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               08 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       4,713,859     1.00%        429,213     0.09%
securities
(2) Derivatives      619,510     0.13%        252,305     0.05%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and            0     0.00%              0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total              5,333,369     1.13%        681,518     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      829                  5.4444
Purchase      1,049                5.4394
Purchase      1,018                5.4294
Purchase      4,301                5.4545
Purchase      4,795                5.4555
Purchase      997                  5.4444
Purchase      994                  5.4394
Purchase      1,255                5.4953
Purchase      8,200                5.4543
Purchase      3,879                5.4637
Purchase      494                  5.4600
Purchase      11,420               5.4298
Purchase      113                  5.4554
Purchase      53,696               Transfer
Purchase      27,892               5.4643
Purchase      36,250               5.4483
Purchase      109                  5.4394
Purchase      109,807              5.4514
Purchase      991                  5.4444
Sale          312                  5.4394
Sale          1,130                5.4394
Sale          1,255                5.4953
Sale          1,453                5.4516
Sale          2,314                5.4399
Sale          10                   5.4750
Sale          3,988                5.4537
Sale          124,631              5.4496
Sale          4,795                5.4551
Sale          5,598                5.4950
Sale          8,198                5.4531
Sale          8,502                5.4599
Sale          11,333               5.4548
Sale          14,911               5.4610
Sale          227,544              Transfer
Sale          37,852               5.4579
Sale          2,471                5.4644


(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP)
CFD            Long          312           5.4394
CFD            Long          8198          5.4531
CFD            Long          11333         5.4548
CFD            Long          8500          60.7254 ZAR
CFD            Long          2070          60.7317 ZAR
CFD            Long          85366         60.842 ZAR
CFD            Long          5703          60.8856 ZAR
CFD            Long          27892         60.962 ZAR
CFD            Short         36250         5.4483
CFD            Short         4795          5.4555
CFD            Short         27892         5.4643
CFD            Short         1255          5.4952
CFD            Short         312           60.545 ZAR
CFD            Short         1758          60.7663 ZAR
CFD            Short         127461        60.867 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                         09 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)