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: 20 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: 3,301,895 0.70% 2,487,603 0.53% (2) Derivatives (other than options): 2,085,510 0.44% 141,007 0.03% (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell: 2,285,500 0.49% 1,514,000 0.32% TOTAL: 7,672,905 1.63% 4,142,610 0.88% 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 15 53.2600 ZAR ORD Purchase 15 53.8000 ZAR ORD Purchase 30 53.7700 ZAR ORD Purchase 46 4.7080 GBP ORD Purchase 168 55.0200 ZAR ORD Purchase 179 55.3000 ZAR ORD Purchase 179 55.4000 ZAR ORD Purchase 179 55.8800 ZAR ORD Purchase 179 56.1000 ZAR ORD Purchase 180 53.8400 ZAR ORD Purchase 181 54.2000 ZAR ORD Purchase 196 53.7900 ZAR ORD Purchase 212 54.3800 ZAR ORD Purchase 253 55.0000 ZAR ORD Purchase 286 54.0500 ZAR ORD Purchase 292 54.5800 ZAR ORD Purchase 349 54.9300 ZAR ORD Purchase 351 53.4700 ZAR ORD Purchase 354 54.9400 ZAR ORD Purchase 400 54.8700 ZAR ORD Purchase 400 55.2900 ZAR ORD Purchase 419 53.3300 ZAR ORD Purchase 428 53.6600 ZAR ORD Purchase 466 55.5200 ZAR ORD Purchase 541 55.1300 ZAR ORD Purchase 553 53.9400 ZAR ORD Purchase 555 53.2500 ZAR ORD Purchase 584 54.0900 ZAR ORD Purchase 621 54.0200 ZAR ORD Purchase 666 55.2300 ZAR ORD Purchase 683 55.4600 ZAR ORD Purchase 800 53.4100 ZAR ORD Purchase 885 54.8100 ZAR ORD Purchase 894 53.4300 ZAR ORD Purchase 894 53.4900 ZAR ORD Purchase 936 53.4000 ZAR ORD Purchase 964 54.7400 ZAR ORD Purchase 970 54.8400 ZAR ORD Purchase 973 53.3900 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,000 53.7600 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,000 53.8800 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,073 53.6300 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,073 55.1200 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,077 55.1400 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,200 55.1900 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,226 54.7600 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,345 54.1200 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,394 54.8900 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,458 55.0800 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,521 54.6100 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,587 54.5200 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,594 54.0800 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,684 53.7300 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,701 4.8783 GBP ORD Purchase 1,719 55.5300 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,788 53.7200 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,812 4.6862 GBP ORD Purchase 1,912 53.0900 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,000 53.0100 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,000 53.0400 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,000 53.1000 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,018 53.3600 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,103 55.3100 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,131 54.0600 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,140 53.5400 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,199 4.8353 GBP ORD Purchase 2,316 53.7000 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,328 53.5800 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,510 53.5900 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,628 54.0400 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,976 54.1000 ZAR ORD Purchase 3,000 53.4200 ZAR ORD Purchase 3,038 53.3500 ZAR ORD Purchase 3,107 54.0700 ZAR ORD Purchase 3,113 53.9900 ZAR ORD Purchase 3,170 53.6900 ZAR ORD Purchase 3,362 54.7000 ZAR ORD Purchase 3,564 55.0400 ZAR ORD Purchase 3,784 54.8200 ZAR ORD Purchase 4,000 53.0200 ZAR ORD Purchase 4,062 53.6400 ZAR ORD Purchase 4,077 55.1500 ZAR ORD Purchase 4,420 54.9500 ZAR ORD Purchase 4,624 53.5300 ZAR ORD Purchase 4,628 54.5900 ZAR ORD Purchase 4,632 53.5700 ZAR ORD Purchase 4,701 55.0600 ZAR ORD Purchase 4,921 54.7100 ZAR ORD Purchase 5,034 53.0000 ZAR ORD Purchase 5,252 53.4600 ZAR ORD Purchase 5,268 53.6000 ZAR ORD Purchase 5,939 53.4800 ZAR ORD Purchase 6,000 54.8600 ZAR ORD Purchase 6,000 54.8800 ZAR ORD Purchase 6,000 54.9100 ZAR ORD Purchase 6,000 54.9700 ZAR ORD Purchase 6,293 53.7400 ZAR ORD Purchase 6,700 55.2700 ZAR ORD Purchase 6,787 4.9056 GBP ORD Purchase 6,888 54.1400 ZAR ORD Purchase 6,898 53.6200 ZAR ORD Purchase 7,069 4.8025 GBP ORD Purchase 7,295 55.1600 ZAR ORD Purchase 7,477 53.4400 ZAR ORD Purchase 7,580 54.7900 ZAR ORD Purchase 7,650 53.9100 ZAR ORD Purchase 8,465 53.5600 ZAR ORD Purchase 8,834 54.0300 ZAR ORD Purchase 9,129 4.7040 GBP ORD Purchase 9,486 53.3000 ZAR ORD Purchase 10,000 53.8500 ZAR ORD Purchase 10,862 54.9200 ZAR ORD Purchase 10,932 53.7500 ZAR ORD Purchase 11,050 4.6949 GBP ORD Purchase 11,153 54.7800 ZAR ORD Purchase 11,470 4.6968 GBP ORD Purchase 11,470 4.6972 GBP ORD Purchase 11,703 55.2000 ZAR ORD Purchase 11,989 54.6000 ZAR ORD Purchase 12,757 53.6100 ZAR ORD Purchase 12,782 53.5000 ZAR ORD Purchase 13,954 54.7700 ZAR ORD Purchase 14,117 4.7898 GBP ORD Purchase 14,628 53.5100 ZAR ORD Purchase 15,145 53.5200 ZAR ORD Purchase 15,888 53.5500 ZAR ORD Purchase 25,842 54.8500 ZAR ORD Purchase 27,386 4.7110 GBP ORD Purchase 29,661 53.4500 ZAR ORD Purchase 33,261 54.9000 ZAR ORD Purchase 34,278 54.8000 ZAR ORD Purchase 69,117 4.7265 GBP ORD Sale 30 54.1300 ZAR ORD Sale 70 54.9700 ZAR ORD Sale 76 55.2300 ZAR ORD Sale 179 53.5500 ZAR ORD Sale 179 53.9500 ZAR ORD Sale 181 55.1500 ZAR ORD Sale 190 53.6200 ZAR ORD Sale 191 54.3500 ZAR ORD Sale 192 54.3900 ZAR ORD Sale 246 55.4000 ZAR ORD Sale 250 54.0000 ZAR ORD Sale 304 54.2800 ZAR ORD Sale 347 55.8700 ZAR ORD Sale 359 53.2500 ZAR ORD Sale 360 54.9400 ZAR ORD Sale 366 53.2200 ZAR ORD Sale 461 54.0100 ZAR ORD Sale 571 55.0900 ZAR ORD Sale 621 54.0200 ZAR ORD Sale 652 53.4200 ZAR ORD Sale 740 54.2700 ZAR ORD Sale 818 54.0500 ZAR ORD Sale 1,000 55.3100 ZAR ORD Sale 1,128 54.2200 ZAR ORD Sale 1,420 53.5300 ZAR ORD Sale 1,744 54.9000 ZAR ORD Sale 1,788 53.9400 ZAR ORD Sale 1,909 4.7432 GBP ORD Sale 2,018 53.9900 ZAR ORD Sale 2,146 53.8000 ZAR ORD Sale 2,201 54.1200 ZAR ORD Sale 2,526 4.8300 GBP ORD Sale 3,155 54.1000 ZAR ORD Sale 3,179 53.5800 ZAR ORD Sale 3,485 53.6400 ZAR ORD Sale 3,518 54.0300 ZAR ORD Sale 4,303 54.9200 ZAR ORD Sale 5,105 4.7015 GBP ORD Sale 5,427 53.7400 ZAR ORD Sale 5,853 54.1400 ZAR ORD Sale 6,000 54.7800 ZAR ORD Sale 6,000 54.9100 ZAR ORD Sale 6,866 53.7000 ZAR ORD Sale 7,295 55.1600 ZAR ORD Sale 7,404 53.5000 ZAR ORD Sale 8,542 53.7500 ZAR ORD Sale 10,328 53.8500 ZAR ORD Sale 10,742 53.4000 ZAR ORD Sale 10,913 4.8001 GBP ORD Sale 11,470 4.6968 GBP ORD Sale 12,197 4.9267 GBP ORD Sale 18,607 4.7721 GBP ORD Sale 20,061 4.7334 GBP ORD Sale 34,034 4.7881 GBP ORD Sale 558,833 4.7831 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 918 55.3640 ZAR ORD CFD Long 1,909 4.7432 GBP ORD CFD Long 2,526 4.8300 GBP ORD CFD Long 2,955 54.1152 ZAR ORD CFD Long 5,105 4.7015 GBP ORD CFD Long 12,197 4.9267 GBP ORD CFD Long 20,061 4.7334 GBP ORD CFD Long 48,606 53.8723 ZAR ORD CFD Long 55,751 54.1451 ZAR ORD CFD Long 558,833 4.7831 GBP ORD CFD Long 741,697 54.0439 ZAR ORD CFD Short 2,199 4.8353 GBP ORD CFD Short 6,763 54.3226 ZAR ORD CFD Short 6,787 4.9056 GBP ORD CFD Short 11,470 4.6972 GBP ORD CFD Short 108,230 54.0364 ZAR ORD CFD Short 182,888 54.0822 ZAR ORD CFD Short 249,600 54.5031 ZAR ORD CFD Short 302,446 53.6343 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: 21 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. SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS) DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC. Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code") 1. KEY INFORMATION Identity of the person whose positions/dealings are being disclosed: Barclays PLC. Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this from relates: INVESTEC 2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES Class of Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type Expiry relevant description purchasing, securities price date security selling, to which per unit varying etc option relates ORD Futures Selling -260,000 17 Jun 2010 ORD Futures Purchased 540,800 16 Sep 2010 ORD Put Options Purchased 19,400 47.3000 American 16 Sep 2010 ORD Put Options Written -19,400 59.1300 American 16 Sep 2010 ORD Call Options Purchased 19,400 68.0000 American 16 Sep 2010 ORD Put Options Purchased 1,234,600 52.0000 American 16 Sep 2010 ORD Call Options Purchased 471,300 54.0000 American 17 Sep 2010 ORD Call Options Written -1,234,600 70.0000 American 16 Sep 2010 3. AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC. Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:

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