is not a trading day, the index factor on the immediately preceding trading day) divided by 365. The index factor on any given day will be equal to the closing value of the index on that day divided by the initial index level. The initial index level is the closing value of the index on the inception date of the securities. ISSUER DETAILS Barclays Bank PLC long-term, unsecured obligations* S&P rating AA- Moody’s rating Aa3 The iPath ETNs are not rated, but are backed by the credit of Barclays Bank PLC. The iPath ETNs rely on the rating of their issuer, Barclays Bank PLC. * We have not obtained a rating from any rating organization with respect to the iPath ETNs. A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities, and each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating. A security rating is subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating organization, and there is no assurance that any security rating will remain in effect for any given period of time or that it will not be lowered, suspended or withdrawn entirely by the applicable rating agency. Any such lowering, suspension or withdrawal of any rating may have an adverse effect on the market price or marketability of the iPath ETNs. INDEX SECTOR BREAKDOWN Sugar 39.89% Coffee 36.98% Cotton 23.13% Sources: UBS Securities LLC, Dow Jones Indexes, as of 06/30/11. Subject to change. INDEX CORRELATIONS Dow Jones-UBS Softs Subindex Total ReturnSM 1.00 Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total ReturnSM 0.64 S&P GSCI® Total Return Index 0.48 S&P 500 Index 0.25 Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index 0.04 MSCI EAFE Index 0.39 Sources: S&P, UBS Securities LLC, Dow Jones Indexes, Barclays Capital, MSCI Inc., Bloomberg, BlackRock 06/06 - 06/11, based on monthly returns. ¹ Investors may redeem at least 50,000 units of the iPath® Dow Jones-UBS Softs Subindex Total ReturnSM ETN on a daily basis directly to the issuer, Barclays Bank PLC, subject to the procedures described in the relevant prospectus.


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iPath® Dow Jones-UBS Softs Subindex Total ReturnSM ETN The Dow Jones–UBS Softs Subindex Total ReturnSM is a sub-index of the Dow Jones–UBS Commodity Index Total ReturnSM and is intended to reflect the returns that are potentially available through an unleveraged investment in the futures contracts on physical commodities comprising the Index as well as the rate of interest that could be earned on cash collateral invested in specified Treasury Bills. The Dow Jones–UBS Softs Subindex Total ReturnSM is a multiple-commodity sub-index consisting of the contracts included in the Dow Jones–UBS Commodity Index Total ReturnSM related to soft products. Contracts for three commodities are currently included in the Dow Jones–UBS Softs Subindex Total ReturnSM: coffee, cotton and sugar. INDEX TOTAL RETURNS & STANDARD DEVIATION (as of 6/30/11) 1-YEAR RETURN % 3-YEAR RETURN % 5-YEAR RETURN % STANDARD DEVIATION ANNUALIZED ANNUALIZED % ANNUALIZED* Dow Jones-UBS Softs Subindex Total ReturnSM 75.85 17.63 8.31 26.69 Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total ReturnSM 25.91 -11.87 -0.05 20.86 S&P GSCI® Total Return Index 26.11 -21.66 -6.16 27.50 S&P 500 Index 30.69 3.34 2.94 17.88 Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index 3.90 6.46 6.52 3.62 MSCI EAFE Index 30.36 -1.77 1.48 21.47 * Based on monthly returns for 06/06 - 06/11. Sources: S&P, UBS Securities LLC, Dow Jones Indexes, Barclays Capital, MSCI Inc., Bloomberg, BlackRock. Index returns are for illustrative purposes only and do not represent actual iPath ETN performance. Index performance returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs or expenses. Indexes are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index. Past performance does not guarantee future results. ForForFor current Index and iPath ETN performance, go to www.iPathETN.com. An investment in iPath ETNs involves risks, including possible loss of principal. levels of energy demand; the availability and price of substitutes such as man-made or synthetic For a description of the main risks see “Risk Factors” in the applicable substitutes or alternative sources of energy; disruptions in the supply chain; adjustments to inventory; variations in production costs; costs associated with regulatory compliance, including environmental prospectus. regulations; and changes in industrial, government and consumer demand, both in individual consuming Barclays Bank PLC has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with nations and internationally. Index components composed of futures contracts on agricultural products the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, may be subject to additional factors specific to agricultural products that might cause price volatility. These may include weather conditions, including floods, drought and freezing conditions; pestilence; you should read the prospectus and other documents Barclays Bank PLC has filed changes in government policies; planting decisions; and changes in demand for agricultural products, with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. both with end users and as inputs into various industries. Index components composed of futures You may get these documents for free by visiting www.iPathETN .com or EDGAR contracts on precious metals may be subject to additional factors specific to precious metals that on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, Barclays Bank PLC will arrange might cause price volatility. These may include disruptions in the supply chain, variations in production for Barclays Capital Inc. to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling costs, costs associated with regulatory compliance, including environmental regulations, changes in industrial, government and consumer demand, and in the case of gold and silver, precious metal leasing toll-free 1-877-764-7284, or you may request a copy from any other dealer rates, currency exchange rates, the level of economic growth and inflation and the degree to which participating in the offering. consumers, governments, corporate and financial institutions hold physical gold or silver as a safe BlackRock Fund Distribution Company assists in the promotion of the iPath ETNs. haven asset (hoarding) which may be caused by a banking crisis/recovery, a rapid change in the value of other assets (both financial and physical) or changes in the level of geopolitical tension. iPath ETNs (the “Securities”) are unsecured obligations of Barclays Bank PLC and are not secured debt. The Securities are riskier than ordinary unsecured debt securities and have no principal The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity IndexesSM are a joint product of Dow Jones Indexes, a licensed protection. Risks of investing in the Securities include limited portfolio diversification, trade price trademark of CME Group Index Services LLC (“CME Indexes”), and UBS Securities LLC (“UBS fluctuations, uncertain principal repayment, and illiquidity. Investing in the Securities is not equivalent to Securities”), and have been licensed for use. “Dow Jones® “, “DJ,” “Dow Jones Indexes”, “UBS”, “Dow direct investment in index or index components. The investor fee will reduce the amount of your return Jones-UBS Commodity IndexSM”, “DJ-UBSCISM ”, “Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total ReturnSM ”, at maturity or on redemption, and as a result you may receive less than the principal amount of your “Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture Subindex Total ReturnSM ”, “Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Subindex Total investment at maturity or upon redemption of your Securities even if the value of the relevant index has ReturnSM ”, “Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Subindex Total ReturnSM ”, “Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Subindex Total increased or decreased (as may be applicable to the particular series of Securities). An investment in ReturnSM ”, “Dow Jones-UBS Copper Subindex Total ReturnSM ”, “Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Subindex iPath ETNs may not be suitable for all investors. Total ReturnSM ”, “Dow Jones-UBS Energy Subindex Total ReturnSM ”, “Dow Jones-UBS Grains Subindex Total ReturnSM ”, “Dow Jones-UBS Industrial Metals Subindex Total ReturnSM ”, “Dow Jones-UBS Lead The Securities may be sold throughout the day on the exchange through any brokerage account. There Subindex Total ReturnSM ”, “Dow Jones-UBS Livestock Subindex Total ReturnSM “, “Dow Jones-UBS are restrictions on the minimum number of Securities you may redeem directly with the issuer as Natural Gas Subindex Total ReturnSM “, “Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Subindex Total ReturnSM “, “Dow specified in the applicable prospectus. Commissions may apply and there are tax consequences in the Jones-UBS Platinum Subindex Total ReturnSM “, “Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Subindex Total event of sale, redemption or maturity of Securities. Sales in the secondary market may result in ReturnSM “, “Dow Jones-UBS Softs Subindex Total ReturnSM “, “Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Subindex Total significant losses. ReturnSM “ and “Dow Jones-UBS Tin Subindex Total ReturnSM “ are service marks of Dow Jones iPath ETNs typically have lower investor fees than currently existing mutual funds that invest in similar Trademark Holdings, LLC (“Dow Jones”) and UBS AG (“UBS AG”), as the case may be, have been markets and are available to retail investors. Buying and selling iPath ETNs will result in brokerage licensed to CME Indexes and have been sub-licensed for use for certain purposes by Barclays Bank commissions. PLC. The Securities based on the indices are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Dow The index components for iPath ETNs linked to commodities indexes are concentrated in the Jones, UBS AG, UBS Securities, CME Indexes or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates. None commodities sector. The market value of the Securities may be influenced by many unpredictable of Dow Jones, UBS AG, UBS Securities, CME Indexes, or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates makes any factors, including, where applicable, highly volatile commodities prices, changes in supply and demand representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of or counterparts to the Securities based relationships; weather; agriculture; trade; pestilence; changes in interest rates; and monetary and other on the indices or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities or governmental policies, action and inaction. Index components that track the performance of a single commodities generally or in the Securities based on any of the indices particularly. commodity, or index components concentrated in a single sector, are speculative and may typically ©2011 Barclays Bank PLC. All rights reserved. iPath, iPath ETNs and the iPath logo are registered exhibit higher volatility. The current or “spot” prices of the underlying physical commodities may also trademarks of Barclays Bank PLC. All other trademarks, servicemarks or registered trademarks are the affect, in a volatile and inconsistent manner, the prices of futures contracts in respect of the relevant property, and used with the permission, of their respective owners. iP-0418-0811 commodity. These factors may affect the value of the index and the value of your Securities in varying ways. Not FDIC Insured No Bank Guarantee May Lose Value In addition to factors affecting commodities generally, index components composed of futures contracts on industrial metals or energy-related commodities may be subject to additional factors specific to industrial metals or energy-related commodities that might cause price volatility. These may include changes in the level of industrial or commercial activity using industrial metals or with high iP -JJS-I0611 FIND YOUR iPATH 1-877-764-7284 www.iPathETN.com BARCLAYS iPath