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               16 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        3,064,158     2.32%       755,968     0.57%
securities
(2) Derivatives       755,968     0.57%       254,623     0.19%
(other than options)
(3) Options and             0     0.00%             0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total               3,820,126     2.89%     1,010,591     0.76%

(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      60,700               2.4966
Purchase      117,175              2.4897
Purchase      926                  2.5004
Purchase      13,800               2.4975
Purchase      2,763                2.4418
Purchase      34,453               2.4708
Purchase      1,953                2.4988
Purchase      34,453               2.4708
Purchase      24,343               2.4653
Purchase      6,600                2.4716
Purchase      17,567               2.4948
Purchase      765                  2.4500
Purchase      82,722               2.4975
Purchase      25,900               2.4689
Purchase      926                  2.5004
Sale          2,763                2.4418
Sale          1,265                2.5500
Sale          60,700               2.4966
Sale          4,037                2.5500
Sale          2,763                2.4418
Sale          17,567               2.4946
Sale          1,615                2.5650
Sale          1,009                2.5000
Sale          3,234                2.5016
Sale          24,343               2.4651
Sale          505                  2.5700
Sale          82,722               2.4975
Sale          13,800               2.4975
Sale          117,175              2.4897
Sale          25,900               2.4686
Sale          6,600                2.4712
Sale          3,234                2.5653
Sale          765                  2.4500
Sale          117,175              2.4897
Sale          34,453               2.4708
Sale          2,523                2.5110
Sale          1,953                2.4988
Sale          1,009                2.5000
Sale          4,037                2.5700
Sale          1,009                2.5500
Sale          1,009                2.5500
Sale          926                  2.5004

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name   Long/Short    Number of     Price per
                             Securities    unit
CFD            Short         2763          2.4418
CFD            Short         25900         2.4688
CFD            Short         6600          2.4716
CFD            Short         1953          2.4988
CFD            Short         926           2.5003
CFD            Long          2763          2.4417
CFD            Long          765           2.45
CFD            Long          24343         2.4651
CFD            Long          17567         2.4945
CFD            Long          60700         2.4966
CFD            Long          13800         2.4975

(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                         17 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)