Rule 8.3 - TELENT

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              TELENT
Class of relevant security    GBP0.10
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing               26 September 2007

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       2,945,135     4.71%            6,630    0.01%
securities
(2) Derivatives      271,829     0.43%          914,329    1.46%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and             0    0.00%               0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total               3,216,964    5.14%          920,959    1.47%

(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      1,060                5.1000
Purchase      276                  5.8650
Purchase      2,080                5.8111
Purchase      4,313                5.8598
Purchase      2,212                5.8579
Purchase      370                  5.8660
Purchase      3,623                5.8606
Purchase      370                  5.8660
Purchase      7,451                5.1000
Purchase      2,440                5.8578
Purchase      780                  5.8700
Purchase      1,386                5.8687
Purchase      71,100               5.8762
Purchase      555                  5.8600
Purchase      2,212                5.8579
Sale          1,060                5.1000
Sale          4,455                5.8526
Sale          76,000               5.8631
Sale          7,451                5.1000
Sale          2,212                5.8579
Sale          330                  5.8650
Sale          281                  5.8550
Sale          7,451                5.1000
Sale          238                  5.8539
Sale          1,060                5.1000
Sale          370                  5.8660
Sale          674                  5.8615

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name   Long/Short    Number of     Price per
                             Securities    unit
CFD            Short         2080          5.8111
CFD            Short         2440          5.8577
CFD            Short         2212          5.8579
CFD            Short         4313          5.8597
CFD            Short         555           5.86
CFD            Short         3623          5.8605
CFD            Short         276           5.865
CFD            Short         370           5.8659
CFD            Short         1386          5.8687
CFD            Short         780           5.87
CFD            Short         71100         5.8762
CFD            Long          4455          5.8525
CFD            Long          238           5.8539
CFD            Long          281           5.855
CFD            Long          674           5.8614
CFD            Long          330           5.865

(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 (GBP)
                varying etc.      relates (GBP)


(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
None

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                         27 September 2007
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)