Form 8.3 - INVESTEC

FORM 8.3

    DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
              (Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)


1.   KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing        BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)
Company dealt in              INVESTEC
Class of relevant security    ORD GBP0.0002
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing               16 April 2010


2.   INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE

(a)  Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
security dealt in (Note 3)

                            Long                     Short

                      Number       (%)         Number       (%)

(1) Relevant       4,625,599     0.98%        404,121     0.09%
securities
(2) Derivatives      530,531     0.11%        145,579     0.03%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and            0     0.00%              0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total              5,156,130     1.09%        549,700     0.12%


(b)  Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
     than the class dealt in (Note 3)

Class of                    Long                     Short
relevant
security:

                  Number              (%)   Number              (%)

(1) Relevant
securities

(2) Derivatives
(other than
options)

(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total


  (c)  Rights to subscribe (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:   Details



3.   DEALINGS (Note 4)

  (a)  Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit
                                   (GBP)
Purchase      7,338                5.4397
Purchase      608                  5.2932
Purchase      1,008                5.4424
Purchase      1,516                5.4468
Purchase      1,684                5.2992
Purchase      3,464                5.4420
Purchase      3,911                5.2953
Purchase      4,489                5.3012
Purchase      4,640                5.3694
Purchase      5,857                5.4400
Purchase      500                  5.2900
Purchase      6,642                5.3840
Purchase      41,051               5.4650
Purchase      26,495               5.3737
Purchase      9,463                5.4421
Purchase      24,346               5.3160
Purchase      11,987               5.4428
Purchase      12,149               5.4159
Purchase      16,831               5.4440
Purchase      15,446               5.3256
Sale          4,486                5.3643
Sale          24,346               5.3155
Sale          17,055               5.4324
Sale          2,986                5.3493
Sale          7,680                5.4394
Sale          4,427                5.3050
Sale          7,806                5.3487
Sale          11,987               5.4428
Sale          11,987               5.4428
Sale          10,320               5.4366
Sale          7,703                5.4260
Sale          4,338                5.3000


(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP)
CFD            Long          4427          5.305
CFD            Long          7703          5.4259
CFD            Long          5809          61.6723 ZAR
CFD            Long          12149         61.743 ZAR
CFD            Long          28086         61.7557 ZAR
CFD            Long          15212         61.7742 ZAR
CFD            Long          7129          61.8516 ZAR
CFD            Short         608           5.2931
CFD            Short         24346         5.3159
CFD            Short         12149         5.4158
CFD            Short         5857          5.44
CFD            Short         3464          5.442
CFD            Short         16831         5.444
CFD            Short         7847          61.3045 ZAR
CFD            Short         40299         61.7648 ZAR
CFD            Short         7703          61.8411 ZAR
CFD            Short         12536         61.9958 ZAR

(c)  Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)  Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name,   Writing,          Number of          Exercise  Type, e.g.      Expiry      Option money
e.g. call       selling,          securities to      price     American,       date        paid/received
option          purchasing,       which the option             European etc.               per unit (GBP)
                varying etc.      relates (GBP)



(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g.  Number of           Exercise price per
call option         securities          unit (Note 5)




(d)  Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)


Nature of transaction Details           Price per unit
(Note 8)                                (if applicable)
                                        (Note 5)




4.   OTHER INFORMATION
None

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives


Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the
person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of
any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or
relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any
relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is
referenced.  If none, this should be stated.




Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9)                 NO


Date of disclosure                         19 April 2010
Contact name                               Geoff Smith
Telephone number                           020 7116 2913
If a connected EFM, name of
offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of
connection (Note 10)