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	19 September 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				Short Positions
Â		Â		Number		(%)		Number		(%)
(1)		Relevant securities owned
		and/or controlled:		42,699,751		7.87%		44,986,871		8.29%
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(2)		Derivatives (other than
		options):		2,957,059		0.55%		2,403,769		0.44%
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(3)		Options and agreements to
		purchase/sell:		0		0.00%		0		0.00%
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(4)		TOTAL:
				45,656,810		8.42%		47,390,640		8.74%

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		200		47.7600 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		200		48.2200 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		237		47.9800 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		396		47.8800 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		413		47.8200 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		600		48.1700 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		754		47.8700 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		825		47.6100 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		825		47.7000 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		910		47.4000 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		950		48.2400 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,000		48.0600 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,025		48.1900 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,032		48.0900 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,057		47.5100 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,316		47.5300 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,430		48.1200 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		2,315		48.2600 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		2,560		48.2300 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		3,100		4.0017 GBP
ORD		Purchase		4,000		47.6600 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		4,000		47.8300 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		4,000		47.8600 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		4,000		47.9400 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		4,000		48.1600 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		4,200		48.1500 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		4,442		47.8400 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		5,000		47.8100 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		5,055		4.0305 GBP
ORD		Purchase		6,153		3.9920 GBP
ORD		Purchase		6,179		48.2500 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		6,610		48.0000 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		8,784		47.8000 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		16,919		4.0000 GBP
ORD		Purchase		31,533		3.9855 GBP
ORD		Purchase		33,023		3.9873 GBP
ORD		Purchase		51,709		48.1000 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		75,805		3.9894 GBP
ORD		Purchase		178,413		3.9916 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,795,998		48.3000 ZAR
ORD		Sale		79		47.8900 ZAR
ORD		Sale		176		48.1600 ZAR
ORD		Sale		210		48.1300 ZAR
ORD		Sale		226		3.9769 GBP
ORD		Sale		277		47.9600 ZAR
ORD		Sale		416		47.8000 ZAR
ORD		Sale		432		48.1700 ZAR
ORD		Sale		527		47.7000 ZAR
ORD		Sale		582		47.8100 ZAR
ORD		Sale		704		47.9300 ZAR
ORD		Sale		791		48.1100 ZAR
ORD		Sale		800		48.1800 ZAR
ORD		Sale		804		47.5000 ZAR
ORD		Sale		851		47.9700 ZAR
ORD		Sale		900		47.9000 ZAR
ORD		Sale		984		47.8800 ZAR
ORD		Sale		999		47.8700 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,000		47.7100 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,000		48.2900 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,000		48.3100 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,006		47.8500 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,075		48.0400 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,099		3.9898 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,245		47.5300 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,278		47.7900 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,410		48.0200 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,861		47.5100 ZAR
ORD		Sale		2,442		47.4700 ZAR
ORD		Sale		2,500		47.6000 ZAR
ORD		Sale		2,804		3.9904 GBP
ORD		Sale		3,007		47.7300 ZAR
ORD		Sale		3,058		47.7500 ZAR
ORD		Sale		3,158		3.9894 GBP
ORD		Sale		3,609		48.1500 ZAR
ORD		Sale		5,000		48.0900 ZAR
ORD		Sale		6,918		48.0000 ZAR
ORD		Sale		7,000		48.0800 ZAR
ORD		Sale		7,139		47.8200 ZAR
ORD		Sale		8,000		48.0700 ZAR
ORD		Sale		8,064		48.0600 ZAR
ORD		Sale		9,000		48.0500 ZAR
ORD		Sale		9,312		3.9952 GBP
ORD		Sale		9,632		48.1978 ZAR
ORD		Sale		11,716		48.2100 ZAR
ORD		Sale		14,422		48.0100 ZAR
ORD		Sale		15,984		48.1000 ZAR
ORD		Sale		16,919		4.0000 GBP
ORD		Sale		17,352		48.2000 ZAR
ORD		Sale		22,765		3.9895 GBP
ORD		Sale		25,015		4.0081 GBP
ORD		Sale		25,327		4.0099 GBP
ORD		Sale		34,149		3.9941 GBP
ORD		Sale		52,616		4.0128 GBP
ORD		Sale		171,549		4.0059 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,802,313		48.3000 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		800		48.1800 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Long		1,156		48.2000 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Long		1,678		3.9959 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		1,915		47.9277 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Long		9,632		48.1881 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Long		13,058		3.9943 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		27,459		3.9936 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		36,239		3.9951 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		126,315		47.9977 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Long		150,918		4.0169 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		1,790,000		4.1174 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		1,920,899		48.2977 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Short		70		4.0140 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		182		4.0135 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		1,200		48.1450 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Short		1,487		4.0134 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		3,589		4.0200 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		4,996		47.9100 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Short		11,944		3.9977 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		35,437		48.1192 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Short		37,652		3.9933 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		89,266		48.0131 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Short		139,818		48.0144 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Short		171,023		3.9860 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		1,790,000		48.3048 ZAR

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

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Product description e.g. call option

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Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Â

Number of securities to which option relates

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Exercise price per unit

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Type e.g. American, European etc.

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Expiry date

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Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercising

Class of relevant security

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Product description e.g. call option

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Number of securities

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Exercise price per unit

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

Class of relevant security

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Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion

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Details

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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	NO
Date of disclosure:		20 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 [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.