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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;13, 2004</B>
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<P align="right"><FONT size="2"><B>Registration Statement
No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B><BR>
<FONT size="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="5"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="6"><B>BARCLAYS BANK PLC</B><BR>
<FONT size="2"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>England and Wales<BR>(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>Incorporation or Organization)</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>13-4942190<BR>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>Identification No.)</B></FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>54 Lombard Street<BR>
London, England EC3P 3AH<BR>
&#043;44 (0)&nbsp;20 7699-5000<BR>
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of<BR>
registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>BARCLAYS BANK PLC<BR>
U.S. SENIOR MANAGEMENT<BR>
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN<BR>
(as effective February&nbsp;10, 2004)<BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Michael Montgomery<BR>
Barclays Bank PLC<BR>
200 Park Avenue<BR>
New York, NY 10166<BR>
(212)&nbsp;412-4000<BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,<BR>
of agent for service)</B>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;8. EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;9. UNDERTAKINGS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">POWER OF ATTORNEY</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="u47130exv4w1.htm">U.S. SENIOR MANAGEMENT DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="u47130exv5w1.htm">OPINION OF RICHARD W. KNAUB, ESQ.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="u47130exv23w1.htm">CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">100,000,000</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">The Deferred Compensation Obligations registered herein are unsecured obligations of the Registrant to pay deferred
compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Barclays Bank PLC U.S. Senior Management Deferred
Compensation Plan, as effective February&nbsp;10, 2004 (the &#147;Plan&#148;).</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee, based on an estimated amount of $100,000,000 Deferred Compensation Obligations to
be offered under the plan.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART I</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Note: The document(s) containing the information required by Item&nbsp;1 of
Form S-8 and the statement of availability of registrant information and any
other information required by Item&nbsp;2 of Form S-8 will be sent or given to
participants as specified by Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). In accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 and the
requirements of Part&nbsp;I of the Form S-8, such documents are not being filed
with the SEC either as part of this Registration Statement or as
prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the
Securities Act. Barclays Bank PLC (the &#147;Registrant,&#148; the &#147;Company,&#148; &#147;we,&#148;
&#147;our,&#148; &#147;us&#148;) will maintain a file of such documents in accordance with the
provisions of Rule&nbsp;428. Upon request, the Registrant will furnish the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) or its staff a copy or copies
of all of the documents included in such file.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;3.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</I></B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Registrant are incorporated herein
by reference and made a part hereof:
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    <TD><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2002; and</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><FONT size="2">(b)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Forms 6-K filed in 2003 on January&nbsp;8, February&nbsp;27, March&nbsp;18, April 2 and
28, May 6 and 8, June 3 (twice), July&nbsp;7, August&nbsp;5, 7, and 29, October&nbsp;9, 10, and 14,
November&nbsp;7, and December 2 and 18 and in 2004 on January 9 and February&nbsp;12.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents the Registrant files with the Commission
pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and
before the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement
that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in any document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein,
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this registration statement.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;4.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</I></B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Barclays Bank PLC U.S. Senior Management Deferred Compensation Plan,
as effective February&nbsp;10, 2004 (the &#147;Plan&#148;) is a non-qualified, unfunded
incentive program. Under the Plan, each eligible employee who is a managing
director is provided the opportunity to make a deferral election with respect
to all or a portion of his or her salary and bonus in a given plan year.
Because the Plan is unfunded, the amounts deferred under the Plan will not
actually be invested in the investments selected by the participants. Rather,
the administrator will credit (or charge) to the participants&#146; deferral
accounts earnings (or losses) on such deferred amounts in an amount equal to
the actual rate of return or loss on the selected
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">investments. The right of each participant in the Plan is that of a general,
unsecured creditor, and a participant&#146;s interest in the Plan may not be sold, assigned, transferred,
pledged or otherwise encumbered.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;5.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</I></B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the Deferred Compensation Obligations issuable under
the Plan has been passed upon by Richard W. Knaub, Esq., Associate General
Counsel of the Company, who holds no common stock or options in the Company
and no ordinary shares, American Depositary Receipts, or options in Barclays
PLC, the Company&#146;s parent.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item 6.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</I></B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;160 of the Registrant&#146;s Articles of Association provides:
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to the provisions of the statutes, but without prejudice to
any indemnity to which he or she may otherwise be entitled, every director,
other officer and auditor of the company and every former director, other
former officer and former auditor of the company shall be indemnified out of
the assets of the company against any liability, loss or expenditure incurred
by him or her in the actual or purported execution and/or discharge of his or
her duties and/or the exercise or purported exercise of his or her powers
and/or otherwise in relation to or in connection with his or her duties, powers
or office including (without prejudice to the foregoing) any liability incurred
by him or her in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, which
relate to anything done or omitted to be done or alleged to have been done or
omitted to be done by him or her as a director, officer or auditor of the
company and in which judgment is given in his or her favour or in which he or
she is acquitted or which are otherwise disposed of without any finding or
admission of guilt or breach of duty on his or her part or incurred in
connection with any application in which relief is granted to him or her by the
court from liability in respect of any such act or omission or from liability
to pay any amount in respect of shares acquired by a nominee of the company.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To the extent permitted by the statutes, the board may arrange and
maintain insurance cover at the cost of the company in respect of any
liability, loss or expenditure incurred by any director, other officer, or
auditor of the company in relation to anything done or alleged to have been
done or omitted to be done by him or her as a director, officer or auditor.&#148;
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The relevant provisions of the Statutes are Sections&nbsp;310 and 727 of the
U.K. Companies Act 1985, as amended.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;310 provides:
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;This section applies to any provision, whether contained in a
company&#146;s articles or in any contract with the company or otherwise, for
exempting any officer of the company or any person (whether an officer or not)
employed by the company as auditor from, or indemnifying him against, any
liability which by virtue of any rule of law would otherwise attach to him in
respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which
he may be guilty in relation to the company.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;Except as provided by the following subsection, any such provision is
void.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;This section does not prevent a company-
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;from purchasing and maintaining for any such officer or auditor
insurance against any such liability, or
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;from indemnifying any such officer or auditor against any liability
incurred by him-
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;in defending any proceedings (whether civil or criminal) in which
judgment is given in his favour or he is acquitted, or
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;in connection with any application under section 144(3) or (4)
(acquisition of shares by innocent nominee) or section 727 (general power to
grant relief in case of honest and reasonable conduct) in which relief is
granted to him by the court.&#146;
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;727 provides:
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If in any proceedings for negligence, default, breach of duty or
breach of trust against an officer of a company or a person employed by a
company as auditor (whether he is or is not an officer of the company) it
appears to the court hearing the case that officer or person is or may be
liable in respect of the negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of
trust, but that he has acted honestly and reasonably, and that having regard to
all the circumstances of the case (including those connected with his
appointment) he ought fairly to be excused for the negligence, default, breach
of duty or breach of trust, that court may relieve him, either wholly or
partly, from his liability on such terms as it thinks fit.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If any such officer or person as above-mentioned has reason to
apprehend that any claim will or might be made against him in respect of any
negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, he may apply to the
court for relief; and the court on the application has the same power to
relieve him as under this section it would have had if it had been a court
before which proceedings against that person for negligence, default, breach of
duty or breach of trust had been brought.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Where a case to which subsection (1)&nbsp;applies is being tried by a judge
with a jury, the judge, after hearing the evidence, may, if he is satisfied
that the defendant or defender ought in pursuance of that subsection to be
relieved either in whole or in part from the liability sought to be enforced
against him, withdraw the case in whole or in part from the jury and forthwith
direct judgment to be entered for the defendant or defender on such terms as to
costs or otherwise as the judge may think proper.&#148;
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Directors and officers of the Registrant may be indemnified by the
Registrant against directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability as permitted by Section
310 of the Companies Act.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has obtained director&#146;s and officer&#146;s liability insurance
coverage which, subject to policy terms and limitations, includes coverage for
directors and officers of the Registrant and to reimburse the Registrant for
amounts paid to directors or officers of the Registrant by way of lawful
indemnity.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;7.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED</I></B>
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>EXHIBITS</I></B>
</FONT>
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<TABLE cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="87%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR  valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Exhibit</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR  valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Number</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><FONT size="2">Barclays Bank PLC U.S. Senior Management Deferred Compensation Plan, as effective February&nbsp;10, 2004</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><FONT size="2">Opinion of Richard W. Knaub, Esq.</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><FONT size="2">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, independent auditors</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><FONT size="2">Consent of Richard W. Knaub, Esq. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this registration statement)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">24.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><FONT size="2">Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this Registration Statement)</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;9.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>UNDERTAKINGS</I></B>
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</FONT>

<P><TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><FONT size="2">(a)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement:</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P><TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="6%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><FONT size="2">(i)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P><TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="6%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><FONT size="2">(ii)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in this registration statement;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P><TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="6%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><FONT size="2">(iii)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration
statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) of this Item&nbsp;9 do not
apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
</FONT>

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<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><FONT size="2">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P><TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><FONT size="2">(c)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered that remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P><TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><FONT size="2">(d)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15 (d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><FONT size="2">(e)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">That, insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to Item&nbsp;6 above, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in London, England and in New York, New York (respectively), on
February&nbsp;11 and 10 (respectively), 2004.
</FONT>

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    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="44%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>BARCLAYS BANK PLC</B></FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ John Silvester Varley</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><HR size="1" noshade width="95%">John Silvester Varley<BR>Group Deputy Chief Executive</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Michael Montgomery</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><HR size="1" noshade width="95%">Michael Montgomery<BR>Authorized U.S. Representative</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael
Montgomery and&nbsp;____________________, and each of them, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution and each with full power to act without the
other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him or her
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration
statement and any related Registration Statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b)
under the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission or any state, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them, or their, his or her substitutes or substitute, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
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    <TD width="47%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="44%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Date: February&nbsp;11, 2004</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Matthew William Barrett</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><HR size="1" noshade width="95%">
Matthew William Barrett<BR>
Group Chief Executive and Director<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Date: February&nbsp;11, 2004</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Naguib Kheraj</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><HR size="1" noshade width="95%">
Naguib Kheraj<BR>
Group Finance Director and Director<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Date: February&nbsp;11, 2004</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Colin Richard Walklin</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><HR size="1" noshade width="95%">
Colin Richard Walklin<BR>
Director of Group Finance<BR>
(Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Date: February&nbsp;11, 2004</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Sir Peter Middleton GCB</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><HR size="1" noshade width="95%">
Sir Peter Middleton GCB<BR>
Group Chairman and Director</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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    <TD width="47%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="44%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Date: February&nbsp;11, 2004</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ John Silvester Varley</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><HR size="1" noshade width="95%">
John Silvester Varley<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Date: February&nbsp;11, 2004</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Christopher John Lendrum</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><HR size="1" noshade width="95%">
Christopher John Lendrum<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Date: February&nbsp;11, 2004</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Roger William John Davis</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><HR size="1" noshade width="95%">
Roger William John Davis<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Date: February&nbsp;11, 2004</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Gary Andrew Hoffman</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><HR size="1" noshade width="95%">
Gary Andrew Hoffman<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Date: February&nbsp;11, 2004</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ David Lawton Roberts</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><HR size="1" noshade width="95%">
David Lawton Roberts<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Date: February&nbsp;11, 2004</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Sir Brian Garton Jenkins GBE</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><HR size="1" noshade width="95%">
Sir Brian Garton Jenkins GBE<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Date: February&nbsp;11, 004</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Thomas David Guy Arculus</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><HR size="1" noshade width="95%">
Thomas David Guy Arculus<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Date: February&nbsp;11, 2004</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Hilary Mary Cropper CBE</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><HR size="1" noshade width="95%">
Hilary Mary Cropper CBE<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Date: February&nbsp;11, 2004</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Prof. Dame Sandra Dawson DBE</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><HR size="1" noshade width="95%">
Prof. Dame Sandra Dawson DBE<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Date: February&nbsp;11, 2004</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Sir Nigel Rudd DL</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><HR size="1" noshade width="95%">
Sir Nigel Rudd DL<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Date: February&nbsp;11, 2004</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Stephen George Russell</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><HR size="1" noshade width="95%">
Stephen George Russell<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Date: February&nbsp;11, 2004</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Dr.&nbsp;J&#252;rgen Zech</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><HR size="1" noshade width="95%">
Dr.&nbsp;J&#252;rgen Zech<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Date: February&nbsp;11, 2004</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Sir Richard Broadbent</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><HR size="1" noshade width="95%">
Sir Richard Broadbent<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Date: February&nbsp;10, 2004</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Michael Montgomery</FONT></TD>
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Michael Montgomery<BR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><FONT size="2">Barclays Bank PLC U.S. Senior Management Deferred Compensation Plan, as effective February&nbsp;10, 2004</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><FONT size="2">Opinion of Richard W. Knaub, Esq.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><FONT size="2">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, independent auditors</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><FONT size="2">Consent of Richard W. Knaub, Esq. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this registration statement)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><FONT size="2">Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this Registration Statement)</FONT></TD>
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FORM S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2004
Registration Statement
No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
England and Wales
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
13-4942190
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
54 Lombard Street
London, England EC3P 3AH
+44 (0) 20 7699-5000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
U.S. SENIOR MANAGEMENT
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
(as effective February 10, 2004)
(Full Title of the Plan)
Michael Montgomery
Barclays Bank PLC
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166
(212) 412-4000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
Item 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Item 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Item 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Item 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Item 8. EXHIBITS
Item 9. UNDERTAKINGS
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
U.S. SENIOR MANAGEMENT DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
OPINION OF RICHARD W. KNAUB, ESQ.
CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be Registered
Per Share
Price
Registration Fee
Deferred Compensation Obligations (1)
$
100,000,000
(2)
100%
$
100,000,000
(2)
$
12,670
(1)
The Deferred Compensation Obligations registered herein are unsecured obligations of the Registrant to pay deferred
compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Barclays Bank PLC U.S. Senior Management Deferred
Compensation Plan, as effective February 10, 2004 (the "Plan").
(2)
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee, based on an estimated amount of $100,000,000 Deferred Compensation Obligations to
be offered under the plan.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Note: The document(s) containing the information required by Item 1 of
Form S-8 and the statement of availability of registrant information and any
other information required by Item 2 of Form S-8 will be sent or given to
participants as specified by Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"). In accordance with Rule 428 and the
requirements of Part I of the Form S-8, such documents are not being filed
with the SEC either as part of this Registration Statement or as
prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the
Securities Act. Barclays Bank PLC (the "Registrant," the "Company," "we,"
"our," "us") will maintain a file of such documents in accordance with the
provisions of Rule 428. Upon request, the Registrant will furnish the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") or its staff a copy or copies
of all of the documents included in such file.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed by the Registrant are incorporated herein
by reference and made a part hereof:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002; and
(b)
The Registrant's Forms 6-K filed in 2003 on January 8, February 27, March 18, April 2 and
28, May 6 and 8, June 3 (twice), July 7, August 5, 7, and 29, October 9, 10, and 14,
November 7, and December 2 and 18 and in 2004 on January 9 and February 12.
In addition, all documents the Registrant files with the Commission
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and
before the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement
that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in any document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein,
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this registration statement.
Item 4.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
The Barclays Bank PLC U.S. Senior Management Deferred Compensation Plan,
as effective February 10, 2004 (the "Plan") is a non-qualified, unfunded
incentive program. Under the Plan, each eligible employee who is a managing
director is provided the opportunity to make a deferral election with respect
to all or a portion of his or her salary and bonus in a given plan year.
Because the Plan is unfunded, the amounts deferred under the Plan will not
actually be invested in the investments selected by the participants. Rather,
the administrator will credit (or charge) to the participants' deferral
accounts earnings (or losses) on such deferred amounts in an amount equal to
the actual rate of return or loss on the selected
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investments. The right of each participant in the Plan is that of a general,
unsecured creditor, and a participant's interest in the Plan may not be sold, assigned, transferred,
pledged or otherwise encumbered.
Item 5.
INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
The validity of the Deferred Compensation Obligations issuable under
the Plan has been passed upon by Richard W. Knaub, Esq., Associate General
Counsel of the Company, who holds no common stock or options in the Company
and no ordinary shares, American Depositary Receipts, or options in Barclays
PLC, the Company's parent.
Item 6.
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Article 160 of the Registrant's Articles of Association provides:
(a)   Subject to the provisions of the statutes, but without prejudice to
any indemnity to which he or she may otherwise be entitled, every director,
other officer and auditor of the company and every former director, other
former officer and former auditor of the company shall be indemnified out of
the assets of the company against any liability, loss or expenditure incurred
by him or her in the actual or purported execution and/or discharge of his or
her duties and/or the exercise or purported exercise of his or her powers
and/or otherwise in relation to or in connection with his or her duties, powers
or office including (without prejudice to the foregoing) any liability incurred
by him or her in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, which
relate to anything done or omitted to be done or alleged to have been done or
omitted to be done by him or her as a director, officer or auditor of the
company and in which judgment is given in his or her favour or in which he or
she is acquitted or which are otherwise disposed of without any finding or
admission of guilt or breach of duty on his or her part or incurred in
connection with any application in which relief is granted to him or her by the
court from liability in respect of any such act or omission or from liability
to pay any amount in respect of shares acquired by a nominee of the company.
(b)   To the extent permitted by the statutes, the board may arrange and
maintain insurance cover at the cost of the company in respect of any
liability, loss or expenditure incurred by any director, other officer, or
auditor of the company in relation to anything done or alleged to have been
done or omitted to be done by him or her as a director, officer or auditor."
The relevant provisions of the Statutes are Sections 310 and 727 of the
U.K. Companies Act 1985, as amended.
Section 310 provides:
(1) This section applies to any provision, whether contained in a
company's articles or in any contract with the company or otherwise, for
exempting any officer of the company or any person (whether an officer or not)
employed by the company as auditor from, or indemnifying him against, any
liability which by virtue of any rule of law would otherwise attach to him in
respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which
he may be guilty in relation to the company.
(2) Except as provided by the following subsection, any such provision is
void.
(3) This section does not prevent a company-
(a)   from purchasing and maintaining for any such officer or auditor
insurance against any such liability, or
(b)   from indemnifying any such officer or auditor against any liability
incurred by him-
i.   in defending any proceedings (whether civil or criminal) in which
judgment is given in his favour or he is acquitted, or
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ii.   in connection with any application under section 144(3) or (4)
(acquisition of shares by innocent nominee) or section 727 (general power to
grant relief in case of honest and reasonable conduct) in which relief is
granted to him by the court.'
Section 727 provides:
(1)   If in any proceedings for negligence, default, breach of duty or
breach of trust against an officer of a company or a person employed by a
company as auditor (whether he is or is not an officer of the company) it
appears to the court hearing the case that officer or person is or may be
liable in respect of the negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of
trust, but that he has acted honestly and reasonably, and that having regard to
all the circumstances of the case (including those connected with his
appointment) he ought fairly to be excused for the negligence, default, breach
of duty or breach of trust, that court may relieve him, either wholly or
partly, from his liability on such terms as it thinks fit.
(2)   If any such officer or person as above-mentioned has reason to
apprehend that any claim will or might be made against him in respect of any
negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, he may apply to the
court for relief; and the court on the application has the same power to
relieve him as under this section it would have had if it had been a court
before which proceedings against that person for negligence, default, breach of
duty or breach of trust had been brought.
(3)   Where a case to which subsection (1) applies is being tried by a judge
with a jury, the judge, after hearing the evidence, may, if he is satisfied
that the defendant or defender ought in pursuance of that subsection to be
relieved either in whole or in part from the liability sought to be enforced
against him, withdraw the case in whole or in part from the jury and forthwith
direct judgment to be entered for the defendant or defender on such terms as to
costs or otherwise as the judge may think proper."
Directors and officers of the Registrant may be indemnified by the
Registrant against directors' and officers' liability as permitted by Section
310 of the Companies Act.
The Registrant has obtained director's and officer's liability insurance
coverage which, subject to policy terms and limitations, includes coverage for
directors and officers of the Registrant and to reimburse the Registrant for
amounts paid to directors or officers of the Registrant by way of lawful
indemnity.
Item 7.
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not applicable.
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Item 8.
EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Barclays Bank PLC U.S. Senior Management Deferred Compensation Plan, as effective February 10, 2004
5.1
Opinion of Richard W. Knaub, Esq.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, independent auditors
23.2
Consent of Richard W. Knaub, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this registration statement)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this Registration Statement)
Item 9.
UNDERTAKINGS
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(a)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in this registration statement;
(iii)
To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration
statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) of this Item 9 do not
apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
(b)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered that remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(d)
That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
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(e)
That, insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to Item 6 above, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in London, England and in New York, New York (respectively), on
February 11 and 10 (respectively), 2004.
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
By:
/s/ John Silvester Varley
John Silvester Varley
Group Deputy Chief Executive
By:
/s/ Michael Montgomery
Michael Montgomery
Authorized U.S. Representative
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael
Montgomery and ____________________, and each of them, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution and each with full power to act without the
other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him or her
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration
statement and any related Registration Statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b)
under the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission or any state, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them, or their, his or her substitutes or substitute, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
Date: February 11, 2004
By:
/s/ Matthew William Barrett
Matthew William Barrett
Group Chief Executive and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
Date: February 11, 2004
By:
/s/ Naguib Kheraj
Naguib Kheraj
Group Finance Director and Director
(Principal Financial Officer)
Date: February 11, 2004
By:
/s/ Colin Richard Walklin
Colin Richard Walklin
Director of Group Finance
(Principal Accounting Officer)
Date: February 11, 2004
By:
/s/ Sir Peter Middleton GCB
Sir Peter Middleton GCB
Group Chairman and Director
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Date: February 11, 2004
By:
/s/ John Silvester Varley
John Silvester Varley
Director
Date: February 11, 2004
By:
/s/ Christopher John Lendrum
Christopher John Lendrum
Director
Date: February 11, 2004
By:
/s/ Roger William John Davis
Roger William John Davis
Director
Date: February 11, 2004
By:
/s/ Gary Andrew Hoffman
Gary Andrew Hoffman
Director
Date: February 11, 2004
By:
/s/ David Lawton Roberts
David Lawton Roberts
Director
Date: February 11, 2004
By:
/s/ Sir Brian Garton Jenkins GBE
Sir Brian Garton Jenkins GBE
Director
Date: February 11, 004
By:
/s/ Thomas David Guy Arculus
Thomas David Guy Arculus
Director
Date: February 11, 2004
By:
/s/ Hilary Mary Cropper CBE
Hilary Mary Cropper CBE
Director
Date: February 11, 2004
By:
/s/ Prof. Dame Sandra Dawson DBE
Prof. Dame Sandra Dawson DBE
Director
Date: February 11, 2004
By:
/s/ Sir Nigel Rudd DL
Sir Nigel Rudd DL
Director
Date: February 11, 2004
By:
/s/ Stephen George Russell
Stephen George Russell
Director
Date: February 11, 2004
By:
/s/ Dr. Jürgen Zech
Dr. Jürgen Zech
Director
Date: February 11, 2004
By:
/s/ Sir Richard Broadbent
Sir Richard Broadbent
Director
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Date: February 10, 2004
By:
/s/ Michael Montgomery
Michael Montgomery
Authorized U.S. Representative
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Barclays Bank PLC U.S. Senior Management Deferred Compensation Plan, as effective February 10, 2004
5.1
Opinion of Richard W. Knaub, Esq.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, independent auditors
23.2
Consent of Richard W. Knaub, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this registration statement)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this Registration Statement)
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