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: 24 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: 1,810,656 0.67% 1,031,068 0.38%
(2) Derivatives
(other
than options): 31,532 0.01% 31,532 0.01%
(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell: 0 0.00 0 0.00
TOTAL: 1,842,188 0.68% 1,062,600 0.39%
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 67 55.9500 ZAR
ORD Purchase 81 56.2600 ZAR
ORD Purchase 100 56.1300 ZAR
ORD Purchase 102 56.0200 ZAR
ORD Purchase 164 56.0300 ZAR
ORD Purchase 283 56.1500 ZAR
ORD Purchase 300 56.1400 ZAR
ORD Purchase 512 56.4600 ZAR
ORD Purchase 915 56.4000 ZAR
ORD Purchase 1,077 56.5300 ZAR
ORD Purchase 1,159 56.4500 ZAR
ORD Purchase 1,223 56.2200 ZAR
ORD Purchase 1,259 56.2000 ZAR
ORD Purchase 1,372 56.3000 ZAR
ORD Purchase 2,999 56.3100 ZAR
ORD Purchase 3,119 56.3500 ZAR
ORD Purchase 3,454 56.4800 ZAR
ORD Purchase 3,695 56.4900 ZAR
ORD Purchase 3,702 56.2500 ZAR
ORD Purchase 270,806 56.1893 ZAR
ORD Sale 60 56.2400 ZAR
ORD Sale 71 55.8300 ZAR
ORD Sale 72 55.8700 ZAR
ORD Sale 81 56.2600 ZAR
ORD Sale 83 55.8100 ZAR
ORD Sale 83 56.1600 ZAR
ORD Sale 100 56.1300 ZAR
ORD Sale 100 56.4800 ZAR
ORD Sale 225 56.3200 ZAR
ORD Sale 300 56.5300 ZAR
ORD Sale 321 56.5400 ZAR
ORD Sale 400 56.1200 ZAR
ORD Sale 400 56.1900 ZAR
ORD Sale 400 56.3500 ZAR
ORD Sale 409 56.3900 ZAR
ORD Sale 500 55.8600 ZAR
ORD Sale 500 56.1700 ZAR
ORD Sale 511 56.1400 ZAR
ORD Sale 526 56.3400 ZAR
ORD Sale 569 56.4300 ZAR
ORD Sale 588 55.5900 ZAR
ORD Sale 600 56.4100 ZAR
ORD Sale 606 56.3100 ZAR
ORD Sale 743 55.9600 ZAR
ORD Sale 767 55.8900 ZAR
ORD Sale 789 56.4400 ZAR
ORD Sale 791 56.0300 ZAR
ORD Sale 844 56.5100 ZAR
ORD Sale 844 56.5200 ZAR
ORD Sale 962 56.2500 ZAR
ORD Sale 980 56.0800 ZAR
ORD Sale 996 56.4900 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,026 55.9900 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,106 56.2100 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,168 56.4500 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,176 56.0200 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,217 56.3300 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,338 56.0400 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,348 56.3800 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,391 56.4600 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,405 56.5000 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,436 56.5500 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,465 56.2300 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,478 56.0600 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,592 56.1800 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,605 56.0900 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,618 56.1000 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,908 55.7000 ZAR
ORD Sale 2,353 56.1100 ZAR
ORD Sale 2,396 56.2200 ZAR
ORD Sale 2,400 56.2700 ZAR
ORD Sale 2,444 56.3600 ZAR
ORD Sale 2,494 56.0100 ZAR
ORD Sale 3,199 55.8000 ZAR
ORD Sale 3,254 56.4200 ZAR
ORD Sale 3,286 55.9400 ZAR
ORD Sale 3,538 55.9100 ZAR
ORD Sale 4,222 56.4000 ZAR
ORD Sale 4,320 56.3000 ZAR
ORD Sale 4,627 56.0500 ZAR
ORD Sale 5,434 56.6500 ZAR
ORD Sale 5,563 55.9500 ZAR
ORD Sale 6,797 56.1500 ZAR
ORD Sale 9,681 56.2000 ZAR
ORD Sale 9,826 56.2800 ZAR
ORD Sale 12,054 56.0000 ZAR
ORD Sale 14,329 55.9000 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 593 56.1449 ZAR
ORD CFD Long 7,569 56.3069 ZAR
ORD CFD Long 19,677 56.1954 ZAR
ORD CFD Long 23,608 56.3577 ZAR
ORD CFD Short 100 56.1300 ZAR
ORD CFD Short 9,437 56.3086 ZAR
ORD CFD Short 14,071 56.3996 ZAR
ORD CFD Short 27,839 56.2133 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: 25 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.