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               30 March 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       5,928,329     1.26%        936,705     0.20%
securities
(2) Derivatives    1,551,151     0.33%        803,903     0.17%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and            0     0.00%              0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total              7,479,480     1.59%      1,740,608     0.37%


(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      5,700                5.4204
Purchase      14,734               5.4656
Purchase      166,599              5.4636
Purchase      10,251               5.6050
Purchase      100                  5.5250
Purchase      9,661                5.4266
Purchase      9,515                5.4350
Purchase      7,151                5.4100
Purchase      19,296               5.4788
Purchase      6,302                5.4652
Purchase      13,881               5.4183
Purchase      3,929                5.4300
Purchase      3,928                5.6166
Purchase      3,790                5.6151
Purchase      2,136                5.4906
Purchase      1,903                5.5439
Purchase      1,124                5.6100
Purchase      500                  5.5250
Purchase      6,400                5.4997
Purchase      40,000               5.4169
Purchase      160,118              Transfer
Purchase      95,392               5.4562
Purchase      59,700               5.5323
Purchase      49,539               5.4193
Purchase      42,930               5.4908
Purchase      22,141               5.4535
Purchase      40,000               5.4169
Purchase      22,964               5.4621
Purchase      29,958               5.4187
Purchase      26,230               5.4906
Purchase      45,604               5.4100
Sale          500                  5.5450
Sale          18,552               5.4518
Sale          17,276               5.5064
Sale          1,403                5.5486
Sale          1,464                5.6110
Sale          1,507                5.4100
Sale          89,665               5.4395
Sale          16,800               5.4099
Sale          49,539               5.4188
Sale          45,604               5.4300
Sale          9,883                5.6220
Sale          45,604               5.4100
Sale          10,270               5.4929
Sale          7,247                5.6265
Sale          8,572                5.4888
Sale          8,838                5.4398
Sale          36,322               Transfer
Sale          38,950               5.4672
Sale          3,831                5.6219


(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP)
CFD            Long          16800         5.4099
CFD            Long          89665         5.4394
CFD            Long          8838          5.4397
CFD            Long          17276         5.5064
CFD            Long          85076         60.2694 ZAR
CFD            Long          139230        60.7915 ZAR
CFD            Long          84814         61.1857 ZAR
CFD            Long          21369         61.3342 ZAR
CFD            Long          5496          61.8006 ZAR
CFD            Short         80000         5.4169
CFD            Short         49539         5.4192
CFD            Short         3929          5.43
CFD            Short         95392         5.4561
CFD            Short         166599        5.4636
CFD            Short         6302          5.4652
CFD            Short         6400          5.4997
CFD            Short         10800         60.1214 ZAR
CFD            Short         69726         60.2869 ZAR
CFD            Short         4550          60.5124 ZAR
CFD            Short         250909        60.9977 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                         31 March 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)