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               06 April 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       5,027,137     1.07%        631,330     0.13%
securities
(2) Derivatives      640,365     0.14%         41,318     0.01%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and            0     0.00%              0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total              5,667,502     1.20%        672,648     0.14%


(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      10,971               5.4791
Purchase      2,600                5.4936
Purchase      2,601                5.4892
Purchase      2,601                5.4897
Purchase      1,971                5.3750
Purchase      1,046                5.3750
Purchase      115,70               1 Transfer
Purchase      5,135                5.3750
Purchase      1,009                5.5023
Purchase      6,513                5.4949
Purchase      2,225                5.4917
Purchase      9,753                5.4842
Purchase      2,963                5.3758
Purchase      11,216               5.3750
Purchase      13,064               5.4980
Purchase      694                  5.3750
Purchase      636                  5.3750
Purchase      17,020               5.5020
Purchase      37,658               5.4964
Purchase      70,308               5.4830
Purchase      375                  5.5050
Purchase      7,968                5.4746
Sale          500                  5.5050
Sale          375                  5.5050
Sale          2,044                5.4908
Sale          2,600                5.4936
Sale          2,600                5.4936
Sale          230                  5.5050
Sale          4,026                5.4877
Sale          6,211                5.4931
Sale          15,124               5.4752
Sale          16,540               5.4929
Sale          22,855               5.4899
Sale          26,481               5.4009
Sale          421,861              Transfer
Sale          2,601                5.4892

NB: The below transactions which were previously disclosed have been cancelled
Deal Date   Purchase/Sale  Number of Securities  Price per unit (GBP)
30/03/2010  Purchase       40,000                5.4169


(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP)
CFD            Short         2963          5.3757
CFD            Short         70308         5.483
CFD            Short         9753          5.4841
CFD            Short         2601          5.4896
CFD            Short         37658         5.4964
CFD            Short         13064         5.498


(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                         07 April 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)