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 09 April 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 3,728,080 2.06% 55,357 0.03% securities (2) Derivatives 49,494 0.03% 2,142,087 1.18% (other than options) (3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00% agreements to purchase/sell Total 3,777,574 2.09% 2,197,444 1.22% (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 3,645 7.5879 Purchase 633 7.5842 Purchase 1 7.5650 Purchase 200,000 7.5538 Purchase 56 7.6200 Purchase 22 7.5700 Purchase 10,626 7.5713 Purchase 13,626 7.6059 Purchase 14,288 7.5850 Purchase 17,347 7.5865 Purchase 20,000 7.5833 Purchase 22,784 7.5974 Purchase 50,000 7.5646 Sale 1,327 7.6161 Sale 270 7.5950 Sale 77 7.6000 Sale 199 7.6000 Sale 2 7.6000 Sale 261 7.6279 Sale 37 7.6000 Sale 445 7.5760 Sale 500 7.5850 Sale 537 7.6279 Sale 915 7.5760 Sale 1,390 7.6279 Sale 2,370 7.5760 Sale 2,953 7.5912 Sale 3,437 7.6161 Sale 33,590 7.6022 Sale 645 7.6161 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per (e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP) CFD Short 200000 7.5538 CFD Short 50000 7.5646 CFD Short 10626 7.5712 CFD Short 20000 7.5833 CFD Short 14288 7.585 CFD Short 17347 7.5864 CFD Short 3645 7.5879 (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 12 April 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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