Form 8.3 - INVESTEC LIMITED
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: 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
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to
whose relevant securities this form
relates: Investec Ltd
Use a separate form for each
offeror/offeree
(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: 23 April 2010
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or YES
are they today disclosing, under the Code
in respect of any other party
to this offer?
If YES, specify which:
Investec Plc
Rensburg Sheppards Plc
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: ORDINARY
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant
securities
wned and/or
controlled: 1,646,229 0.65 840,516 0.33
(2) Derivatives
(other
than options): 109,321 0.04 109,321 0.04
(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell: 0 0.00 0 0.00
TOTAL: 1,755,550 0.69 949,837 0.37
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 Purchase/sale Number of Price per
relevant securities unit
security
Ordinary Purchase 1,999 63.55
Ordinary Purchase 798 63.58
Ordinary Purchase 19 63.60
Ordinary Purchase 1,898 63.61
Ordinary Purchase 1,023 63.64
Ordinary Purchase 48 63.73
Ordinary Purchase 33 63.74
Ordinary Purchase 283 63.75
Ordinary Purchase 1,903 63.76
Ordinary Purchase 10,248 63.80
Ordinary Purchase 700 63.81
Ordinary Purchase 9,500 63.84
Ordinary Purchase 3,709 63.85
Ordinary Purchase 140 63.87
Ordinary Purchase 1,861 63.88
Ordinary Purchase 616 63.89
Ordinary Purchase 1,999 63.90
Ordinary Purchase 50 63.91
Ordinary Purchase 484 63.93
Ordinary Purchase 233 63.94
Ordinary Purchase 399 63.97
Ordinary Purchase 79 63.98
Ordinary Purchase 435 63.99
Ordinary Purchase 14,225 64.00
Ordinary Purchase 168 64.02
Ordinary Purchase 933 64.03
Ordinary Purchase 676 64.07
Ordinary Purchase 1,759 64.08
Ordinary Purchase 467 64.09
Ordinary Purchase 202 64.10
Ordinary Purchase 753 64.11
Ordinary Purchase 3,661 64.12
Ordinary Purchase 1,876 64.14
Ordinary Purchase 8,689 64.15
Ordinary Purchase 100 64.17
Ordinary Purchase 2,807 64.18
Ordinary Purchase 100 64.19
Ordinary Purchase 1,852 64.20
Ordinary Purchase 485 64.25
Ordinary Purchase 271 64.28
Ordinary Purchase 26 64.29
Ordinary Purchase 1,017 64.30
Ordinary Purchase 573 64.39
Ordinary Purchase 3,879 64.40
Ordinary Purchase 3,989 64.41
Ordinary Purchase 863 64.43
Ordinary Purchase 100 64.44
Ordinary Purchase 2,773 63.885344
Ordinary Purchase 28,858 64.886946
Ordinary Purchase 26,221 64.886946
Ordinary Sale -2,773 63.8853
Ordinary Sale -5,000 63.480864
Ordinary Sale -12,607 63.74261
Ordinary Sale -2,773 63.885344
Ordinary Sale -30 63.60
Ordinary Sale -30 63.61
Ordinary Sale -8 63.64
Ordinary Sale -74 63.67
Ordinary Sale -904 63.72
Ordinary Sale -30 63.73
Ordinary Sale -367 63.76
Ordinary Sale -20 63.78
Ordinary Sale -328 63.79
Ordinary Sale -605 63.80
Ordinary Sale -41 63.81
Ordinary Sale -20 63.87
Ordinary Sale -24 63.88
Ordinary Sale -16 63.89
Ordinary Sale -945 63.91
Ordinary Sale -1498 63.92
Ordinary Sale -876 63.94
Ordinary Sale -307 63.96
Ordinary Sale -3476 63.98
Ordinary Sale -905 63.99
Ordinary Sale -525 64.00
Ordinary Sale -233 64.03
Ordinary Sale -121 64.04
Ordinary Sale -35 64.05
Ordinary Sale -739 64.13
Ordinary Sale -20 64.14
Ordinary Sale -145 64.24
Ordinary Sale -262 64.35
Ordinary Sale -6 64.40
Ordinary Sale -1903 64.41
Ordinary Sale -863 64.43
Ordinary Sale -8 64.46
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Price
relevant description e.g. opening/ reference per unit
security e.g. CFD closing a long/ securities
short position,
increasing/reducing
a long/short position
Ordinary CFD Long 739 64.1059
Ordinary CFD Long 945 63.8844
Ordinary CFD Long 5,543 63.9545
Ordinary CFD Long 31,808 63.9521
Ordinary CFD Short 7,227 63.9658
Ordinary CFD Short 10,526 64.2136
Ordinary CFD Short 21,282 63.8305
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of Product Writing, Number Exercise Type Expiry Option
relevant description purchasing, of Price e.g. date Money
security e.g. selling, securities per unit paid/
call varying to which American, received
option etc. option European per unit
relates etc.
(ii) Exercising
Class of Product Number of Exercise
relevant description securities price
security e.g. call per unit
option
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of Nature of Details Price per
Relevant dealing e.g. unit
security subscription, (if applicable)
conversion
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"
(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"
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO
Date of disclosure: 26 April 2010
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.