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: 21 May 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: 1,550,897 0.57% 927,983 0.34% (2) Derivatives (other than options): 36,269 0.01% 54,077 0.02% (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00 0 0.00 TOTAL: 1,587,166 0.59% 982,060 0.36% 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 ORD Purchase 9 56.0900 ZAR ORD Purchase 32 55.9700 ZAR ORD Purchase 81 54.3400 ZAR ORD Purchase 102 53.7900 ZAR ORD Purchase 102 53.9100 ZAR ORD Purchase 103 53.7600 ZAR ORD Purchase 103 54.5200 ZAR ORD Purchase 103 54.6400 ZAR ORD Purchase 103 56.2400 ZAR ORD Purchase 103 56.2800 ZAR ORD Purchase 109 54.9900 ZAR ORD Purchase 119 55.7100 ZAR ORD Purchase 122 54.9500 ZAR ORD Purchase 125 54.4400 ZAR ORD Purchase 126 54.8900 ZAR ORD Purchase 140 54.6300 ZAR ORD Purchase 146 54.8800 ZAR ORD Purchase 158 53.7000 ZAR ORD Purchase 159 54.3500 ZAR ORD Purchase 174 54.3800 ZAR ORD Purchase 184 54.8400 ZAR ORD Purchase 207 54.7100 ZAR ORD Purchase 223 54.3200 ZAR ORD Purchase 288 56.0800 ZAR ORD Purchase 483 55.8400 ZAR ORD Purchase 504 54.6100 ZAR ORD Purchase 547 55.8600 ZAR ORD Purchase 638 55.0800 ZAR ORD Purchase 692 53.6100 ZAR ORD Purchase 783 54.5700 ZAR ORD Purchase 952 55.0600 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,000 53.6300 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,000 53.6800 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,000 55.9300 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,018 55.2500 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,024 55.3600 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,045 54.5000 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,096 55.0500 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,097 53.5800 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,123 54.7900 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,267 54.7600 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,291 55.9200 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,489 55.9400 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,857 53.6000 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,913 54.5100 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,972 56.1600 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,213 54.8100 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,916 54.0800 ZAR ORD Purchase 3,000 53.7400 ZAR ORD Purchase 3,002 55.0300 ZAR ORD Purchase 4,000 55.0900 ZAR ORD Purchase 21,044 54.2703 ZAR ORD Sale 2 56.3000 ZAR ORD Sale 11 56.1500 ZAR ORD Sale 36 54.2600 ZAR ORD Sale 83 55.2300 ZAR ORD Sale 100 54.0300 ZAR ORD Sale 100 55.9800 ZAR ORD Sale 102 55.2700 ZAR ORD Sale 103 54.5000 ZAR ORD Sale 103 54.5200 ZAR ORD Sale 103 54.5900 ZAR ORD Sale 103 56.2800 ZAR ORD Sale 108 55.9400 ZAR ORD Sale 114 55.7500 ZAR ORD Sale 122 53.9700 ZAR ORD Sale 146 54.8800 ZAR ORD Sale 184 54.8400 ZAR ORD Sale 189 53.9400 ZAR ORD Sale 190 54.7700 ZAR ORD Sale 200 54.0100 ZAR ORD Sale 200 56.0800 ZAR ORD Sale 200 56.2000 ZAR ORD Sale 202 55.6300 ZAR ORD Sale 222 55.7100 ZAR ORD Sale 295 55.9700 ZAR ORD Sale 300 53.9300 ZAR ORD Sale 300 54.1300 ZAR ORD Sale 300 54.3700 ZAR ORD Sale 300 54.8300 ZAR ORD Sale 300 55.4800 ZAR ORD Sale 325 54.6600 ZAR ORD Sale 333 55.1900 ZAR ORD Sale 339 55.3600 ZAR ORD Sale 369 55.8500 ZAR ORD Sale 371 54.3300 ZAR ORD Sale 400 54.4200 ZAR ORD Sale 400 54.5700 ZAR ORD Sale 400 54.8600 ZAR ORD Sale 400 54.9500 ZAR ORD Sale 400 55.6600 ZAR ORD Sale 400 55.7200 ZAR ORD Sale 400 55.9600 ZAR ORD Sale 409 56.2600 ZAR ORD Sale 420 55.2600 ZAR ORD Sale 470 54.2200 ZAR ORD Sale 474 54.4600 ZAR ORD Sale 500 54.3600 ZAR ORD Sale 500 55.0400 ZAR ORD Sale 500 55.3300 ZAR ORD Sale 500 55.5000 ZAR ORD Sale 530 54.1800 ZAR ORD Sale 600 54.0800 ZAR ORD Sale 600 54.1400 ZAR ORD Sale 600 54.2300 ZAR ORD Sale 600 54.3900 ZAR ORD Sale 600 54.6400 ZAR ORD Sale 600 55.1200 ZAR ORD Sale 600 55.8300 ZAR ORD Sale 603 54.7300 ZAR ORD Sale 619 54.3500 ZAR ORD Sale 620 55.0100 ZAR ORD Sale 623 54.3200 ZAR ORD Sale 625 56.0200 ZAR ORD Sale 633 54.6300 ZAR ORD Sale 650 55.8600 ZAR ORD Sale 657 54.9700 ZAR ORD Sale 672 55.8200 ZAR ORD Sale 686 54.4000 ZAR ORD Sale 700 53.9900 ZAR ORD Sale 700 55.0600 ZAR ORD Sale 759 55.1800 ZAR ORD Sale 776 55.5700 ZAR ORD Sale 800 54.8200 ZAR ORD Sale 820 54.5800 ZAR ORD Sale 839 55.4300 ZAR ORD Sale 900 54.9200 ZAR ORD Sale 912 55.8000 ZAR ORD Sale 913 55.7000 ZAR ORD Sale 981 55.9300 ZAR ORD Sale 1,000 54.2800 ZAR ORD Sale 1,000 55.1400 ZAR ORD Sale 1,000 55.4200 ZAR ORD Sale 1,000 55.8100 ZAR ORD Sale 1,004 55.3500 ZAR ORD Sale 1,024 54.3400 ZAR ORD Sale 1,024 55.5800 ZAR ORD Sale 1,071 54.4500 ZAR ORD Sale 1,084 54.3000 ZAR ORD Sale 1,200 55.0500 ZAR ORD Sale 1,288 54.8500 ZAR ORD Sale 1,291 55.9200 ZAR ORD Sale 1,325 54.4400 ZAR ORD Sale 1,331 54.7000 ZAR ORD Sale 1,455 56.0900 ZAR ORD Sale 1,500 54.6100 ZAR ORD Sale 1,656 54.7500 ZAR ORD Sale 1,740 55.7400 ZAR ORD Sale 1,800 55.0900 ZAR ORD Sale 1,886 54.3800 ZAR ORD Sale 1,886 55.7300 ZAR ORD Sale 1,913 54.2700 ZAR ORD Sale 1,983 54.3100 ZAR ORD Sale 2,000 55.2000 ZAR ORD Sale 2,008 55.8400 ZAR ORD Sale 2,277 54.2400 ZAR ORD Sale 2,913 54.8900 ZAR ORD Sale 3,000 54.8100 ZAR ORD Sale 3,074 56.2700 ZAR ORD Sale 3,184 55.9000 ZAR ORD Sale 3,300 54.6900 ZAR ORD Sale 3,400 54.9000 ZAR ORD Sale 3,615 56.2400 ZAR ORD Sale 4,230 55.9500 ZAR ORD Sale 4,409 54.7400 ZAR ORD Sale 4,475 54.7100 ZAR ORD Sale 5,650 54.7900 ZAR ORD Sale 7,543 54.8000 ZAR ORD Sale 8,261 54.9100 ZAR ORD Sale 15,913 55.3000 ZAR ORD Sale 21,044 54.2883 ZAR (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 ORD CFD Long 1,154 55.5627 ZAR ORD CFD Long 10,240 54.8142 ZAR ORD CFD Long 23,489 55.1488 ZAR ORD CFD Long 39,696 55.2358 ZAR ORD CFD Long 58,732 54.9080 ZAR ORD CFD Short 1,154 55.9337 ZAR ORD CFD Short 4,783 55.0255 ZAR ORD CFD Short 17,552 55.1364 ZAR ORD CFD Short 109,822 55.0168 ZAR (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: 24 May 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.

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