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: 04 June 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: 3,085,875 0.65% 2,249,601 0.48% (2) Derivatives (other than options): 1,925,270 0.41% 2,002,963 0.42% (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell: 2,285,500 0.48% 1,514,000 0.32% TOTAL: 7,296,645 1.55% 5,766,564 1.22% 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 3 54.8700 ZAR ORD Purchase 14 54.5400 ZAR ORD Purchase 15 54.9000 ZAR ORD Purchase 25 55.9800 ZAR ORD Purchase 58 54.8300 ZAR ORD Purchase 76 4.8860 GBP ORD Purchase 83 54.7800 ZAR ORD Purchase 92 54.4400 ZAR ORD Purchase 94 54.9200 ZAR ORD Purchase 179 55.9500 ZAR ORD Purchase 179 56.0700 ZAR ORD Purchase 213 56.2000 ZAR ORD Purchase 214 56.1200 ZAR ORD Purchase 227 54.0300 ZAR ORD Purchase 234 54.8500 ZAR ORD Purchase 250 56.1500 ZAR ORD Purchase 347 56.1400 ZAR ORD Purchase 360 55.9600 ZAR ORD Purchase 384 5.0150 GBP ORD Purchase 427 56.0300 ZAR ORD Purchase 442 55.0400 ZAR ORD Purchase 457 54.1600 ZAR ORD Purchase 466 56.2100 ZAR ORD Purchase 473 54.1800 ZAR ORD Purchase 476 56.1300 ZAR ORD Purchase 500 4.8150 GBP ORD Purchase 502 54.8800 ZAR ORD Purchase 523 54.1200 ZAR ORD Purchase 638 55.8800 ZAR ORD Purchase 640 4.7930 GBP ORD Purchase 693 53.9300 ZAR ORD Purchase 721 55.1100 ZAR ORD Purchase 751 4.8230 GBP ORD Purchase 806 4.8135 GBP ORD Purchase 858 56.0200 ZAR ORD Purchase 872 54.1100 ZAR ORD Purchase 900 4.8190 GBP ORD Purchase 993 53.9900 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,073 53.9600 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,073 54.5900 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,156 54.0700 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,299 56.1000 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,502 54.5500 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,544 54.8600 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,625 53.9200 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,788 53.9700 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,788 54.6700 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,796 4.8246 GBP ORD Purchase 1,873 54.2300 ZAR ORD Purchase 3,000 53.9400 ZAR ORD Purchase 3,072 54.0400 ZAR ORD Purchase 3,325 53.8600 ZAR ORD Purchase 3,442 55.8400 ZAR ORD Purchase 4,073 54.9300 ZAR ORD Purchase 5,796 5.0100 GBP ORD Purchase 6,894 54.1000 ZAR ORD Purchase 9,176 4.8811 GBP ORD Purchase 14,816 53.8400 ZAR ORD Purchase 15,821 54.1700 ZAR ORD Purchase 19,725 54.1500 ZAR ORD Purchase 24,224 55.8300 ZAR ORD Purchase 30,000 54.2000 ZAR ORD Purchase 41,800 4.8703 GBP ORD Purchase 56,102 54.0000 ZAR ORD Sale 1 54.7900 ZAR ORD Sale 1 55.0600 ZAR ORD Sale 3 54.7600 ZAR ORD Sale 4 54.8800 ZAR ORD Sale 4 55.2100 ZAR ORD Sale 4 55.2400 ZAR ORD Sale 4 55.5300 ZAR ORD Sale 5 54.8200 ZAR ORD Sale 8 55.0500 ZAR ORD Sale 14 54.9500 ZAR ORD Sale 17 54.9000 ZAR ORD Sale 21 55.3900 ZAR ORD Sale 26 55.4300 ZAR ORD Sale 34 54.9300 ZAR ORD Sale 38 55.5100 ZAR ORD Sale 45 55.5200 ZAR ORD Sale 50 53.8800 ZAR ORD Sale 50 55.3700 ZAR ORD Sale 53 54.9700 ZAR ORD Sale 54 54.7300 ZAR ORD Sale 54 54.8900 ZAR ORD Sale 61 54.8100 ZAR ORD Sale 67 54.8500 ZAR ORD Sale 69 55.5000 ZAR ORD Sale 72 55.1900 ZAR ORD Sale 74 54.9800 ZAR ORD Sale 76 4.8860 GBP ORD Sale 83 54.7800 ZAR ORD Sale 85 55.0000 ZAR ORD Sale 92 54.2100 ZAR ORD Sale 92 55.4500 ZAR ORD Sale 97 56.0000 ZAR ORD Sale 105 54.8300 ZAR ORD Sale 109 54.8000 ZAR ORD Sale 111 54.7700 ZAR ORD Sale 123 54.9200 ZAR ORD Sale 125 54.8400 ZAR ORD Sale 152 54.2000 ZAR ORD Sale 160 56.1300 ZAR ORD Sale 168 54.8700 ZAR ORD Sale 177 55.4600 ZAR ORD Sale 195 55.9400 ZAR ORD Sale 200 54.4500 ZAR ORD Sale 208 55.3600 ZAR ORD Sale 214 54.4400 ZAR ORD Sale 215 54.6800 ZAR ORD Sale 243 54.8600 ZAR ORD Sale 260 4.7930 GBP ORD Sale 260 4.7934 GBP ORD Sale 271 55.3800 ZAR ORD Sale 287 54.3700 ZAR ORD Sale 296 55.5500 ZAR ORD Sale 297 53.9500 ZAR ORD Sale 347 56.1400 ZAR ORD Sale 355 54.7500 ZAR ORD Sale 384 5.0150 GBP ORD Sale 407 54.9600 ZAR ORD Sale 429 54.5500 ZAR ORD Sale 442 55.0200 ZAR ORD Sale 469 53.8600 ZAR ORD Sale 700 53.8500 ZAR ORD Sale 715 4.9612 GBP ORD Sale 715 54.0700 ZAR ORD Sale 1,022 54.0500 ZAR ORD Sale 1,022 54.1100 ZAR ORD Sale 1,222 54.0900 ZAR ORD Sale 1,400 53.8900 ZAR ORD Sale 1,436 53.9800 ZAR ORD Sale 1,796 4.8242 GBP ORD Sale 1,796 4.8246 GBP ORD Sale 1,873 54.3800 ZAR ORD Sale 2,000 54.1600 ZAR ORD Sale 2,127 53.9000 ZAR ORD Sale 2,500 54.0100 ZAR ORD Sale 2,738 53.8400 ZAR ORD Sale 2,908 55.0300 ZAR ORD Sale 2,962 55.0800 ZAR ORD Sale 3,000 53.9400 ZAR ORD Sale 3,000 54.4100 ZAR ORD Sale 3,052 4.8526 GBP ORD Sale 3,171 53.9900 ZAR ORD Sale 4,700 55.0900 ZAR ORD Sale 4,730 55.1000 ZAR ORD Sale 5,206 4.8847 GBP ORD Sale 5,315 4.8375 GBP ORD Sale 5,673 54.1500 ZAR ORD Sale 8,929 54.1000 ZAR ORD Sale 9,519 4.8773 GBP ORD Sale 13,688 4.8938 GBP ORD Sale 19,075 54.0000 ZAR ORD Sale 43,537 4.8837 GBP ORD Sale 127,558 4.8880 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 715 4.9612 GBP ORD CFD Long 1,796 4.8242 GBP ORD CFD Long 3,295 54.2611 ZAR ORD CFD Long 5,206 4.8847 GBP ORD CFD Long 8,565 53.8691 ZAR ORD CFD Long 43,537 4.8837 GBP ORD CFD Long 65,558 54.3037 ZAR ORD CFD Long 100,049 54.8913 ZAR ORD CFD Long 127,558 4.8880 GBP ORD CFD Short 500 4.8150 GBP ORD CFD Short 785 56.0997 ZAR ORD CFD Short 806 4.8135 GBP ORD CFD Short 900 4.8190 GBP ORD CFD Short 3,122 54.1596 ZAR ORD CFD Short 3,934 5.0100 GBP ORD CFD Short 14,384 54.6786 ZAR ORD CFD Short 19,895 55.2567 ZAR ORD CFD Short 41,800 4.8703 GBP ORD CFD Short 61,863 54.8470 ZAR ORD CFD Short 77,418 54.2582 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? YES Date of disclosure: 07 Jun 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 Jun 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: It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions) with regard to contracts for differences ("CFDs") or spread bets. The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated. 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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