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 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: 3,397,310 0.72% 2,100,690 0.45% (2) Derivatives (other than options): 1,862,704 0.39% 1,271,851 0.27% (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell: 1,824,200 0.39% 1,254,000 0.27% TOTAL: 7,084,214 1.50% 4,626,541 0.98% 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 100 55.6700 ZAR ORD Purchase 300 54.9900 ZAR ORD Purchase 323 4.9506 GBP ORD Purchase 715 55.6500 ZAR ORD Purchase 863 55.6600 ZAR ORD Purchase 926 55.7900 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,120 55.4300 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,204 55.1300 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,277 54.8600 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,329 55.6300 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,391 55.6400 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,518 4.9778 GBP ORD Purchase 1,927 55.2800 ZAR ORD Purchase 1,937 55.3300 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,000 55.8200 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,009 4.9054 GBP ORD Purchase 2,023 55.3900 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,052 4.9050 GBP ORD Purchase 2,200 4.9398 GBP ORD Purchase 2,400 54.7200 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,504 55.6200 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,590 55.3000 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,608 55.3800 ZAR ORD Purchase 2,875 4.9537 GBP ORD Purchase 3,209 55.6100 ZAR ORD Purchase 3,449 55.2900 ZAR ORD Purchase 3,748 55.3700 ZAR ORD Purchase 4,000 55.8100 ZAR ORD Purchase 4,616 55.4000 ZAR ORD Purchase 5,466 55.4500 ZAR ORD Purchase 6,026 55.3600 ZAR ORD Purchase 6,050 55.6000 ZAR ORD Purchase 6,365 4.9542 GBP ORD Purchase 7,722 55.4200 ZAR ORD Purchase 7,740 55.4100 ZAR ORD Purchase 7,794 55.8000 ZAR ORD Purchase 8,581 55.3500 ZAR ORD Purchase 8,833 4.9305 GBP ORD Purchase 8,980 55.5400 ZAR ORD Purchase 9,135 55.3200 ZAR ORD Purchase 9,262 55.5700 ZAR ORD Purchase 9,740 55.5800 ZAR ORD Purchase 10,522 55.3400 ZAR ORD Purchase 10,524 55.5500 ZAR ORD Purchase 11,241 55.5900 ZAR ORD Purchase 12,141 55.5300 ZAR ORD Purchase 12,570 55.4400 ZAR ORD Purchase 16,730 55.5600 ZAR ORD Purchase 16,941 55.4700 ZAR ORD Purchase 21,024 4.9708 GBP ORD Purchase 21,093 55.4900 ZAR ORD Purchase 21,391 55.5100 ZAR ORD Purchase 21,800 55.4800 ZAR ORD Purchase 24,177 55.5200 ZAR ORD Purchase 24,493 4.9718 GBP ORD Purchase 30,131 55.5000 ZAR ORD Purchase 38,778 4.9500 GBP ORD Purchase 55,921 4.9591 GBP ORD Purchase 229,226 4.9580 GBP ORD Purchase 482,911 55.4600 ZAR ORD Sale 1 55.2700 ZAR ORD Sale 2 54.9000 ZAR ORD Sale 100 55.7900 ZAR ORD Sale 100 55.8000 ZAR ORD Sale 107 55.1100 ZAR ORD Sale 200 55.6700 ZAR ORD Sale 216 55.7000 ZAR ORD Sale 300 55.6800 ZAR ORD Sale 303 55.6500 ZAR ORD Sale 325 4.9650 GBP ORD Sale 460 4.9634 GBP ORD Sale 543 55.4500 ZAR ORD Sale 632 55.2900 ZAR ORD Sale 632 55.3400 ZAR ORD Sale 632 55.6600 ZAR ORD Sale 634 55.4000 ZAR ORD Sale 636 55.3200 ZAR ORD Sale 644 4.9182 GBP ORD Sale 647 55.0800 ZAR ORD Sale 715 55.8800 ZAR ORD Sale 715 55.9100 ZAR ORD Sale 879 55.0100 ZAR ORD Sale 880 55.2800 ZAR ORD Sale 895 55.5300 ZAR ORD Sale 913 54.9800 ZAR ORD Sale 935 4.9374 GBP ORD Sale 996 55.2600 ZAR ORD Sale 998 54.8600 ZAR ORD Sale 1,000 54.9300 ZAR ORD Sale 1,000 54.9900 ZAR ORD Sale 1,085 55.1300 ZAR ORD Sale 1,205 55.0600 ZAR ORD Sale 1,239 55.5800 ZAR ORD Sale 1,264 55.3800 ZAR ORD Sale 1,352 55.3000 ZAR ORD Sale 1,425 55.6900 ZAR ORD Sale 1,478 54.9400 ZAR ORD Sale 1,617 55.6000 ZAR ORD Sale 1,694 4.9508 GBP ORD Sale 1,745 55.4100 ZAR ORD Sale 1,755 55.6200 ZAR ORD Sale 1,775 4.9709 GBP ORD Sale 1,819 55.3500 ZAR ORD Sale 1,898 55.3700 ZAR ORD Sale 1,977 55.7700 ZAR ORD Sale 1,979 55.6100 ZAR ORD Sale 2,000 54.8900 ZAR ORD Sale 2,089 55.7600 ZAR ORD Sale 2,491 55.3300 ZAR ORD Sale 2,529 55.3900 ZAR ORD Sale 2,687 55.5600 ZAR ORD Sale 2,707 55.1600 ZAR ORD Sale 2,828 55.5900 ZAR ORD Sale 2,873 55.4400 ZAR ORD Sale 2,941 55.0200 ZAR ORD Sale 3,068 55.5400 ZAR ORD Sale 3,195 55.4200 ZAR ORD Sale 3,776 55.3100 ZAR ORD Sale 3,839 55.5500 ZAR ORD Sale 3,951 55.4300 ZAR ORD Sale 4,210 55.3600 ZAR ORD Sale 4,391 55.5200 ZAR ORD Sale 4,591 55.5700 ZAR ORD Sale 4,780 55.2000 ZAR ORD Sale 4,828 55.4800 ZAR ORD Sale 5,048 4.9229 GBP ORD Sale 5,237 55.6300 ZAR ORD Sale 5,633 55.5100 ZAR ORD Sale 6,788 55.4700 ZAR ORD Sale 6,825 4.9399 GBP ORD Sale 8,240 55.4900 ZAR ORD Sale 8,864 55.5000 ZAR ORD Sale 9,169 55.0000 ZAR ORD Sale 12,840 54.7200 ZAR ORD Sale 18,924 4.9731 GBP ORD Sale 20,100 55.7500 ZAR ORD Sale 32,820 4.9177 GBP ORD Sale 229,226 4.9580 GBP ORD Sale 237,505 4.9444 GBP ORD Sale 273,970 55.4600 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 460 4.9634 GBP ORD CFD Long 2,205 55.6069 ZAR ORD CFD Long 2,280 55.7317 ZAR ORD CFD Long 3,497 55.7497 ZAR ORD CFD Long 3,907 55.1375 ZAR ORD CFD Long 32,820 4.9177 GBP ORD CFD Long 222,492 55.3130 ZAR ORD CFD Long 237,505 4.9444 GBP ORD CFD Short 323 4.9506 GBP ORD CFD Short 1,518 4.9777 GBP ORD CFD Short 3,085 55.4419 ZAR ORD CFD Short 3,819 55.7291 ZAR ORD CFD Short 4,253 54.9085 ZAR ORD CFD Short 11,889 55.5226 ZAR ORD CFD Short 24,493 4.9718 GBP ORD CFD Short 29,931 55.6036 ZAR ORD CFD Short 38,778 4.9500 GBP ORD CFD Short 55,921 4.9591 GBP ORD CFD Short 181,404 55.2579 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: 18 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 Purchased 550,800 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 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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