Publication of Final Terms

The Governor and Company of the Bank of England
U.S.$2,000,000,000 0.500 per cent. Notes due 2023

The Governor and Company of the Bank of England (the "Bank of England") has updated its debt issuance programme for the issue of notes from time to time (the "Programme") pursuant to a prospectus dated 28 February 2020 (the "Prospectus").

Pursuant to final terms dated 28 April 2020 ("Final Terms"), the Bank of England will issue U.S.$2,000,000,000 0.500 per cent. notes due 2023 under the Programme on 30 April 2020 (the "Notes").  Applications have been made for the Notes to be listed on the Official List of the FCA and admitted to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.

Full information on the Bank of England and the Notes is only available on the basis of both the Prospectus and the Final Terms.

To view the Prospectus, please paste the following URL into the address bar of your browser:

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/2402L_2-2020-4-28.pdf

To view the Final Terms, please paste the following URL into the address bar of your browser:

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/2402L_1-2020-4-28.pdf

A copy of the Prospectus has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and is available for inspection at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM. A copy of the Final Terms will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available shortly for inspection at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Please direct any questions on Bank of England foreign currency reserves and their financing to the Bank's Press Office on +44 (0) 20 3461 4411 or, alternatively, [email protected].

This announcement is being issued in reliance on Rule 135e of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").  This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States.  Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from registration.  The Bank of England does not intend to register the Notes under the securities laws of the United States or conduct a public offering of the Notes in the United States.

Statements about the Bank of England and all other statements in this announcement other than historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act, Section 21E of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time. The Bank of England undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequently occurring events or circumstances.

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This announcement is being distributed to, and is directed only at, persons in the United Kingdom in circumstances where section 21(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended does not apply (such persons being referred to as "relevant persons"). Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this communication or any of its contents. Any investment activity (including, but not limited to, any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire securities) to which this communication relates will only be available to, and will only be engaged with, persons who fall within the manufacturer target market.