Barclays to price notes linked to EquityCompass Share Buyback index

By Angela McDaniels

Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 11 – Barclays Bank plc plans to price 0% notes due Jan. 9, 2019 linked to the EquityCompass Share Buyback index, according to a 424B2 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The index seeks to capture returns that may be available from investing in a basket of stocks that are selected using the EquityCompass Share BuyBack Strategy, a trading restriction filter and concentration procedures. The strategy selects a portfolio of stocks of up to 30 companies with the most significant share buyback announcements in the prior three months. It is based on the premise that stocks of companies that announce share buybacks may be more likely to perform well because share buybacks are a signal to the market that the management of a company believes the company's shares are undervalued.

The notes are putable subject to a minimum of $10,000 principal amount of notes. If the closing indicative note value falls to or below $250, the notes will be automatically called.

For each $1,000 principal amount of notes, the payout at maturity or upon redemption will be 97.5% of the sum of (a) $1,000 plus (b) $1,000 multiplied by the indicative note return.

The indicative note return on any day is the percentage change of the closing indicative note value from the initial closing indicative note value to the current closing indicative note value on that day.

The closing indicative note value will be $1,000 on the pricing date. On any subsequent business day, it will be (a) the closing indicative note value on the last note rebalancing date multiplied by (b) one plus the net index periodic return as of that business day. The note rebalancing dates are the sixth calendar day of each month.

The net index periodic return equals the index periodic return as of that business day minus the investor fee, which is 0.9% per year.

The index periodic return equals the performance of the index from its closing level on the last note rebalancing date to its closing level on that business day.

Barclays is the agent. One or more affiliates of the index selection agent, Choice Financial Partners, Inc., may act as a dealer in the offering and may receive a selling commission.

The notes will price Jan. 5.

The Cusip number is 06741UY73.

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