Preliminary Pricing Supplement
(To the Prospectus dated May 23, 2022, the Prospectus Supplement dated June 27, 2022 and the
Underlying Supplement dated June 27, 2022) |
Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2)
Registration No. 333–265158
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Notes due April 30, 2029
Linked to the S&P 500® Index
Global Medium-Term Notes, Series A
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Issuer:
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Barclays Bank PLC
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Denominations:
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Minimum denomination of $1,000, and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof
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Initial Valuation Date:
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April 25, 2024
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Issue Date:
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April 30, 2024
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Final Valuation Date:*
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April 25, 2029
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Maturity Date:*
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April 30, 2029
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Reference Asset:
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The S&P 500® Index (Bloomberg ticker symbol “SPX <Index>”)
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Payment at Maturity:
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If you hold the Notes to maturity, you will receive on the Maturity Date a cash payment per $1,000 principal amount Note that you hold determined as follows:
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If the Final Value of the Reference Asset is greater than or equal to the Initial Value, you will receive an amount per $1,000 principal amount Note calculated as follows:
$1,000 + [$1,000 × lesser of (a) Reference Asset Return of the Reference Asset × Upside Leverage Factor and (b) Maximum Return]
If the Reference Asset Return is 33.60% or more, you will receive a payment at maturity of $1,420.00 per $1,000 principal amount Note that you hold.
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If the Final Value of the Reference Asset is less than the Initial Value, you will receive a payment of $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount Note.
Any payment on the Notes is not guaranteed by any third party and is subject to (a) the creditworthiness of Barclays Bank PLC and (b) the risk of exercise of any U.K. Bail-in Power (as described on page PS-4 of this pricing supplement) by the relevant U.K. resolution authority. If Barclays Bank PLC were to default on its payment obligations or become subject to the exercise of any U.K. Bail-in Power (or any other resolution measure) by the relevant U.K. resolution authority, you might not receive any amounts owed to you under the Notes. See “Consent to U.K. Bail-in Power” and “Selected Risk Considerations” in this pricing supplement and “Risk Factors” in the accompanying prospectus supplement for more information.
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Consent to U.K. Bail-in Power:
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Notwithstanding and to the exclusion of any other term of the Notes or any other agreements, arrangements or understandings between Barclays Bank PLC and any holder or beneficial owner of the Notes (or the Trustee on behalf of the holders of the Notes), by acquiring the Notes, each holder and beneficial owner of the Notes acknowledges, accepts, agrees to be bound by, and consents to the exercise of, any U.K. Bail-in Power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority. See “Consent to U.K. Bail-in Power” on page PS-4 of this pricing supplement.
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Initial Issue Price(1)(2)
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Price to Public
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Agent’s Commission(3)
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Proceeds to Barclays Bank PLC
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Per Note
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$1,000
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100.00%
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3.675%
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96.325%
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Total
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Our estimated value of the Notes on the Initial Valuation Date, based on our internal pricing models, is expected to be between $904.50 and $944.50 per Note. The estimated value is expected to be less than the initial issue price of the Notes. See “Additional Information Regarding Our Estimated Value of the Notes” on page PS–5 of this pricing supplement.
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Barclays Capital Inc. will receive commissions from the Issuer of up to $36.75 per $1,000 principal amount Note. Barclays Capital Inc. will use these commissions to pay variable selling concessions or fees (including custodial or clearing fees) to other dealers. The actual commission received by Barclays Capital Inc. will be equal to the selling concession paid to such dealers.
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Terms of the Notes, Continued
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Initial Value:
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[●], the Closing Value of the Reference Asset on the Initial Valuation Date
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Final Value:
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The Closing Value of the Reference Asset on the Final Valuation Date
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Closing Value:
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The term “Closing Value” means the closing level of the Reference Asset, as further described under “Reference Assets—Indices—Special Calculation Provisions” in the prospectus supplement.
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Upside Leverage Factor:
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1.25
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Maximum Return:
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42.00%
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Reference Asset Return:
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The performance of the Reference Asset from the Initial Value to the Final Value, calculated as follows:
Final Value – Initial Value
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Calculation Agent:
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Barclays Bank PLC
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CUSIP / ISIN:
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06745QFN4 / US06745QFN43
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Prospectus dated May 23, 2022:
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Prospectus Supplement dated June 27, 2022:
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Underlying Supplement dated June 27, 2022:
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You do not seek an investment that produces periodic interest or coupon payments or other sources of current income.
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You accept that your return on investment will not exceed the Maximum Return.
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You understand and accept that you may not earn any positive return on your Notes.
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You understand and accept the risk that the payment at maturity will be based solely on the Reference Asset Return of the Reference Asset.
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You understand and accept that you will not be entitled to receive dividends or distributions that may be paid to holders of a Reference Asset or any securities to which a Reference Asset provides exposure, nor will you have any voting rights with respect to a Reference Asset or any securities to which a Reference Asset provides exposure.
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You understand and are willing and able to accept the risks associated with an investment linked to the performance of the Reference Asset.
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You do not seek an investment for which there will be an active secondary market, and you are willing and able to hold the Notes to maturity.
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You are willing and able to assume our credit risk for all payments on the Notes.
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You are willing and able to consent to the exercise of any U.K. Bail-in Power by any relevant U.K. resolution authority.
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You seek an investment that produces periodic interest or coupon payments or other sources of current income or otherwise provides for a guaranteed positive return.
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You seek uncapped exposure to any positive performance of the Reference Asset.
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You do not understand and/or are unwilling or unable to accept the risks associated with an investment linked to the performance of the Reference Asset.
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You seek an investment that entitles you to dividends or distributions on, or voting rights related to a Reference Asset or any securities to which a Reference Asset provides exposure.
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You seek an investment for which there will be an active secondary market, and/or you are unwilling or unable to hold the Notes to maturity.
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You prefer the lower risk, and therefore accept the potentially lower returns, of fixed income investments with comparable maturities and credit ratings.
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You are unwilling or unable to assume our credit risk for all payments on the Notes.
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You are unwilling or unable to consent to the exercise of any U.K. Bail-in Power by any relevant U.K. resolution authority.
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Hypothetical Initial Value of the Reference Asset: 100.00*
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Final Value
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Reference Asset Return
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Payment at Maturity**
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Total Return on the Notes
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150.00
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50.00%
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$1,420.00
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42.00%
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140.00
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40.00%
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$1,420.00
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42.00%
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133.60
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33.60%
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$1,420.00
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42.00%
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130.00
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30.00%
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$1,375.00
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37.50%
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120.00
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20.00%
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$1,250.00
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25.00%
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110.00
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10.00%
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$1,125.00
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12.50%
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105.00
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5.00%
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$1,062.50
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6.25%
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100.00
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0.00%
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$1,000.00
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0.00%
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90.00
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-10.00%
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$1,000.00
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0.00%
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80.00
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-20.00%
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$1,000.00
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0.00%
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70.00
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-30.00%
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$1,000.00
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0.00%
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60.00
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-40.00%
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$1,000.00
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0.00%
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50.00
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-50.00%
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$1,000.00
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0.00%
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40.00
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-60.00%
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$1,000.00
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0.00%
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30.00
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-70.00%
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$1,000.00
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0.00%
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20.00
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-80.00%
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$1,000.00
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0.00%
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10.00
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-90.00%
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$1,000.00
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0.00%
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0.00
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-100.00%
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$1,000.00
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0.00%
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You Will Not Receive any Payments on the Notes Other than the Payment at Maturity — You will not receive any interest or coupon payments on the Notes or any other payments other than the payment at maturity. If the Final Value of the Reference Asset is less than its Initial Value, your payment at maturity will be limited to the principal amount of your Notes and you will not earn any positive return. The return at maturity of the principal amount of your Notes plus any amount in excess thereof may not compensate you for any loss in value due to inflation and other factors relating to the value of money over time.
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Potential Return Limited to the Maximum Return — If the Reference Asset Return is greater than 0.00%, you will receive a payment at maturity of $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount Note that you hold plus an additional payment that will not exceed $1,000 times the Maximum Return. Assuming the Maximum Return is set at 42.00%, the maximum payment that you may receive at maturity is $1,420.00 per $1,000 principal amount Note that you hold, and because the Upside Leverage Factor is equal to 1.25, you will not benefit from any appreciation of the Reference Asset beyond a Reference Asset Return of 33.60%, which may be significant.
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Any Payment on the Notes Will Be Determined Based on the Closing Values of the Reference Asset on the Dates Specified — Any payment on the Notes will be determined based on the Closing Values of the Reference Asset on the dates specified. You will not benefit from any more favorable values of the Reference Asset determined at any other time.
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Owning the Notes is Not the Same as Owning a Reference Asset or Any Securities to which a Reference Asset Provides Exposure — The return on the Notes may not reflect the return you would realize if you actually owned a Reference Asset or any securities to which a Reference Asset provides exposure. As a holder of the Notes, you will not have voting rights or rights to receive dividends or other distributions or any other rights that holders of a Reference Asset or any securities to which a Reference Asset provides exposure may have.
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Tax Treatment — As discussed further below under “Tax Considerations” and in the accompanying prospectus supplement, if you are a U.S. individual or taxable entity, under our intended treatment of the Notes, you will be required to accrue interest on a current basis in respect of the Notes over their term based on the comparable yield for the Notes and pay tax accordingly, even though you will not receive any payments from us until maturity. This comparable yield is determined solely to calculate the amount on which you will be taxed prior to maturity and is neither a prediction nor a guarantee of what the actual yield will be.
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Credit of Issuer — The Notes are unsecured and unsubordinated 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, including any repayment of principal, is subject to the ability of Barclays Bank PLC to satisfy its obligations as they come due and is not guaranteed by any third party. As a result, the actual and perceived creditworthiness of Barclays Bank PLC may affect the market value of the Notes, and 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.
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You May Lose Some or All of Your Investment If Any U.K. Bail-in Power Is Exercised by the Relevant U.K. Resolution Authority — Notwithstanding and to the exclusion of any other term of the Notes or any other agreements, arrangements or understandings between Barclays Bank PLC and any holder or beneficial owner of the Notes (or the Trustee on behalf of the holders of the Notes), by acquiring the Notes, each holder and beneficial owner of the Notes acknowledges, accepts, agrees to be bound by, and consents to the exercise of, any U.K. Bail-in Power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority as set forth under “Consent to U.K. Bail-in Power” in this pricing supplement. Accordingly, any U.K. Bail-in Power may be exercised in such a manner as to result in you and other holders and beneficial owners of the Notes losing all or a part of the value of your investment in the Notes or receiving a different security from the Notes, which may be worth significantly less than the Notes and which may have significantly fewer protections than those typically afforded to debt securities. Moreover, the relevant U.K. resolution authority may exercise the U.K. Bail-in Power without providing any advance notice to, or requiring the consent of, the holders and beneficial owners of the Notes. The exercise of any U.K. Bail-in Power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority with respect to the Notes will not be a default or an Event of Default (as each term is defined in the senior debt securities indenture) and the trustee will not be liable for any action that the trustee takes, or abstains from taking, in either case, in accordance with the exercise of the U.K. Bail-in Power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority with respect to the Notes. See “Consent to U.K. Bail-in Power” in this pricing supplement as well as “U.K. Bail-in Power,” “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Securities Generally—Regulatory action in the event a bank or investment firm in the Group is failing or likely to fail, including the exercise by the relevant U.K. resolution authority of a variety of statutory resolution powers, could materially adversely affect the value of any securities” and “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Securities Generally—Under the terms of the securities, you have agreed to be bound by the exercise of any U.K. Bail-in Power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority” in the accompanying prospectus supplement.
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Historical Performance of the Reference Asset Should Not Be Taken as Any Indication of the Future Performance of the Reference Asset Over the Term of the Notes — The value of the Reference Asset has fluctuated in the past and may, in the future, experience significant fluctuations. The historical performance of the Reference Asset is not an indication of the future performance of the Reference Asset over the term of the Notes. Therefore, the performance of the Reference Asset over the term of the Notes may bear no relation or resemblance to the historical performance of the Reference Asset.
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The Reference Asset Reflects the Price Return of the Securities Composing the Reference Asset, Not the Total Return — The return on the Notes is based on the performance of the Reference Asset, which reflects changes in the market prices of the securities composing the Reference Asset. The Reference Asset is not a "total return" index that, in addition to reflecting those price returns, would also reflect dividends paid on the securities composing the Reference Asset. Accordingly, the return on the Notes will not include such a total return feature.
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Adjustments to the Reference Asset Could Adversely Affect the Value of the Notes — The sponsor of the Reference Asset may add, delete, substitute or adjust the securities composing the Reference Asset or make other methodological changes to the Reference Asset that could affect its value. The Calculation Agent will calculate the value to be used as the Closing Value of the Reference Asset in the event of certain material changes in or modifications to the Reference Asset. In addition, the sponsor of the Reference Asset may also discontinue or suspend calculation or publication of the Reference Asset at any time. Under these circumstances, the Calculation Agent may select a successor index that the Calculation Agent determines to be comparable to the Reference Asset or, if no successor index is available, the Calculation Agent will determine the value to be used as the Closing Value of the Reference Asset. Any of these actions could adversely affect the value of the Reference Asset and, consequently, the value of the Notes. See “Reference Assets—Indices—Adjustments Relating to Securities with an Index as a Reference Asset” in the accompanying prospectus supplement.
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We and Our Affiliates May Engage in Various Activities or Make Determinations That Could Materially Affect the Notes in Various Ways and Create Conflicts of Interest — We and our affiliates play a variety of roles in connection with the issuance of the Notes, as described below. In performing these roles, our and our affiliates’ economic interests are potentially adverse to your interests as an investor in the Notes.
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The Estimated Value of Your Notes is Expected to be Lower Than the Initial Issue Price of Your Notes — The estimated value of your Notes on the Initial Valuation Date is expected to be lower, and may be significantly 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 to be paid to Barclays Capital Inc. or another affiliate of ours, any selling concessions, discounts, commissions or fees (including any structuring or other distribution related fees) to be 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.
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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
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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 May be 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.
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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.
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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 willing and able to hold your Notes to maturity.
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Many Economic and Market Factors Will Impact the Value of the Notes — The value of the Notes will be affected by a number of economic and market factors that interact in complex and unpredictable ways and that may either offset or magnify each other, including:
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interest and yield rates in the market generally;
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a variety of economic, financial, political, regulatory or judicial events;
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