Rule 8.3 - DE VERE PLC

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              DE VERE PLC
Class of relevant security    ORD GBP 0.31111
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing               15 JUNE 2006

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           1,564,958   (1.86%)     233,855     (0.28%)
securities
(2) Derivatives          233,855   (0.28%)     995,535     (1.19%)
(other than
options)
(3) Options and                0   (0.00%)           0     (0.00%)
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                  1,798,813   (2.14%)   1,229,390     (1.46%)


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

Class of
relevant
security:
                            Long                   Short

                       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)

(b)     Purchases and sales
Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit
                                   (GBP)
Purchase      500                  7.9366
Purchase      10,750               8.0159
Purchase      214                  8.0200
Purchase      8,634                8.0100
Purchase      1,000                7.9716
Sale          500                  7.8694
Sale          5,200                7.8627
Sale          20,945               7.9895
Sale          12,298               8.0379
Sale          450                  8.0295
Sale          1,700                7.9814


(c)     Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product Name  Long/Short Number of          Price per unit
                         securities
CFD           Long       12298              8.03794519
CFD           Short      8634               8.01004285
CFD           Short      10750              8.01586046
CFD           Short      214                8.02
CFD           Long       1700               7.98142941
CFD           Long       450                8.02951111
CFD           Short      1000               7.97159


(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 (Note 5)
                varying etc.      relates (Note 7)


(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

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                         16 June 2006
Contact name                               BARCLAYS COMPLIANCE
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)


Notes

The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk