Form 8.3 - INVESTEC

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 April 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 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: Interests Short positions Number % Number % (1) Relevant securities wned and/or controlled: 4,595,884 0.98 225,616 0.05 (2) Derivatives (other than options): 443,607 0.09 323,814 0.07 (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell: TOTAL: 5,039,491 1.07 549,430 0.12 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 Ordinary Purchase 778 5.3045 Ordinary Purchase 778 5.3050 Ordinary Purchase 1,119 5.3594 Ordinary Purchase 3,864 5.2809 Ordinary Purchase 4,896 5.3600 Ordinary Purchase 4,896 5.3600 Ordinary Purchase 6,502 5.3205 Ordinary Purchase 7,046 5.3100 Ordinary Purchase 10,185 5.3105 Ordinary Purchase 20,850 5.3124 Ordinary Purchase 22,570 5.3400 Ordinary Purchase 127,973 5.3453 Ordinary Sale 470 5.2800 Ordinary Sale 778 5.3050 Ordinary Sale 2,524 5.3347 Ordinary Sale 4,896 5.3600 Ordinary Sale 4,896 5.3600 Ordinary Sale 6,273 5.2955 Ordinary Sale 7,936 5.3428 Ordinary Sale 9,102 5.2822 Ordinary Sale 12,759 5.3201 Ordinary Sale 25,900 5.3222 Ordinary Sale 47,900 5.3476 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Class of Product Nature of Number of Price relevant description dealing reference per unit security e.g. CFD e.g. opening/ securities closing a long/ short position, increasing/ reducing a long/short position Ordinary CFD Long 2,400 61.127 ZAR Ordinary CFD Long 9,102 5.2821 Ordinary CFD Long 13,488 60.9925 ZAR Ordinary CFD Long 20,875 60.7592 ZAR Ordinary CFD Long 26,174 60.5813 ZAR Ordinary CFD Long 124,425 60.9262 ZAR Ordinary CFD Short 2,383 60.0572 ZAR Ordinary CFD Short 3,864 5.2809 Ordinary CFD Short 6,219 60.869 ZAR Ordinary CFD Short 7,046 5.31 Ordinary CFD Short 8,408 60.2836 ZAR Ordinary CFD Short 9,164 60.808 ZAR Ordinary CFD Short 127,973 5.3453 Ordinary CFD Short 161,188 60.9085 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 of Price e.g. date Money security description purchasing per unit paid/ e.g. , securities American receiv call selling, to which , ed option varying option per etc. relates European unit 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 April 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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