Rule 8.3 - WHATMAN

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              WHATMAN
Class of relevant security    ORD GBP0.01
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing               15 January 2008

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        3,173,203     2.40%       669,852     0.51%
securities
(2) Derivatives       669,852     0.51%       247,937     0.19%
(other than options)
(3) Options and             0     0.00%             0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total               3,843,055     2.91%        917,789    0.69%

(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      30,668               2.7742
Purchase      361                  2.5950
Purchase      4,338                2.5597
Purchase      20,000               2.5511
Purchase      8,534                2.5209
Purchase      4,338                2.7039
Purchase      17,212               2.7535
Purchase      63,901               2.6645
Purchase      1,292                2.5575
Purchase      37,026               2.6504
Purchase      812                  2.5446
Purchase      3,099                2.5690
Purchase      26,875               2.6838
Purchase      934                  2.5325
Purchase      63,901               2.6645
Purchase      2,366                2.6642
Sale          26,875               2.6838
Sale          1,292                2.5575
Sale          361                  2.5950
Sale          20,000               2.5508
Sale          63,901               2.6645
Sale          812                  2.5446
Sale          30,668               2.7739
Sale          37,026               2.6504
Sale          17,212               2.7532
Sale          3,099                2.5687
Sale          2,366                2.6642
Sale          812                  2.5446
Sale          26,875               2.6838
Sale          4,338                2.7034
Sale          4,338                2.5593
Sale          8,534                2.5207
Sale          934                  2.5325
Sale          2,366                2.6642


(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name   Long/Short    Number of     Price per
                             Securities    unit
CFD            Short         8534          2.5209
CFD            Short         20000         2.551
CFD            Short         361           2.595
CFD            Short         2366          2.6643
CFD            Short         4338          2.7039
CFD            Short         30668         2.7741
CFD            Long          934           2.5325
CFD            Long          812           2.5446
CFD            Long          1292          2.5575
CFD            Long          4338          2.5592
CFD            Long          3099          2.5687
CFD            Long          2366          2.6642
CFD            Long          17212         2.7532

(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                         16 December 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)