Rule 8.3 - UMBRO

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              UMBRO
Class of relevant security    ORD GBP0.01
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing               18 October 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       14,074,786     9.63%        177,905    0.12%
securities
(2) Derivatives       271,746     0.19%        131,592    0.09%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and             0    0.00%               0    0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total              14,346,532    9.82%         309,497    0.21%


(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      9,269                1.1902
Purchase      652                  1.5335
Purchase      2,582                1.4990
Purchase      10,000               1.5200
Purchase      4,272                1.4992
Purchase      1,317                1.5175
Purchase      816                  1.2242
Purchase      5,387                1.2070
Purchase      12,215               1.2107
Sale          1,317                1.5300
Sale          8,976                1.2350
Sale          12,215               1.2107
Sale          816                  1.3305
Sale          45,941               1.1700
Sale          14,259               1.3261
Sale          500                  1.5000
Sale          10,000               1.2350
Sale          158,642              1.2350
Sale          2,481                1.5000
Sale          169                  1.4925
Sale          2,940                1.4925
Sale          30,835               1.2350
Sale          9,178                1.2350
Sale          12,215               1.2107
Sale          17,928               1.5297
Sale          6,854                1.4865

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name   Long/Short    Number of     Price per
                             Securities    unit
CFD            Short         9269          1.1902
CFD            Short         5387          1.207
CFD            Short         12215         1.2108
CFD            Long          12215         1.2107
CFD            Long          14259         1.3261
CFD            Long          6854          1.4864
CFD            Long          2940          1.4925
CFD            Long          17928         1.5297

(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                         19 October 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)