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               14 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       4,582,567     0.97%        523,093     0.11%
securities
(2) Derivatives      512,426     0.11%         29,815     0.01%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and            0     0.00%              0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total              5,094,993     1.08%        552,908     0.12%


(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      1,000                5.4300
Purchase      3,124                5.4209
Purchase      2,614                5.4187
Purchase      3,124                5.4204
Purchase      268                  5.4400
Purchase      2,210                5.4287
Purchase      49,571               5.4287
Purchase      1,506                5.4250
Purchase      2,704                5.4111
Purchase      6,615                5.4200
Purchase      4,156                5.4171
Purchase      7,470                5.4266
Purchase      11,533               5.4253
Purchase      941                  5.4391
Purchase      21,753               5.4211
Purchase      26,469               5.4223
Purchase      299                  5.4201
Purchase      4,957                5.4251
Sale          491                  5.4130
Sale          317                  5.4119
Sale          3,124                5.4204
Sale          3,846                5.4304
Sale          4,933                5.4104
Sale          7,026                5.4223
Sale          13,739               5.4118
Sale          19,443               5.4223
Sale          26,469               5.4223
Sale          27,521               5.4250
Sale          3,308                5.4267


(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP)
CFD            Long          317           5.4119
CFD            Short         6615          5.42
CFD            Short         3124          5.4209
CFD            Short         11533         5.4253
CFD            Short         49571         5.4286
CFD            Short         941           5.4391


(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                         15 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)