Rule 8.3 - VT GROUP

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 VT GROUP Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.05 to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 01 March 2010 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 2,795,757 1.55% 0 0.00% securities (2) Derivatives 80,311 0.04% 7,866 0.00% (other than options) (3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00% agreements to purchase/sell Total 2,876,068 1.60% 7,866 0.00% (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 1,267 6.7361 Purchase 16,100 6.7424 Purchase 16,100 6.7424 Purchase 18,417 6.7482 Purchase 19,390 6.7241 Purchase 132 6.6804 Purchase 533 6.7200 Purchase 630 6.7150 Purchase 819 6.7193 Purchase 4,067 6.7488 Purchase 6,203 6.7205 Sale 15,286 6.7400 Sale 15,409 6.7404 Sale 16,100 6.7424 Sale 5,062 6.7246 Sale 819 6.7200 Sale 4,536 6.7362 Sale 2,464 6.7400 Sale 3,593 6.7086 Sale 3,562 6.7611 Sale 11,564 6.7449 Sale 3,485 6.7612 Sale 10,933 6.7367 Sale 1,701 6.7568 Sale 4,823 6.7400 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per (e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP) CFD Long 5062 6.7246 CFD Long 10933 6.7366 CFD Short 132 6.6803 CFD Short 1267 6.7361 CFD Short 18417 6.7481 (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 02 March 2010 Contact name Geoff Smith 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)

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