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 MARCH 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          11,523,008   (4.50%)         3,529   (0.00%)
securities
(2) Derivatives        2,741,242   (1.07%)        79,085   (0.03%)
(other than
options)
(3) Options and                0   (0.00%)             0   (0.00%)
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total                 14,264,250   (5.58%)        82,614   (0.03%)



(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      500                  11.7000
Purchase      971                  11.2500
Purchase      4,258                11.7000
Purchase      4,258                11.7000
Purchase      3,000                11.7700
Purchase      3,300                11.2150
Purchase      139                  11.2400
Purchase      2,500                11.2400
Purchase      4,000                11.3000
Purchase      803                  11.3000
Purchase      1,744                11.7700
Purchase      4,256                11.7700
Purchase      695                  11.3000
Purchase      10,000               11.9600
Purchase      4,171                11.2700
Purchase      10,323               11.2500
Purchase      331                  11.3000
Purchase      6,395                11.7000
Purchase      5,000                11.7500
Purchase      5,000                11.2300
Purchase      8,202                11.2400
Purchase      9,677                11.2500
Purchase      733                  11.4000
Purchase      8,888                11.2500
Purchase      5,000                11.2500
Sale          500                  11.4225
Sale          2,614                12.0000
Sale          733                  11.4000




(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product    Long/Short    Number of Securities  Price Per
name,      (Note 6)      (Note 7)              Unit (GBP)
e.g. CFD


(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 MARCH 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