Rule 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 23 July 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 29,415,930 7.79% 725,109 0.19%
securities
(2) Derivatives 2,204,308 0.58% 2,712,692 0.72%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 907 0.00% 907 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 31,621,145 8.38% 3,438,708 0.91%
(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 281,861 6.6398
Purchase 3,976 6.6027
Purchase 1,696 6.7000
Purchase 2,042 6.6063
Purchase 121 6.7050
Purchase 14,271 6.5762
Purchase 5,006 6.7219
Purchase 324 6.7394
Purchase 4,138 6.6805
Purchase 4,440 6.6012
Purchase 194,793 6.5750
Purchase 15,184 6.5763
Purchase 7,500 6.6900
Purchase 48,415 6.5947
Purchase 26,466 6.6378
Purchase 1,942 6.6500
Sale 3,563 6.6787
Sale 64,481 6.7022
Sale 7,463 6.6321
Sale 3,681 6.7080
Sale 48,308 6.6130
Sale 1,046 6.7200
Sale 750 6.6850
Sale 2,042 6.6737
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name Long/Short Number of Price per
Securities unit
CFD Short 194793 6.575
CFD Short 14271 6.5761
CFD Short 15184 6.5763
CFD Short 48415 6.5946
CFD Short 4440 6.6011
CFD Short 3976 6.6027
CFD Short 2042 6.6063
CFD Short 26466 6.6378
CFD Short 281861 6.6398
CFD Short 4138 6.6804
CFD Short 121 6.705
CFD Short 5006 6.7219
CFD Long 48308 6.613
CFD Long 2042 6.6736
CFD Long 3563 6.6786
CFD Long 64481 6.7022
(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 24 July 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)
Notes
The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk