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               16 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              12,956,623     (5.09%)       1,973     (0.00%)
securities
(2) Derivatives            3,625,436     (1.42%)      29,560     (0.01%)
(other than options)
(3) Options and                    0     (0.00%)           0     (0.00%)
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                     16,582,059     (6.51%)      31,533     (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      1,000                7.6100
Purchase      1,964                7.6300
Purchase      4,509                7.6300
Purchase      872                  7.6050
Purchase      1,782                7.6050
Purchase      4,509                7.6300
Purchase      1,000                7.6100
Purchase      4,606                7.6000
Purchase      1,404                7.6300
Purchase      962                  7.6100
Purchase      500                  7.6100
Purchase      484                  7.6100
Purchase      3,626                7.6050
Purchase      7,852                7.6050
Purchase      250                  7.6100
Purchase      500                  7.6100
Purchase      1,096                7.6300
Purchase      1,000                7.6100
Purchase      200                  7.6300
Purchase      899                  7.6300
Purchase      2,446                7.6050
Purchase      1,792                7.6000
Purchase      365                  7.6100
Purchase      2,164                7.6050
Purchase      2,279                7.6100
Purchase      9                    7.6100
Purchase      390                  7.6250
Purchase      2,836                7.6050
Purchase      3,000                7.6050
Purchase      1,096                7.6300
Purchase      2,250                7.6100
Purchase      2,697                7.6300
Purchase      1,525                7.6300
Purchase      866                  7.6100
Purchase      1,750                7.6100
Purchase      2,020                7.6300
Purchase      3,000                7.6100
Purchase      4,101                7.6100
Purchase      1,096                7.6300
Purchase      3,118                7.6050
Purchase      2,457                7.6300
Purchase      3,250                7.6100
Purchase      3,500                7.6050
Purchase      385                  7.6100
Purchase      3,596                7.6300
Purchase      5,906                7.6050
Purchase      253                  7.6200
Purchase      4,500                7.6100
Purchase      1,500                7.6100
Purchase      538                  7.6100
Purchase      4,509                7.6300
Purchase      2,469                7.6100
Purchase      7,852                7.6050
Purchase      1,024                7.6300
Purchase      2,572                7.6300
Purchase      3,390                7.6050
Purchase      5,282                7.6050
Purchase      6,374                7.6050
Purchase      500                  7.6100
Purchase      500                  7.6100
Purchase      1,402                7.6300
Purchase      505                  7.6100
Purchase      899                  7.6100
Purchase      4,509                7.6300
Purchase      2,500                7.6300
Purchase      2,000                7.6100
Purchase      4,462                 7.6050



(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          150,000              7.6130


(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                         17 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