Rule 8.3 - LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE PLC

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              LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE PLC
Class of relevant security    ORD GBP 0.058333
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing               04 APRIL 2006

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              16,766,497   (6.55%)       138,000  (0.05%)
securities
(2) Derivatives               44,254   (0.02%)     8,152,513  (3.19%)
(other than
options)
(3) Options and                    0   (0.00%)             0  (0.00%)
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                     16,810,751   (6.57%)     8,290,513  (3.24%)


(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      786                  10.4953
Sale          5,000                10.5600
Sale          3,562                10.5700
Sale          1,324                10.5750
Sale          4,596                10.5900
Sale          4                    10.5750
Sale          3,562                10.5700
Sale          206                  10.5600
Sale          1,726                10.5900
Sale          871                  10.5600
Sale          298                  10.6000
Sale          2,826                10.5700
Sale          1,429                10.5700
Sale          318                  10.5700
Sale          88                   10.5750
Sale          339                  10.5900
Sale          2,062                10.5900
Sale          288                  10.5750
Sale          3,391                10.5900
Sale          2,538                10.5900
Sale          2,906                10.5700
Sale          15,643               10.6000
Sale          2,859                10.5700
Sale          100                  10.5600
Sale          5,657                10.5750
Sale          1,500                10.5750
Sale          83                   10.5900
Sale          4,734                10.5600
Sale          3,279                10.6000
Sale          1,024                10.5900
Sale          2,000                10.5900
Sale          328                  10.5600
Sale          700                  10.5700
Sale          3,732                10.5700
Sale          3,961                10.5750
Sale          1,864                10.5600
Sale          5,000                10.5600
Sale          61                   10.5700
Sale          998                  10.5900
Sale          900                  10.5700
Sale          1,500                10.5700
Sale          1,864                10.5600
Sale          2,310                10.5700
Sale          7,129                10.5600
Sale          3,294                10.5700
Sale          309                  10.5700
Sale          1,252                10.5700
Sale          946                  10.5600
Sale          2,493                10.5750
Sale          6,598                10.5600
Sale          6,203                10.5600
Sale          1,500                10.5900
Sale          1,009                10.6000
Sale          3,460                10.5600
Sale          1,431                10.5800
Sale          871                  10.5900
Sale          5,421                10.5800
Sale          690                  10.5600
Sale          338                  10.5700
Sale          268                   10.5700
Sale          125,000               10.5720


(b)  Derivatives transactions
(other than options)

Product     Long/Short    Number of Securities Price Per
name,       (Note 6)      (Note 7)             Unit (GBP)
e.g. CFD
CFD         Long          1,431                10.5800
Swap        Long          125,000              10.5720


(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 (Note
                varying etc.      relates (Note 7)                                      5)



(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

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                         05 APRIL 2006
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