Form 8.3 - INVESTEC 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: 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 PLC 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: 17 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: Rensburg Sheppards Plc Investec Ltd 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: 2,609,323 0.55% 2,277,142 0.48% (2) Derivatives (other than options): 1,479,917 0.31% 431,783 0.09% (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell: 1,279,185 0.27% 0 0.00% TOTAL: 5,368,425 1.14% 2,708,925 0.58% 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 1 4.9065 GBP ORD Purchase 1 4.9455 GBP ORD Purchase 1 4.9690 GBP ORD Purchase 2 4.9615 GBP ORD Purchase 4 4.9430 GBP ORD Purchase 5 4.9220 GBP ORD Purchase 5 4.9420 GBP ORD Purchase 24 54.3300 ZAR ORD Purchase 36 54.1700 ZAR ORD Purchase 36 54.3200 ZAR ORD Purchase 36 54.3900 ZAR ORD Purchase 37 4.9565 GBP ORD Purchase 102 53.7200 ZAR ORD Purchase 136 4.9380 GBP ORD Purchase 179 54.0800 ZAR ORD Purchase 199 4.9040 GBP ORD Purchase 286 54.3800 ZAR ORD Purchase 305 54.2200 ZAR ORD Purchase 307 53.7600 ZAR ORD Purchase 360 53.8200 ZAR ORD Purchase 360 54.1600 ZAR ORD Purchase 468 54.2500 ZAR ORD Purchase 502 53.9800 ZAR ORD Purchase 519 53.9300 ZAR ORD Purchase 561 54.2300 ZAR ORD Purchase 644 4.9149 GBP ORD Purchase 774 53.8900 ZAR ORD Purchase 983 54.3100 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,011 54.0300 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,029 53.9400 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,103 54.1500 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,145 53.9700 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,243 54.2900 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,386 54.3500 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,412 54.0400 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,501 4.9568 GBP ORD Purchase 1,503 54.0600 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,718 53.8700 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,956 54.2700 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,000 53.8300 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,148 54.1000 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,402 54.1100 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,882 54.2600 ZAR ORD Purchase 3,000 54.1800 ZAR ORD Purchase 3,103 54.1300 ZAR ORD Purchase 3,278 54.0100 ZAR ORD Purchase 3,295 4.9509 GBP ORD Purchase 3,700 4.9521 GBP ORD Purchase 3,958 54.0900 ZAR ORD Purchase 4,068 54.2000 ZAR ORD Purchase 4,431 53.9500 ZAR ORD Purchase 4,955 54.1900 ZAR ORD Purchase 5,425 53.9900 ZAR ORD Purchase 5,431 4.9554 GBP ORD Purchase 6,117 4.9560 GBP ORD Purchase 6,633 54.0700 ZAR ORD Purchase 7,000 53.9200 ZAR ORD Purchase 10,718 4.9630 GBP ORD Purchase 11,944 53.9600 ZAR ORD Purchase 12,234 4.9570 GBP ORD Purchase 14,397 4.9487 GBP ORD Purchase 14,458 4.9070 GBP ORD Purchase 15,329 54.0000 ZAR ORD Purchase 16,110 54.3000 ZAR ORD Purchase 17,202 54.0500 ZAR ORD Purchase 18,948 4.9372 GBP ORD Purchase 24,340 4.9593 GBP ORD Purchase 26,188 4.9605 GBP ORD Purchase 27,368 4.9435 GBP ORD Purchase 27,499 4.9439 GBP ORD Purchase 434,733 4.9584 GBP ORD Sale 1 4.9065 GBP ORD Sale 1 4.9455 GBP ORD Sale 1 4.9690 GBP ORD Sale 2 4.9615 GBP ORD Sale 4 4.9430 GBP ORD Sale 5 4.9220 GBP ORD Sale 5 4.9420 GBP ORD Sale 24 54.3300 ZAR ORD Sale 36 54.3200 ZAR ORD Sale 37 4.9565 GBP ORD Sale 72 53.8700 ZAR ORD Sale 102 53.7200 ZAR ORD Sale 179 53.8200 ZAR ORD Sale 179 53.8300 ZAR ORD Sale 186 54.2200 ZAR ORD Sale 189 54.0400 ZAR ORD Sale 199 4.9040 GBP ORD Sale 234 53.9400 ZAR ORD Sale 260 4.9123 GBP ORD Sale 274 54.0300 ZAR ORD Sale 286 53.8400 ZAR ORD Sale 286 54.3800 ZAR ORD Sale 345 54.1200 ZAR ORD Sale 406 54.3700 ZAR ORD Sale 645 4.9477 GBP ORD Sale 720 53.8100 ZAR ORD Sale 724 54.0100 ZAR ORD Sale 894 54.4000 ZAR ORD Sale 983 54.3100 ZAR ORD Sale 1,394 53.9300 ZAR ORD Sale 1,453 4.9070 GBP ORD Sale 2,000 54.1800 ZAR ORD Sale 2,000 54.2400 ZAR ORD Sale 2,009 54.1000 ZAR ORD Sale 2,027 53.9200 ZAR ORD Sale 2,125 53.9000 ZAR ORD Sale 2,360 4.9616 GBP ORD Sale 2,740 54.1600 ZAR ORD Sale 3,871 54.3400 ZAR ORD Sale 4,069 54.0700 ZAR ORD Sale 4,518 54.2600 ZAR ORD Sale 4,892 4.9515 GBP ORD Sale 5,188 54.1300 ZAR ORD Sale 5,310 53.9500 ZAR ORD Sale 5,646 54.2800 ZAR ORD Sale 6,085 53.9900 ZAR ORD Sale 6,400 54.2100 ZAR ORD Sale 7,223 4.9440 GBP ORD Sale 7,450 54.0800 ZAR ORD Sale 7,670 54.1500 ZAR ORD Sale 7,704 54.2300 ZAR ORD Sale 7,884 54.1700 ZAR ORD Sale 8,366 54.0600 ZAR ORD Sale 8,411 54.1400 ZAR ORD Sale 8,500 53.9600 ZAR ORD Sale 8,586 4.9226 GBP ORD Sale 10,393 54.0000 ZAR ORD Sale 10,718 4.9667 GBP ORD Sale 11,750 4.9524 GBP ORD Sale 12,815 4.9521 GBP ORD Sale 12,854 4.9491 GBP ORD Sale 13,460 54.2000 ZAR ORD Sale 14,354 54.1900 ZAR ORD Sale 14,587 54.2900 ZAR ORD Sale 14,873 4.9324 GBP ORD Sale 16,569 54.0500 ZAR ORD Sale 18,351 4.9570 GBP ORD Sale 20,866 54.2700 ZAR ORD Sale 21,520 54.3000 ZAR ORD Sale 27,504 4.9435 GBP (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 645 4.9477 GBP ORD CFD Long 2,360 4.9616 GBP ORD CFD Long 4,892 4.9515 GBP ORD CFD Long 8,586 4.9226 GBP ORD CFD Long 10,433 54.0045 ZAR ORD CFD Long 14,873 4.9324 GBP ORD CFD Long 63,078 54.0884 ZAR ORD CFD Long 84,206 54.0941 ZAR ORD CFD Long 124,675 54.1909 ZAR ORD CFD Long 305,166 54.0832 ZAR ORD CFD Short 316 53.9602 ZAR ORD CFD Short 644 4.9149 GBP ORD CFD Short 2,102 53.8461 ZAR ORD CFD Short 3,700 4.9521 GBP ORD CFD Short 10,853 4.9487 GBP ORD CFD Short 24,340 4.9593 GBP ORD CFD Short 26,188 4.9605 GBP ORD CFD Short 27,499 4.9439 GBP ORD CFD Short 60,660 54.1019 ZAR ORD CFD Short 434,733 4.9584 GBP ORD CFD Short 524,480 54.1067 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: 18 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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