Form 8.3- INVESTEC PLC

Form 8.3- INVESTEC PLC

BARCLAYS PLC

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a) Identity of the person whose positions/dealings are being disclosed:	Â	BARCLAYS PLC
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient	Â	Â
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Â	INVESTEC PLC
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:	Â	Â
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:	Â	1 December 2011
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?	Â	YES: EVOLUTION GROUP PLC INVESTEC LIMITED Â

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

Class of relevant security:	Â	Â	Â	ORD	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â
				Interests		Â		Short Positions		Â
Â		Â		Number		(%)		Number		(%)
(1)		Relevant securities owned
		and/or controlled:		48,804,774		8.99%		50,361,715		9.27%
Â		Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(2)		Derivatives (other than
		options):		4,749,236		0.87%		2,388,890		0.44%
Â		Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(3)		Options and agreements to
		purchase/sell:		310,000		0.06%		105,000		0.02%
Â		Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
		TOTAL:
				53,864,010		9.92%		52,855,605		9.73%

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other executive options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:	Â
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:	Â

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant	Â	Purchase/sale	Â	Number of	Â	Price per unit
security		Â		securities		Â
ORD		Purchase		128		46.1400 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		320		3.6085 GBP
ORD		Purchase		374		45.8100 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		826		45.6700 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		999		45.8000 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,076		46.1800 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,148		3.5790 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,314		46.3200 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		2,352		45.9000 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		2,585		45.6400 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		3,721		46.0300 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		4,000		45.7200 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		4,000		46.1200 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		4,030		45.9500 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		5,904		45.8200 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		7,075		45.9600 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		7,994		45.8500 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		8,232		46.0000 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		16,221		3.6077 GBP
ORD		Purchase		27,454		3.6173 GBP
ORD		Purchase		33,434		3.6067 GBP
ORD		Purchase		145,785		3.6091 GBP
ORD		Purchase		244,471		3.6082 GBP
ORD		Purchase		900,000		46.4800 ZAR
ORD		Sale		185		3.5829 GBP
ORD		Sale		320		3.6070 GBP
ORD		Sale		355		46.1200 ZAR
ORD		Sale		402		46.0400 ZAR
ORD		Sale		413		45.8400 ZAR
ORD		Sale		469		3.6512 GBP
ORD		Sale		500		45.7900 ZAR
ORD		Sale		511		45.7800 ZAR
ORD		Sale		533		46.0800 ZAR
ORD		Sale		579		46.7400 ZAR
ORD		Sale		590		45.7200 ZAR
ORD		Sale		625		45.7700 ZAR
ORD		Sale		760		45.9400 ZAR
ORD		Sale		800		46.3300 ZAR
ORD		Sale		800		46.4200 ZAR
ORD		Sale		926		46.5200 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,002		45.7500 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,033		45.9300 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,064		46.4100 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,173		3.6324 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,239		46.2900 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,274		45.6400 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,405		46.3700 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,415		46.1300 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,483		45.7300 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,554		46.2000 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,658		45.9500 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,700		46.1600 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,848		46.0600 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,880		46.1400 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,887		45.8000 ZAR
ORD		Sale		2,084		46.4700 ZAR
ORD		Sale		2,105		46.0200 ZAR
ORD		Sale		2,145		46.0300 ZAR
ORD		Sale		2,520		46.3500 ZAR
ORD		Sale		2,624		3.5789 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,872		46.2600 ZAR
ORD		Sale		3,126		47.7754 ZAR
ORD		Sale		3,400		3.6333 GBP
ORD		Sale		3,538		46.5000 ZAR
ORD		Sale		3,588		46.3400 ZAR
ORD		Sale		4,125		46.3800 ZAR
ORD		Sale		4,285		46.4900 ZAR
ORD		Sale		4,499		45.6900 ZAR
ORD		Sale		4,582		45.8600 ZAR
ORD		Sale		4,601		45.8700 ZAR
ORD		Sale		4,632		45.8900 ZAR
ORD		Sale		4,799		45.9700 ZAR
ORD		Sale		4,984		45.7400 ZAR
ORD		Sale		5,020		46.1500 ZAR
ORD		Sale		5,052		46.1900 ZAR
ORD		Sale		5,190		46.2400 ZAR
ORD		Sale		5,378		46.3600 ZAR
ORD		Sale		5,529		45.7600 ZAR
ORD		Sale		5,634		46.1100 ZAR
ORD		Sale		5,768		45.7000 ZAR
ORD		Sale		5,904		3.5904 GBP
ORD		Sale		5,906		46.2800 ZAR
ORD		Sale		6,100		46.3000 ZAR
ORD		Sale		6,894		46.1800 ZAR
ORD		Sale		6,963		45.9900 ZAR
ORD		Sale		7,689		45.8800 ZAR
ORD		Sale		8,068		45.9600 ZAR
ORD		Sale		8,247		3.5761 GBP
ORD		Sale		8,660		45.9800 ZAR
ORD		Sale		8,668		3.5985 GBP
ORD		Sale		9,004		46.2300 ZAR
ORD		Sale		9,545		45.8500 ZAR
ORD		Sale		10,437		46.2500 ZAR
ORD		Sale		10,467		45.9000 ZAR
ORD		Sale		10,532		46.4600 ZAR
ORD		Sale		11,017		46.0700 ZAR
ORD		Sale		11,521		3.6032 GBP
ORD		Sale		11,754		46.0500 ZAR
ORD		Sale		12,057		46.0000 ZAR
ORD		Sale		14,191		46.0900 ZAR
ORD		Sale		17,345		3.6110 GBP
ORD		Sale		18,340		3.5784 GBP
ORD		Sale		24,529		3.6264 GBP
ORD		Sale		28,332		46.4500 ZAR
ORD		Sale		31,949		46.3900 ZAR
ORD		Sale		36,701		46.1000 ZAR
ORD		Sale		48,074		3.6275 GBP
ORD		Sale		94,958		3.6165 GBP
ORD		Sale		140,991		3.6036 GBP
ORD		Sale		905,067		46.4800 ZAR

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of	Â	Product	Â	Nature of dealing	Â	Number of	Â	Price per
relevant		description				reference		unit
security		Â		Â		securities		Â
ORD		CFD		Long		831		46.4714 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Long		3,126		47.7657 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Long		3,732		3.6000 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		5,741		3.6109 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		14,476		3.5920 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		18,594		46.3083 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Long		19,782		46.3798 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Long		43,399		3.6099 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		58,260		3.5958 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		256,474		46.1171 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Long		900,000		3.6328 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		972		3.6080 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		1,403		45.8205 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Short		5,491		3.6094 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		7,075		45.9747 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Short		21,015		3.5946 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		38,597		45.9400 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Short		279,263		3.6079 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		900,000		46.4846 ZAR

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Â

Product description e.g. call option

Â

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Â

Number of securities to which option relates

Â

Exercise price per unit

Â

Type e.g. American, European etc.

Â

Expiry date

Â

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercising

Class of relevant security

Â

Product description e.g. call option

Â

Number of securities

Â

Exercise price per unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Â

Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion

Â

Details

Â

Price per unit (if applicable)

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

4. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”

NONE

(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”

NONE

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

Â

YES Â

Date of disclosure:	Â	2 Dec 2011
Contact name:	Â	Geoff Smith
Telephone number:	Â	020 7116 2913

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at [e-mail]. The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

143221.01

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)

DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION

Identity of person whose open positions are being disclosed:	Â	Barclays PLC.
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:		INVESTEC PLC

2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

Class

Â

Product

Â

Writing,

Â

Number

Â

Exercise

Â

Type

Â

Expiry

of

description

purchasing,

of

price

date

relevant

selling,

securities

per unit

security

varying etc

to which

option

Â

Â

Â

relates

Â

Â

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ORD

Put Options

Purchased

105,000

4,039.0000

American

15 Mar 2012

ORD

Put Options

Written

-105,000

4,752.0000

American

15 Mar 2012

ORD

Call Options

Purchased

105,000

5,702.0000

American

15 Mar 2012

ORD

Put Options

Purchased

50,000

4,425.0000

American

15 Dec 2011

ORD

Put Options

Purchased

50,000

4,500.0000

American

15 Dec 2011

3. AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:

It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions) with regard to contracts for differences (“CFDs”) or spread bets.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.