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               14 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              12,644,461    (4.97%)        1,531     (0.00%)
securities
(2) Derivatives            3,315,436    (1.30%)       20,971     (0.01%)
(other than
options)
(3) Options and                    0    (0.00%)            0     (0.00%)
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                     15,959,897    (6.27%)       22,502     (0.01%)


(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      3,428                7.6600
Purchase      5,009                7.6500
Purchase      622                  7.6500
Purchase      2,096                7.6600
Purchase      4,240                7.6700
Purchase      504                  7.6700
Purchase      1,345                7.6300
Purchase      5,104                7.6300
Purchase      483                  7.6600
Purchase      1,092                7.6500
Purchase      5,907                7.6500
Purchase      6,593                7.6300
Purchase      3,596                7.6300
Purchase      4,087                7.6600
Purchase      4,963                7.6850
Purchase      428                  7.6650
Purchase      1,751                7.6300
Purchase      1,535                7.6700
Purchase      1,845                7.6300
Purchase      650                  7.6700
Purchase      1,750                7.6300
Purchase      4,300                7.6900
Purchase      2,186                7.6600
Purchase      3,493                7.6700
Purchase      1,904                7.6500
Purchase      669                  7.6750
Purchase      2,343                7.6300
Purchase      2,868                7.6600
Purchase      4,000                7.6500
Purchase      4,999                7.6500
Purchase      4,248                7.6300
Purchase      4,589                7.6500
Purchase      4,379                7.6500
Purchase      4,093                7.6500
Purchase      696                  7.6800
Purchase      1,720                7.6600
Purchase      2,316                7.6450
Purchase      214                  7.6800
Purchase      1,102                7.6700
Purchase      596                  7.6800
Purchase      700                  7.6900
Purchase      1,572                7.6600
Purchase      4,097                7.6500
Purchase      1,889                7.6600
Purchase      3,000                7.6750
Purchase      1,487                7.6350
Purchase      2,915                7.6450
Purchase      2,000                7.6800
Purchase      3,604                7.6600
Purchase      1,568                7.6800
Purchase      8,000                7.6800
Purchase      700                  7.6550
Purchase      834                  7.6700
Purchase      751                  7.6600
Purchase      849                  7.6750
Purchase      858                  7.6700
Purchase      249                  7.6850
Purchase      2,808                7.6300
Purchase      3,527                7.6600
Purchase      2,934                7.6800
Purchase      2,264                7.6450
Purchase      538                  7.6600
Purchase      770                  7.6700
Purchase      5,009                7.6500
Purchase      108                  7.6700
Purchase      4,999                7.6500
Purchase      1,700                7.6800
Purchase      403                  7.6600
Purchase      743                  7.6800
Purchase      5,000                7.6800
Purchase      3                    7.6500
Purchase      1,487                7.6350
Purchase      687                  7.6700
Purchase      3,363                7.6500
Purchase      1,648                7.6300
Purchase      5,109                7.6300
Purchase      620                  7.6500
Purchase      4,455                7.6300
Purchase      492                  7.6800
Purchase      118                  7.6600
Purchase      751                  7.6600
Purchase      869                  7.6700
Purchase      4,151                7.6750
Purchase      7,818                7.6300
Purchase      1,826                7.6500
Purchase      2,869                7.6800
Purchase      600                  7.6850
Purchase      3,571                7.6800
Purchase      944                  7.6600
Purchase      5,000                7.6700
Sale          743                   7.6800


(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         Short         9,844                7.6490
Swap        Long          220,000              7.6553


(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                         15 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