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               07 FEBRUARY 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          12,085,607   (4.75%)       1,531     (0.00%)
securities
(2) Derivatives        2,791,491   (1.10%)           0     (0.00%)
(other than
options)
(3) Options and                0   (0.00%)           0     (0.00%)
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total                 14,877,098   (5.84%)       1,531     (0.00%)



(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      1,348                7.7250
Purchase      249                  7.7150
Purchase      2,000                7.5850
Purchase      1,000                7.5900
Purchase      2,000                7.6200
Purchase      886                  7.6200
Purchase      836                  7.5900
Purchase      2,000                7.5900
Purchase      1,700                7.7250
Purchase      232                  7.7250
Purchase      3,159                7.7400
Purchase      1,400                7.7150
Purchase      876                  7.5900
Purchase      4,000                7.6900
Purchase      700                  7.6200
Purchase      1,043                7.7100
Purchase      1,000                7.5900
Purchase      294                  7.6750
Purchase      2,100                7.6900
Purchase      700                  7.7150
Purchase      4,390                7.7200
Purchase      1,230                7.5900
Purchase      1,000                7.6900
Purchase      2,000                7.5850
Purchase      414                  7.6200
Purchase      3,500                7.7100
Purchase      288                  7.5900
Purchase      100                  7.6900
Purchase      770                  7.5900
Purchase      610                  7.7200
Purchase      3,841                7.7300
Purchase      2,000                7.6200
Purchase      1,800                7.6900
Purchase      2,052                7.7250
Purchase      300                  7.7150
Purchase      900                  7.7250
Purchase      2,052                7.7250
Purchase      1,700                7.7250
Purchase      900                  7.7250
Purchase      1,348                7.7250
Purchase      232                  7.7250
Purchase      700                  7.7150
Purchase      1,400                7.7150
Purchase      249                  7.7150
Purchase      300                  7.7150
Purchase      3,500                7.7100
Purchase      1,043                7.7100
Purchase      3,841                7.7300
Purchase      3,159                7.7400
Purchase      4,390                7.7200
Purchase      610                  7.7200
Purchase      4,000                7.6900
Purchase      100                  7.6900
Purchase      1,000                7.6900
Purchase      2,100                7.6900
Purchase      1,800                7.6900
Purchase      2,000                7.6200
Purchase      886                  7.6200
Purchase      700                  7.6200
Purchase      414                  7.6200
Purchase      2,000                7.6200
Purchase      2,000                7.5850
Purchase      2,000                7.5850
Purchase      1,230                7.5900
Purchase      770                  7.5900
Purchase      836                  7.5900
Purchase      876                  7.5900
Purchase      288                  7.5900
Purchase      1,000                7.5900
Purchase      1,000                7.5900
Purchase      2,000                7.5900


 (b)  Derivatives transactions
 (other than options)

 Product     Long/Short    Number of Securities Price Per
 name,       (Note 6)      (Note 7)             Unit (GBP)
 e.g. CFD
 Swap        Long          52,424               7.6747
 CFD         Short         15,443               7.6396


 (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                         08 FEBRUARY 2006
 Contact name                               BARCLAYS CORPORATE SECRETARIAT
 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