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               19 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       14,053,177     9.62%        141,910    0.10%
securities
(2) Derivatives       309,194     0.21%        177,710    0.12%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and             0     0.00%              0    0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total              14,362,371     9.83%        319,620    0.22%


(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      411                  1.6872
Purchase      1,718                1.7170
Purchase      865                  1.7165
Purchase      465                  1.6962
Purchase      4,000                1.5990
Purchase      3,000                1.7267
Purchase      1,000                1.6872
Purchase      322                  1.6590
Purchase      877                  1.7090
Purchase      615                  1.6245
Purchase      988                  1.6872
Purchase      583                  1.7145
Purchase      501                  1.6940
Purchase      1,744                1.7065
Purchase      250                  1.6970
Purchase      2,926                1.6975
Purchase      1,143                1.7495
Purchase      1,152                1.7347
Purchase      400                  1.6200
Purchase      500                  1.6142
Purchase      2,402                1.7000
Purchase      1,242                1.6092
Purchase      22,050               1.6937
Purchase      11,690               1.6586
Purchase      9,976                1.7146
Sale          400                  1.7015
Sale          4,272                1.5400
Sale          700                  1.7303
Sale          1,558                1.7450
Sale          11,690               1.6586
Sale          533                  1.7061
Sale          1,000                1.6707
Sale          652                  1.6063
Sale          1,744                1.7103
Sale          100                  1.7172
Sale          815                  1.7072
Sale          24,100               1.7032
Sale          622                  1.6803
Sale          193                  1.6503
Sale          1,000                1.7036
Sale          1,394                1.5400
Sale          1,500                1.7150
Sale          600                  1.6936
Sale          11,690               1.6586
Sale          1,242                1.6865
Sale          20,000               1.7100
Sale          1,759                1.7117
Sale          4,000                1.6100
Sale          865                  1.7355

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name   Long/Short    Number of     Price per
                             Securities    unit
CFD            Short         11690         1.6586
CFD            Short         22050         1.6936
CFD            Short         2402          1.7
CFD            Short         9976          1.7146
CFD            Long          11690         1.6585
CFD            Long          24100         1.7031
CFD            Long          100           1.7172
CFD            Long          1558          1.745

(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                         22 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)