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)	Â	Identity of the person whose positions/dealings	Â	Barclays PLC.
Â		are being disclosed:		Â
(b)		Owner or controller of interest and short
Â		positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):		Â
(c)		Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose		INVESTEC PLC
Â		relevant securities this form relates:		Â
(d)		If an exempt fund manager connected with an
		offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
Â		offeror/offeree:		Â
(e)		Date position held/dealing undertaken:		23 September 2011
(f)		Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are		YES:
		they today disclosing, under the Code in respect		EVOLUTION GROUP PLC
Â		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:	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:		43,159,723		7.96%		44,988,438		8.29%
Â		Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(2)		Derivatives (other than
		options):		1,016,337		0.19%		1,853,234		0.34%
Â		Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(3)		Options and agreements to
		purchase/sell:		0		0.00%		0		0.00%
Â		Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(4)		TOTAL:
				44,176,060		8.14%		46,841,672		8.64%

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:	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		226		45.1900 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		244		45.3700 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		279		46.4900 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		300		45.9100 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		400		46.2600 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		413		45.8700 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		413		46.4600 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		413		46.6700 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		413		46.9000 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		500		45.2500 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		502		45.3600 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		510		46.5900 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		536		45.4700 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		586		45.5000 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		600		45.1000 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		600		45.6800 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		651		46.0700 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		700		45.9200 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		738		46.3400 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		800		45.6200 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		825		46.6600 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		825		47.0900 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		878		47.2300 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		927		45.4100 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		940		46.7400 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,000		45.8100 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,032		46.7800 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,032		47.2400 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,238		46.7100 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,271		45.4000 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,325		46.4700 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,376		45.5400 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,390		46.9100 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,400		45.6500 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,430		45.4600 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,500		45.5800 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,500		46.9200 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,600		45.6400 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,651		46.4800 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,700		45.5500 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,735		45.7800 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,800		45.5700 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,800		45.7300 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,955		45.7600 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		1,991		45.5900 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		2,059		46.3200 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		2,090		45.5300 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		2,125		45.5100 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		2,299		46.3900 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		2,588		45.7100 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		2,841		46.6200 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		2,843		46.3000 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		2,882		46.4200 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		3,000		45.2700 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		3,009		45.2900 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		3,305		46.3600 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		3,772		45.2000 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		3,773		47.2500 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		4,000		45.2600 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		4,000		45.3100 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		4,000		46.6000 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		4,032		47.2600 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		4,400		45.2800 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		4,400		45.7000 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		4,700		45.3000 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		4,700		45.3900 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		4,829		45.6900 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		4,853		46.3300 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		5,032		46.7500 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		5,039		46.3100 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		5,195		45.7500 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		5,576		46.4100 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		5,798		45.4400 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		5,919		45.5600 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		6,238		46.7900 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		6,483		46.5400 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		6,589		45.4200 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		6,851		45.6100 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		6,873		45.7700 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		7,262		46.5100 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		7,584		45.3500 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		8,000		45.3300 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		8,000		46.4400 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		8,039		45.3200 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		9,000		46.5800 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		9,126		46.5200 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		10,111		3.5669 GBP
ORD		Purchase		10,148		45.6000 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		10,331		45.7200 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		10,673		45.6600 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		10,896		46.4500 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		11,970		3.5708 GBP
ORD		Purchase		12,084		46.3500 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		13,224		46.5000 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		14,154		3.5682 GBP
ORD		Purchase		15,529		45.4800 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		15,885		46.3800 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		18,787		46.3700 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		23,189		46.4000 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		32,608		3.5591 GBP
ORD		Purchase		35,591		45.6300 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		44,553		3.5688 GBP
ORD		Purchase		125,335		3.5894 GBP
ORD		Purchase		231,240		3.5244 GBP
ORD		Purchase		231,842		3.5853 GBP
ORD		Purchase		289,818		45.9267 ZAR
ORD		Purchase		485,424		3.5911 GBP
ORD		Sale		54		45.8800 ZAR
ORD		Sale		67		46.6400 ZAR
ORD		Sale		205		45.4500 ZAR
ORD		Sale		212		46.6200 ZAR
ORD		Sale		361		45.3300 ZAR
ORD		Sale		400		46.3700 ZAR
ORD		Sale		400		46.7000 ZAR
ORD		Sale		410		45.5300 ZAR
ORD		Sale		492		45.3400 ZAR
ORD		Sale		497		45.7700 ZAR
ORD		Sale		502		45.3600 ZAR
ORD		Sale		502		46.5800 ZAR
ORD		Sale		502		46.6500 ZAR
ORD		Sale		528		45.2100 ZAR
ORD		Sale		533		47.2300 ZAR
ORD		Sale		553		47.2500 ZAR
ORD		Sale		560		45.1900 ZAR
ORD		Sale		564		46.8000 ZAR
ORD		Sale		582		46.2600 ZAR
ORD		Sale		640		45.4400 ZAR
ORD		Sale		685		45.5400 ZAR
ORD		Sale		685		46.7500 ZAR
ORD		Sale		698		45.3700 ZAR
ORD		Sale		707		45.4300 ZAR
ORD		Sale		711		45.9600 ZAR
ORD		Sale		742		45.2900 ZAR
ORD		Sale		829		3.6060 GBP
ORD		Sale		858		45.3500 ZAR
ORD		Sale		895		45.7200 ZAR
ORD		Sale		900		46.6000 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,007		47.2600 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,032		45.4200 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,032		45.5700 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,032		46.3100 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,039		46.6800 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,052		45.0900 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,058		45.5200 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,115		45.2500 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,238		46.6900 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,311		46.5900 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,411		46.4100 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,481		46.2900 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,650		3.6095 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,703		47.3300 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,711		45.5100 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,784		45.9100 ZAR
ORD		Sale		1,792		45.4100 ZAR
ORD		Sale		2,025		3.6218 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,040		45.3800 ZAR
ORD		Sale		2,373		45.4800 ZAR
ORD		Sale		2,800		3.5699 GBP
ORD		Sale		3,022		45.6500 ZAR
ORD		Sale		3,274		46.5300 ZAR
ORD		Sale		3,611		45.7900 ZAR
ORD		Sale		4,000		46.0400 ZAR
ORD		Sale		4,014		45.9000 ZAR
ORD		Sale		4,228		3.6106 GBP
ORD		Sale		4,678		45.5600 ZAR
ORD		Sale		5,011		45.5500 ZAR
ORD		Sale		5,997		45.7100 ZAR
ORD		Sale		6,000		45.7000 ZAR
ORD		Sale		6,400		3.6236 GBP
ORD		Sale		6,564		45.6400 ZAR
ORD		Sale		9,170		3.5710 GBP
ORD		Sale		10,439		3.6160 GBP
ORD		Sale		13,000		45.8000 ZAR
ORD		Sale		13,149		45.5000 ZAR
ORD		Sale		30,537		3.5731 GBP
ORD		Sale		35,791		3.5845 GBP
ORD		Sale		66,503		3.5911 GBP
ORD		Sale		203,308		3.5815 GBP
ORD		Sale		491,329		3.5873 GBP

(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		467		46.6913 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Long		1,122		3.5454 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		1,712		46.0707 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Long		2,878		3.6326 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		3,274		46.5151 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Long		13,329		45.5010 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Long		25,264		3.6305 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		63,562		3.5911 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		79,440		45.8346 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Long		679,166		3.5837 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		709,204		45.9868 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Short		1,394		45.5445 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Short		5,694		45.4981 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Short		6,408		45.9737 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Short		11,014		3.6174 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		12,976		3.6227 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		15,858		45.6543 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Short		19,478		45.7899 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Short		20,400		3.5786 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		22,785		3.6278 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		68,656		3.5670 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		98,222		45.8228 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Short		112,103		3.5733 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		125,335		3.5894 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		231,240		3.5244 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		289,818		45.9358 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Short		370,554		46.0602 ZAR
ORD		CFD		Short		485,424		3.5911 GBP

(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

NO

Date of disclosure:	Â	26 Sep 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.