$20,000,000 Fixed Coupon Auto-Callable Securities Based on the Performance of the American Depositary Shares of Alibaba Group Holding Limited due October 15, 2021, priced on October 12, 2020, were issued by Barclays Bank PLC. The pricing supplement for this note (CUSIP: 06741WLG3) can be found here. The notes had a $1,000 face value and paid a fixed coupon of $10.2917 monthly so long as the notes had not been called. If not previously called, at maturity, the notes returned $1,000 in principal if and Alibaba all closed on the final determination date on October 12, 2021 and above 0% of their October 12, 2020 closing prices. If on October 12, 2021 and Alibaba closed below 0% of their October 12, 2020 closing prices, the notes paid reduced principal euqal to $1,000 multiplied by the lowest ratio of and Alibaba October 12, 2021 closing prices to their October 12, 2020 closing prices. The notes have matured. They paid four coupons totaling $123.5004 and $532.09 repayment per $1,000 note. Investors thus suffered capital losses of $467.91 and net losses of $344.41.† In the aggregate, investors in this note suffered $9,358,229 in capital losses and $6,888,221 in net losses. See Table 1 and Figure 1.
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