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: 18 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: 2,938,757 0.62% 2,498,905 0.53% (2) Derivatives (other than options): 1,924,417 0.41% 713,831 0.15% (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell: 2,285,500 0.49% 1,514,000 0.32% TOTAL: 7,148,674 1.52% 4,726,736 1.00% 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 39 53.6900 ZAR ORD Purchase 180 54.9900 ZAR ORD Purchase 268 53.8900 ZAR ORD Purchase 403 54.4200 ZAR ORD Purchase 500 5.0375 GBP ORD Purchase 544 54.0000 ZAR ORD Purchase 587 54.9300 ZAR ORD Purchase 604 54.3300 ZAR ORD Purchase 612 54.3400 ZAR ORD Purchase 724 4.9868 GBP ORD Purchase 961 54.0600 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,043 53.7300 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,487 53.9600 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,502 5.0078 GBP ORD Purchase 1,540 53.8400 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,557 4.9300 GBP ORD Purchase 1,848 53.9000 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,900 54.3100 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,180 53.9400 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,200 53.7100 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,206 54.5200 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,764 53.7500 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,912 53.7000 ZAR ORD Purchase 3,437 53.8500 ZAR ORD Purchase 3,472 54.3700 ZAR ORD Purchase 3,775 54.5800 ZAR ORD Purchase 3,903 54.2000 ZAR ORD Purchase 4,053 55.0100 ZAR ORD Purchase 4,324 53.6800 ZAR ORD Purchase 4,425 4.9824 GBP ORD Purchase 4,525 5.0313 GBP ORD Purchase 4,714 53.8100 ZAR ORD Purchase 5,010 54.3200 ZAR ORD Purchase 6,000 53.7700 ZAR ORD Purchase 6,757 53.7400 ZAR ORD Purchase 7,488 54.3500 ZAR ORD Purchase 10,014 5.0103 GBP ORD Purchase 12,720 5.0365 GBP ORD Purchase 15,084 55.0000 ZAR ORD Purchase 18,257 4.9380 GBP ORD Purchase 18,257 5.0350 GBP ORD Purchase 23,403 5.0280 GBP ORD Purchase 23,903 5.0287 GBP ORD Purchase 24,039 5.0362 GBP ORD Purchase 28,677 4.9813 GBP ORD Purchase 44,161 4.9332 GBP ORD Purchase 49,701 4.9971 GBP ORD Purchase 133,753 5.0327 GBP ORD Purchase 306,665 4.9550 GBP ORD Sale 12 54.1000 ZAR ORD Sale 271 54.4600 ZAR ORD Sale 396 54.3100 ZAR ORD Sale 401 54.4200 ZAR ORD Sale 499 54.0000 ZAR ORD Sale 502 54.4100 ZAR ORD Sale 528 54.5800 ZAR ORD Sale 570 54.1500 ZAR ORD Sale 718 53.6900 ZAR ORD Sale 725 54.7400 ZAR ORD Sale 741 54.4700 ZAR ORD Sale 811 54.3700 ZAR ORD Sale 855 54.7800 ZAR ORD Sale 1,000 54.4000 ZAR ORD Sale 1,006 54.7600 ZAR ORD Sale 1,058 54.7100 ZAR ORD Sale 1,313 54.3900 ZAR ORD Sale 1,457 53.8600 ZAR ORD Sale 1,457 54.9000 ZAR ORD Sale 1,482 54.3300 ZAR ORD Sale 1,501 5.0345 GBP ORD Sale 1,504 54.8800 ZAR ORD Sale 1,509 55.0100 ZAR ORD Sale 1,604 5.0400 GBP ORD Sale 1,686 54.3800 ZAR ORD Sale 1,895 55.0800 ZAR ORD Sale 1,967 53.8200 ZAR ORD Sale 2,000 54.3600 ZAR ORD Sale 2,158 55.0200 ZAR ORD Sale 2,198 55.0600 ZAR ORD Sale 2,206 54.7000 ZAR ORD Sale 2,280 5.0493 GBP ORD Sale 2,283 53.7300 ZAR ORD Sale 2,432 54.8600 ZAR ORD Sale 2,495 54.8100 ZAR ORD Sale 2,522 54.9900 ZAR ORD Sale 2,581 54.9200 ZAR ORD Sale 2,646 54.7200 ZAR ORD Sale 2,759 54.8400 ZAR ORD Sale 2,805 53.8400 ZAR ORD Sale 2,833 55.0500 ZAR ORD Sale 3,122 54.3500 ZAR ORD Sale 3,156 53.8000 ZAR ORD Sale 3,169 54.7500 ZAR ORD Sale 3,530 53.9400 ZAR ORD Sale 3,648 54.8900 ZAR ORD Sale 3,778 54.3200 ZAR ORD Sale 3,931 54.7700 ZAR ORD Sale 3,958 54.3000 ZAR ORD Sale 3,981 54.9500 ZAR ORD Sale 4,097 55.0300 ZAR ORD Sale 4,565 5.0088 GBP ORD Sale 4,962 54.9400 ZAR ORD Sale 5,000 53.7900 ZAR ORD Sale 5,764 53.7500 ZAR ORD Sale 6,000 53.9600 ZAR ORD Sale 6,324 53.6800 ZAR ORD Sale 7,000 53.9200 ZAR ORD Sale 7,405 55.0900 ZAR ORD Sale 7,441 54.9700 ZAR ORD Sale 8,000 53.8300 ZAR ORD Sale 8,683 55.1000 ZAR ORD Sale 8,740 53.8500 ZAR ORD Sale 9,353 5.0228 GBP ORD Sale 9,533 53.8900 ZAR ORD Sale 9,991 54.8700 ZAR ORD Sale 11,539 54.9300 ZAR ORD Sale 11,995 53.9500 ZAR ORD Sale 12,837 53.7000 ZAR ORD Sale 13,000 53.9100 ZAR ORD Sale 13,000 53.9300 ZAR ORD Sale 13,284 54.8000 ZAR ORD Sale 14,220 53.7100 ZAR ORD Sale 14,584 4.9982 GBP ORD Sale 14,638 4.9998 GBP ORD Sale 15,576 53.8800 ZAR ORD Sale 16,000 53.7700 ZAR ORD Sale 16,296 53.8700 ZAR ORD Sale 16,757 53.7400 ZAR ORD Sale 17,823 54.7900 ZAR ORD Sale 17,935 53.9000 ZAR ORD Sale 18,244 53.8100 ZAR ORD Sale 18,257 4.9300 GBP ORD Sale 18,257 4.9380 GBP ORD Sale 18,257 5.0350 GBP ORD Sale 23,903 5.0282 GBP ORD Sale 25,571 55.3000 ZAR ORD Sale 25,639 5.0258 GBP ORD Sale 25,731 55.0000 ZAR ORD Sale 45,027 4.9368 GBP ORD Sale 46,240 5.0111 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 2,280 5.0493 GBP ORD CFD Long 2,469 55.1239 ZAR ORD CFD Long 5,984 54.3797 ZAR ORD CFD Long 46,240 5.0111 GBP ORD CFD Long 57,076 54.5438 ZAR ORD CFD Long 310,424 54.0704 ZAR ORD CFD Short 724 4.9867 GBP ORD CFD Short 3,083 54.2074 ZAR ORD CFD Short 12,460 54.4390 ZAR ORD CFD Short 19,536 54.2114 ZAR ORD CFD Short 21,997 54.9554 ZAR ORD CFD Short 23,903 5.0287 GBP ORD CFD Short 28,677 4.9813 GBP ORD CFD Short 49,701 4.9971 GBP ORD CFD Short 306,665 4.9550 GBP ORD CFD Short 318,877 54.0874 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: 19 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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