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               27 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       29,435,539     7.80%     1,081,972     0.29%
securities
(2) Derivatives     3,208,366     0.85%     4,074,639     1.08%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and        68,500     0.02%        68,500     0.02%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total              32,712,405     8.67%     5,225,111     1.38%


(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      74,868               5.8903
Purchase      12,100               6.0200
Purchase      14,790               5.9033
Purchase      7,850                5.9047
Purchase      16,411               5.9529
Purchase      93,886               6.1761
Purchase      3,771                5.9550
Purchase      12,100               5.8450
Purchase      35,990               5.8100
Purchase      10,000               6.0350
Purchase      384,508              5.9550
Purchase      154,129              5.9293
Purchase      17,000               5.9343
Purchase      7,850                5.9061
Sale          17,503               5.9538
Sale          150,000              Transfer
Sale          696                  6.0089
Sale          10,353               5.9550
Sale          1,720                5.9250
Sale          2,953                5.9550
Sale          11,625               5.9182
Sale          13,147               5.9035
Sale          1,277                5.8288
Sale          13,941               6.0052
Sale          100,000              5.7279
Sale          12,100               5.8450
Sale          7,850                5.9061
Sale          384,508              5.9550
Sale          93,886               6.1761
Sale          1,559                5.9000
Sale          273,039              5.9364
Sale          71,274               5.9017
Sale          38,191               5.9017
Sale          9,947                5.9550


(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name   Long/Short    Number of     Price per
                             Securities    unit
CFD            Short         74868         5.8902
CFD            Short         14790         5.9032
CFD            Short         145172        5.9249
CFD            Short         154129        5.9292
CFD            Short         17000         5.9343
CFD            Short         16411         5.9529
CFD            Long          1277          5.8288
CFD            Long          71274         5.9016
CFD            Long          38191         5.9017
CFD            Long          13147         5.9034
CFD            Long          11625         5.9181
CFD            Long          247027        5.929
CFD            Long          273039        5.9363
CFD            Long          17503         5.9538
CFD            Long          13941         6.0051
CFD            Long          696           6.0089
CFD            Long          348           6.0639


(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                         30 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