Rule 8.3 - DEBTMATTERS GROUP

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              DEBTMATTERS GROUP
Class of relevant security    ORD GBP0.10
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing               01 october 2007

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           956,188    3.51%             0     0.00%
securities
(2) Derivatives              0    0.00%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0    0.00%             0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total                   956,188   3.51%             0     0.00%

(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      10,000                .1945
Purchase      7,387                .1895
Purchase      4,000                .2040
Purchase      3,000                .2680
Purchase      10,449               .1893
Purchase      4,705                .2125
Purchase      2,000                .2533
Purchase      10,000               .2100
Purchase      4,000                .2125
Purchase      3,500                .2400
Purchase      4,000                .2130
Purchase      4,761                .2075
Purchase      10,000               .2195
Purchase      2,000                .1820
Purchase      1,500                .2100
Purchase      1,000                .2370
Purchase      2,000                .2040
Purchase      8,000                .2140
Purchase      10,000               .2050
Purchase      20,000               .2175
Purchase      5,414                .1825
Purchase      346                  .2195
Purchase      500                  .2745
Purchase      5,000                .1840
Purchase      1,802                .2774
Sale          3,500                .1800
Sale          1,802                .1802
Sale          20,000               .2755
Sale          416                  .2610
Sale          3,000                .1900
Sale          4,000                .2300
Sale          20,000               .2610
Sale          701                  .2015
Sale          4,000                .1802
Sale          4,000                .2225
Sale          7,000                .2610
Sale          2,500                .2500
Sale          5,000                .1800
Sale          5,000                .2500
Sale          655                  .2610
Sale          3,500                .1800
Sale          2,500                .2700
Sale          1,000                .2015
Sale          20,000               .2700
Sale          10,000               .2500
Sale          3,500                .1900
Sale          700                  .2610

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name   Long/Short    Number of     Price per
                             securities     Units

(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                         02 october 2007
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)