Free Writing Prospectus
Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration No. 333-169119
July 9, 2012
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IPATH® PURE bETA aGRICULTURE etn
nOTE dESCRIPTION
tHE IPATH® PURE bETA aGRICULTURE etn IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE INVESTORS WITH EXPOSURE TO THE bARCLAYS ¢OMMODITY iNDEX aGRICULTURE PURE bETA tOTAL rETURN.
iNDEX dESCRIPTION
The Barclays Commodity Index Agriculture Pure Beta Total Return (the Index) is a sub-Index of the Barclays ¢OMMODITY iNDEX PURE bETA tr AND REFLECTS THE RETURNS THAT ARE POTENTIALLY AVAILABLE THROUGH AN UNLEVERAGED INVESTMENT IN NINE FUTURES CONTRACTS ON AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES TRADED ON U.s. EXCHANGES. FOR EACH COMMODITY, THE iNDEX MAY ROLL INTO ONE OF A NUMBER OF FUTURES CONTRACTS WITH VARYING EXPIRATION DATES, AS SELECTED USING THE bARCLAYS PURE bETA sERIES 2 mETHODOLOGY.
nOTE dETAILS ¢UMULATIVE iNDEX rETURN2
tICKER dirt
iNTRADAY iNDICATIVE ffALUE tICKER dirt.iff
¢UsiP 06740P262
isin Us06740P2627
PRIMARY EXCHANGE nffise aRCA
ffiEARLY FEE1 0.75$
FUTURES EXECUTION COST 0.10$
iNCEPTION DATE 4202011
mATURITY DATE 4182041
iSSUER bARCLAYS bANK Pl bARCLAYS OMMODITY iNDEX aGRICULTURE PURE bETA tr
ALLABLE etn ffiES sOURCE: bARCLAYS (BASED ON DAILY RETURNS 0411-312 SINCE nOTE INCEPTION DATE).
iNDEX dETAILS 2 iNDEXRETURNSAREFORILLUSTRATIVEPURPOSESONLYANDDONOTREPRESENTACTUALIPATHetnPERFORMANCE.iNDEXPERFORMANCERETURNSDONOTREFLECTANYMANAGEMENTFEES,TRANSACTIONCOSTSOREXPENSES.iNDEXESAREUNMANAGEDANDONECANNOTINVESTDIRECTLYINANINDEX.PASTPERFORMANCEDOESNOTGUARANTEEFUTURERESULTS.FOR CURRENT iNDEX AND IPATH etn PERFORMANCE, GO TO WWW.IPATHetn.COM.
iNDEX NAME bARCLAYS OMMODITY iNDEX aGRICULTURE PURE bETA tr
OMPOSITION FUTURES ON AGRICULTURE
nUMBER OF COMPONENTS 9
bLOOMBERG iNDEX TICKER b1aGPt iNDEX OMPOSITION
iNCEPTION DATE 1312011
bASE VALUE AND DATE 100 AS OF 12301999
iNDEX SPONSOR bARCLAYS
sOURCE: bARCLAYS, AS OF 3312012. iNDEX COMPOSITION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
1 tHEINVESTORFEEISEQUALTOTHEffiEARLYFEETIMESTHEPRINCIPALAMOUNTOFYOURSECURITIESTIMESTHEINDEXFACTOR,CALCULATEDONADAILYBASISINTHEFOLLOWINGMANNER:tHEINVESTORFEEONTHEINCEPTIONDATEWILLEQUALZERO.oNEACHSUBSEQUENTCALENDARDAYUNTILMATURITYOREARLYREDEMPTION,THEINVESTORFEEWILLINCREASEBYANAMOUNTEQUALTOTHEffiEARLYFE ETIMESTHEPRINCIPALAMOUNTOFYOURSECURITIESTIMESTHEINDEXFACTORONTHATDAY(OR,IFSUCHDAYISNOTATRADINGDAY,THEINDEXFACTORONTHEIMMEDIATELYPRECEDINGTRADINGDAY)DIVIDEDBY365.tHEINDEXFACTORONANYGIVENDAYWILLBEEQUALTOTHECLOSINGVALUEOFTHEINDEX 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.
-23$ -15$ -8$ 0$ 8$ aPR 11 JUN 11 aUG 11 oCT 11 dEC 11 FEB 12 sOYBEAN 34.94$ ORN 22.28$ fiHEAT 9.54$ sUGAR 8.45$ sOYBEAN oIL 8.02$ sOYBEAN mEAL 7.85$ OFFEE 3.47$ OTTON 3.08$ KANSAS fiHEAT 2.38$ PAGE 1 OF 3
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aNNUALIZED PERFORMANCE, sTANDARD dEVIATION aND ¢ORRELATION HISTORY
iNDEX ¢ORRELATIONS4
5-ffiEAR rETURN $ aNNUALIZED
3-ffiEAR rETURN $ aNNUALIZED
1-ffiEAR rETURN $ aNNUALIZED
6-MONTH rETURN $
3-MONTH rETURN $
sTANDARD dEVIATION $
aNNUALIZED3
2.76
1.00
bARCLAYS ¢OMMODITY iNDEX aGRICULTURE PURE bETA tr
2.64
3.34
-10.71
NA
NA
s&P 500 iNDEX
12.59
25.89
8.54
23.42
2.01
2.96
0.32
msi eaFe iNDEX
10.86
14.56
-5.77
17.13
-3.51
3.37
0.33
msi eMERGING mARKETS iNDEXsm
14.08
19.13
-8.80
25.07
4.67
3.71
0.47
6.25
0.46
0.30
1.43
7.71
6.83
-0.02
bARCLAYS U.s. aGGREGATE bOND iNDEX
-2.78
dOW JONES-Ubs OMMODITY iNDEX tOTAL rETURNsm
0.89
1.23
-16.28
9.05
2.73
0.69
sOURCE: bLACKrOCK, bARCLAYS, s&P, msi AND dOW JONES-Ubs, AS OF 3312012.
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. FOR CURRENT iNDEX AND IPATH etn PERFORMANCE, GO TO WWW.IPATHetn.COM.
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sTANDARDDEVIATIONISAMEASUREOFVARIABILITYFROMTHEEXPECTEDVALUE.sTANDARDdEVIATION$aNNUALIZEDISBASEDONMONTHLYRETURNSFOR311312,ANDDESCRIBESHOWTHEANNUALRETURNSINAGIVENANNUALPERIODARELIKELYTODIFFERFROMAVERAGEANNUALIZEDRETURNS.bECAUSETHEsTANDARDdEVIATION$aNNUALIZEDISBASED ON HISTORICAL DATA, IT MAY NOT PREDICT VARIABILITY IN ANNUALIZED PERFORMANCE OF THE etnS IN THE FUTURE. sOURCE: bLACKrOCK, bARCLAYS
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ORRELATIONSBASEDONMONTHLYRETURNSFOR3/11312.ORRELATIONISTHETERMUSEDTODESCRIBETHESTATISTICALRELATIONSHIPBETWEENTWOORMOREQUANTITIESORVARIABLES.PERFECTLYCORRELATEDASSETSWILLHAVEACORRELATIONCOEFFICIENTOFONE,WHILETHECORRELATIONCOEFFICIENTWILLBEZEROWHENRETURNSONTWOASSETSARECOMPLETELY INDEPENDENT. sOURCE: bLACKrOCK, bARCLAYS
sELECTED rISK ONSIDERATIONS
aNINVESTMENTINTHEIPATHetnSDESCRIBEDHEREIN(THEETNs)INVOLVESRISKS.sELECTEDRISKSARESUMMARIZEDHERE,BUTWEURGEYOUTOREADTHEMOREDETAILEDexplanation of risks described under Risk Factors in the applicable prospectus supplement and pricing supplement.
ffiOUmAYlOSEsOMEORaLLOFffiOURPRINCIPAL:tHEetnSAREEXPOSEDTOANYDECREASEINTHELEVELOFTHEUNDERLYINGINDEXBETWEENTHEINCEPTIONDATEANDTHEAPPLICABLEVALUATIONDATE.aDDITIONALLY,IFTHELEVELOFTHEUNDERLYINGINDEXISINSUFFICIENTTOOFFSETTHENEGATIVEEFFECTOFTHEINVESTORFEEANDOTHERAPPLICABLECOSTS,YOUWILLLOSESOMEORALLOFYOURI NVESTMENTATMATURITYORUPONREDEMPTION,EVENIFTHEVALUEOFSUCHINDEXHASINCREASED.bECAUSETHEetnSARESUBJECTTOANINVESTORFEEANDANYOTHERAPPLICABLECOSTS,THERETURNONTHEetnSWILLALWAYSBELOWERTHANTHETOTALRETURNONADIRECTINVESTMENTINTHEINDEXCOMPONENTS. tHE etnS ARE RISKIER THAN ORDINARY UNSECURED DEBT SECURITIES AND HAVE NO PRINCIPAL PROTECTION.
REDITOFbARCLAYSbANKPl:tHEetnSAREUNSECUREDDEBTOBLIGATIONSOFTHEISSUER,bARCLAYSbANKPl,ANDARENOT,EITHERDIRECTLYORINDIRECTLY,ANOBLIGATIONOFORGUARANTEEDBYANYTHIRDPARTY.aNYPAYMENTTOBEMADEONTHEetnS,INCLUDINGANYPAYMENTATMATURITYORUPONREDEMPTION,DEPENDSONTHEABILITYOFbARCLAYSbANKPlTOSATISFYITSOBLIGATIONSASTHEYC OMEDUE.aSARESULT,THEACTUALANDPERCEIVEDCREDITWORTHINESSOFbARCLAYSbANKPlWILLAFFECTTHEMARKETVALUE,IFANY,OFTHEetnSPRIORTOMATURITYORREDEMPTION.iNADDITION,INTHEEVENTbARCLAYSbANKPlWERETODEFAULTONITSOBLIGATIONS,YOUMAYNOTRECEIVE ANY AMOUNTS OWED TO YOU UNDER THE TERMS OF THE etnS.
iSSUERrEDEMPTION:iFSPECIFIEDINTHEAPPLICABLEPROSPECTUS,bARCLAYSbANKPlWILLHAVETHERIGHTTOREDEEMORcallASERIESOFetnS(INWHOLEBUTNOTINPART) AT ITS SOLE DISCRETION AND WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT ON ANY TRADING DAY ON OR AFTER THE INCEPTION DATE UNTIL AND INCLUDING MATURITY.
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bARCLAYSPUREbETAsERIES2mETHODOLOGY:tHEbARCLAYSPUREbETAsERIES2mETHODOLOGYSEEKSTOMITIGATEDISTORTIONSINTHECOMMODITIESMARKETSASSOCIATEDWITHINVESTMENTFLOWSANDSUPPLYANDMANDDISTORTIONS.HOWEVER,THEREISNOGUARANTEETHATTHEPUREbETAsERIES2mETHODOLOGYWILLSUCCEEDINTHESEOBJECTIVESANDANINVESTMENTINTHEetnSLINKEDTOINDI CESUSINGTHISTHODOLOGYMAYUNDERPERFORMCOMPAREDTOANINVESTMENTINATRADITIONALCOMMODITY INDEX LINKED TO THE SAME COMMODITIES.
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tOP iNDEX HOLDINGS
¢OMPONENT tICKER fiEIGHT $ sECTOR
sOYBEAN s 34.94 aGri¢UltUre
¢ORN ¢ 22.28 aGri¢UltUre
fiHEAT fi 9.54 aGri¢UltUre
sb 8.45 aGri¢UltUre sUGAR
sOYBEAN oIL bo 8.02 aGri¢UltUre
sOYBEAN mEAL sm 7.85 aGri¢UltUre
aGri¢UltUre ¢OFFEE K¢ 3.47
¢OTTON ¢t 3.08 aGri¢UltUre
KANSAS fiHEAT Kfi 2.38 aGri¢UltUre
sOURCE: bARCLAYS, AS OF 3312012. iNDEX COMPOSITION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
mARKETANDffOLATILITYrISK:tHEPRICESOFPHYSICALCOMMODITIES,INCLUDINGTHECOMMODITIESUNDERLYINGTHEINDEXCOMPONENTS,CANFLUCTUATEWIDELYDUETOSUPPLYANDDEMANDDISRUPTIONSINMAJORPRODUCINGORCONSUMINGREGIONS.aDDITIONALLY,THEMARKETVALUEOFTHEetnSMAYBEINFLUENCEDBYMANYUNPREDICTABLE FACTORS INCLUDING CHANGES IN SUPPLY AND DEMAND RELATIONSHIPS, GOVERNMENTAL POLICIES AND ECONOMIC EVENTS.
ONCENTRATIONrISK:bECAUSETHEetnSARELINKEDTOANINDEXCOMPOSEDOFFUTURESCONTRACTSONASINGLECOMMODITYORINONLYONECOMMODITYSECTOR,THEetnS ARE LESS DIVERSIFIED THAN OTHER FUNDS. tHE etnS CAN THEREFORE EXPERIENCE GREATER VOLATILITY THAN OTHER FUNDS OR INVESTMENTS.
atRADINGmARKETFORTHEetnSmAYnOTdEVELOP:aLTHOUGHTHEetnSARELISTEDONnffiseaRCA,ATRADINGMARKETFORTHEetnSMAYNOTDEVELOPANDTHELIQUIDITY OF THE etnS MAY BE LIMITED, AS WE ARE NOT REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN ANY LISTING OF THE etnS.
nO iNTEREST PAYMENTS FROM THE etnS: ffiOU MAY NOT RECEIVE ANY INTEREST PAYMENTS ON THE etnS.
rESTRICTIONSONTHEmINIMUMnUMBEROFetnSANDdATErESTRICTIONSFORrEDEMPTIONS:ffiOUMUSTREDEEMATLEAST50,000etnSOFTHESAMESERIESATONETIMEINORDERTOEXERCISEYOURRIGHTTOREDEEMYOURetnSONANYREDEMPTIONDATE.ffiOUMAYONLYREDEEMYOURetnSONAREDEMPTIONDATEIFWERECEIVEANOTICE OF REDEMPTION FROM YOU BY CERTAIN DATES AND TIMES AS SET FORTH IN THE PRICING SUPPLEMENT.
UNCERTAINtAXtREATMENT:sIGNIFICANTASPECTSOFTHETAXTREATMENTOFTHEetnSAREUNCERTAIN.ffiOUSHOULDCONSULTYOUROWNTAXADVISORABOUTYOUROWNTAXSITUATION.
bARCLAYSbANKPlHASFILEDAREGISTRATIONSTATEMENT(INCLUDINGAPROSPECTUS)WITHTHEseFORTHEOFFERINGTOWHICHTHISCOMMUNICATIONRELATES.bEFOREYOUINVEST,YOUSHOULDREADTHEPROSPECTUSANDOTHERDOCUMENTSbARCLAYSbANKPlHASFILEDWITHTHEseFORMORECOMPLETEINFORMATIONABOUTTHEISSUERANDTHISOFFERING.ffiOUMAYGETTHESEDOCUMENTSFORFREEBY VISITINGWWW.IPATHetn.COMORedGarONTHEseWEBSITEATWWW.SEC.GOV.aLTERNATIVELY,bARCLAYSbANKPlWILLARRANGEFORbARCLAYSAPITALiNC. TOSENDYOUTHEPROSPECTUSIFYOUREQUESTITBYCALLING TOLL-FREE 1-877-764-7284,ORYOU MAY REQUEST A COPY FROM ANY OTHER DEALER PARTICIPATING IN THE OFFERING.
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tHEetnSMAYBESOLDTHROUGHOUTTHEDAYONTHEEXCHANGETHROUGHANYBROKERAGEACCOUNT.OMMISSIONSMAYAPPLYANDTHEREARETAXCONSEQUENCESINTHEEVENT OF SALE, REDEMPTION OR MATURITY OF etnS. IP-dirt-i0312
eACH OF THE bARCLAYS COMMODITIES INDICES REFERENCED HEREIN IS A TRADEMARK OF bARCLAYS bANK Pl.
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