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   Barclays PLC.
  are being disclosed:  
(b) Owner or controller of interest and short
  positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):  
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose INVESTEC PLC
  relevant securities this form relates:  
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an
offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
  offeror/offeree:  
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 14 September 2011
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are YES:
they today disclosing, under the Code in respect EVOLUTION GROUP PLC
  of any other party to this offer? INVESTEC LIMITED

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:   ORD
  Interests       Short Positions    
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 42,913,491 7.91% 44,978,552 8.29%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 7,721,452 1.42% 7,316,883 1.35%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 1,072,000 0.20% 0 0.00%
           
TOTAL:
51,706,943 9.53% 52,295,435 9.64%

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:  
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:  

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   Purchase/sale   Number of   Price per unit
security   securities  
ORD Purchase 2 46.9500 ZAR
ORD Purchase 148 47.1800 ZAR
ORD Purchase 202 48.0400 ZAR
ORD Purchase 403 48.0100 ZAR
ORD Purchase 421 47.1600 ZAR
ORD Purchase 482 48.0000 ZAR
ORD Purchase 564 47.8300 ZAR
ORD Purchase 746 47.4100 ZAR
ORD Purchase 831 48.0700 ZAR
ORD Purchase 836 47.2400 ZAR
ORD Purchase 838 47.2000 ZAR
ORD Purchase 1,000 47.7100 ZAR
ORD Purchase 1,033 47.9200 ZAR
ORD Purchase 1,034 47.2200 ZAR
ORD Purchase 1,049 47.8000 ZAR
ORD Purchase 1,069 4.0954 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,080 47.8400 ZAR
ORD Purchase 1,093 47.5500 ZAR
ORD Purchase 1,149 47.9500 ZAR
ORD Purchase 1,300 47.3000 ZAR
ORD Purchase 1,432 47.9600 ZAR
ORD Purchase 2,000 47.6800 ZAR
ORD Purchase 2,647 47.9000 ZAR
ORD Purchase 3,465 4.0945 GBP
ORD Purchase 4,000 47.0700 ZAR
ORD Purchase 4,000 47.9100 ZAR
ORD Purchase 5,005 47.0000 ZAR
ORD Purchase 5,648 4.0908 GBP
ORD Purchase 5,803 47.6100 ZAR
ORD Purchase 9,729 4.1116 GBP
ORD Purchase 11,743 47.1000 ZAR
ORD Purchase 13,000 47.0400 ZAR
ORD Purchase 15,129 4.0795 GBP
ORD Purchase 17,057 4.0866 GBP
ORD Purchase 43,565 4.0873 GBP
ORD Purchase 44,765 47.7233 ZAR
ORD Purchase 55,312 4.0881 GBP
ORD Purchase 129,833 4.0931 GBP
ORD Purchase 177,318 47.7000 ZAR
ORD Sale 53 47.7400 ZAR
ORD Sale 91 47.1300 ZAR
ORD Sale 100 47.1200 ZAR
ORD Sale 100 47.7000 ZAR
ORD Sale 100 48.1800 ZAR
ORD Sale 149 48.1400 ZAR
ORD Sale 174 47.8600 ZAR
ORD Sale 200 47.1100 ZAR
ORD Sale 200 47.8300 ZAR
ORD Sale 200 47.8700 ZAR
ORD Sale 376 47.0200 ZAR
ORD Sale 387 47.9200 ZAR
ORD Sale 413 47.3600 ZAR
ORD Sale 413 47.4300 ZAR
ORD Sale 413 47.5100 ZAR
ORD Sale 483 47.6900 ZAR
ORD Sale 520 48.0400 ZAR
ORD Sale 570 48.1200 ZAR
ORD Sale 633 47.8900 ZAR
ORD Sale 767 48.1700 ZAR
ORD Sale 788 48.0700 ZAR
ORD Sale 827 47.5400 ZAR
ORD Sale 837 48.0600 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,059 46.9100 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,240 47.9300 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,357 47.6100 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,368 48.1100 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,393 47.8400 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,437 47.9700 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,573 47.9600 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,792 47.9500 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,902 48.0900 ZAR
ORD Sale 2,140 47.8100 ZAR
ORD Sale 2,201 48.0500 ZAR
ORD Sale 2,229 48.1000 ZAR
ORD Sale 2,520 48.0800 ZAR
ORD Sale 2,659 48.2100 ZAR
ORD Sale 2,709 47.5500 ZAR
ORD Sale 2,735 47.9100 ZAR
ORD Sale 2,768 4.0943 GBP
ORD Sale 2,786 48.0300 ZAR
ORD Sale 2,794 47.8500 ZAR
ORD Sale 2,820 47.4100 ZAR
ORD Sale 3,100 4.0824 GBP
ORD Sale 3,139 47.9400 ZAR
ORD Sale 3,182 48.0100 ZAR
ORD Sale 3,500 47.9800 ZAR
ORD Sale 4,000 47.1700 ZAR
ORD Sale 4,000 47.2800 ZAR
ORD Sale 4,594 47.9000 ZAR
ORD Sale 4,800 47.8000 ZAR
ORD Sale 5,029 4.0674 GBP
ORD Sale 5,393 48.0200 ZAR
ORD Sale 5,595 47.9900 ZAR
ORD Sale 6,290 48.0000 ZAR
ORD Sale 7,229 4.1167 GBP
ORD Sale 10,327 4.0850 GBP
ORD Sale 12,865 4.0837 GBP
ORD Sale 40,458 4.0793 GBP
ORD Sale 304,363 4.0887 GBP

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of   Product   Nature of dealing   Number of   Price per
relevant description reference unit
security     securities  
ORD CFD Long 277 4.1098 GBP
ORD CFD Long 1,716 47.6298 ZAR
ORD CFD Long 1,786 47.4744 ZAR
ORD CFD Long 4,981 4.0868 GBP
ORD CFD Long 6,467 4.1074 GBP
ORD CFD Long 15,971 4.0937 GBP
ORD CFD Long 37,778 4.0884 GBP
ORD CFD Long 88,499 47.8418 ZAR
ORD CFD Long 103,857 4.1001 GBP
ORD CFD Long 108,823 4.0674 GBP
ORD CFD Long 121,271 47.5280 ZAR
ORD CFD Short 927 4.0609 GBP
ORD CFD Short 1,716 47.6886 ZAR
ORD CFD Short 3,080 47.7513 ZAR
ORD CFD Short 11,968 4.0672 GBP
ORD CFD Short 15,746 4.1043 GBP
ORD CFD Short 18,764 47.7190 ZAR
ORD CFD Short 38,566 4.0981 GBP
ORD CFD Short 44,765 47.7327 ZAR
ORD CFD Short 52,946 47.2722 ZAR
ORD CFD Short 92,001 47.8331 ZAR
ORD CFD Short 97,590 4.0933 GBP

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security   Product description e.g. call option   Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.   Number of securities to which option relates   Exercise price per unit   Type

e.g. American, European etc.

  Expiry date   Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercising

Class of relevant security   Product description

e.g. call option

  Number of securities   Exercise price per unit

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

Class of relevant security   Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

  Details   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?   YES
Date of disclosure: 15 Sep 2011
Contact name: Geoff Smith
Telephone number: 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 monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

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

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 the person whose positions/dealings   Barclays PLC.
are being disclosed:  
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose INVESTEC PLC
relevant securities this from relates:  

2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

Class   Product   Writing,   Number   Exercise   Type   Expiry
of description purchasing, of price date
relevant selling, securities per unit
security varying etc to which
option
      relates      
ORD Put Options Purchased 100,000 5,200.0000 American 15 Sep 2011
ORD Call Options Purchased 972,000 5,800.0000 American 15 Sep 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 +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

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

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 the person whose positions/dealings   Barclays PLC.
are being disclosed:  
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose INVESTEC PLC
relevant securities this from relates:  

2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

Class   Product   Writing,   Number   Exercise   Type   Expiry
of description purchasing, of price date
relevant selling, securities per unit
security varying etc to which
option
      relates      
ORD Put Options Purchased 100,000 5,200.0000 American 15 Sep 2011
ORD Call Options Purchased 972,000 5,800.0000 American 15 Sep 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 +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

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

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