Rule 8.1- Investec plc

Investec PLC
31 July 2007


Investec Limited                              Investec plc
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa  Incorporated in England and Wales
Registration number 1925/002833/06            Registration number 3633621
JSE share code: INL                           JSE share code: INP
ISIN: ZAE000081949                            ISIN: GB00B17BBQ50

Disclosure in accordance with Rule 8.1 of the UK City Code on Takeovers 
and Mergers (the 'City Code')

As part of the dual listed company ('DLC') structure, disclosures made pursuant 
to requirements applicable to the London Stock Exchange or the JSE Limited are 
released on both exchanges.

We therefore advise of the following in accordance with Rule 8.1 of the City Code:



                                    FORM 8.1
          DEALINGS BY OFFERORS, OFFEREE COMPANIES OR THEIR ASSOCIATES
                  FOR THEMSELVES OR FOR DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS
      (Rules 8.1(a) and (b)(i) of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)



1. KEY INFORMATION

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
|Name of person dealing (Note 1)    |INVESTEC PLC (DEALINGS BY INVESTEC SECURITIES LTD,   |
|                                   |INVESTEC BANK (UK) LTD)                              |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
|Company dealt in                   |INVESTEC PLC                                         |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
|Class of relevant security to which|ORDINARY SHARES GBP0.0002                            |
|the dealings being disclosed relate|                                                     |
|(Note 2)                           |                                                     |
|                                   |                                                     |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
|Date of dealing                    |30 JULY 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 securities           |20,339,601   |5.39         |48,432       |0.01         |
|                                  |             |             |             |             |
|                                  |             |             |             |             |
|                                  |             |             |             |             |
+----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
|(2) Derivatives (other than       |             |             |             |             |
|options)                          |             |             |             |             |
|                                  |             |             |             |             |
|                                  |             |             |             |             |
|                                  |             |             |             |             |
+----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
|(3) Options and agreements to     |165,800      |0.04         |478,100      |0.13         |
|purchase/sell                     |             |             |             |             |
|                                  |             |             |             |             |
|                                  |             |             |             |             |
|                                  |             |             |             |             |
+----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
|Total                             |20,505,401   |5.43         |526,532      |0.14         |
|                                  |             |             |             |             |
|                                  |             |             |             |             |
|                                  |             |             |             |             |
+----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+



(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
than the class dealt in (Note 3)

+----------------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------------+
|Class of relevant security:       |           Long            |           Short           |
|                                  |                           |                           |
|    INVESTEC LTD ORD ZAR0.0002    |                           |                           |
+----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
|                                  |Number       |(%)          |Number       |(%)          |
|                                  |             |             |             |             |
|                                  |             |             |             |             |
+----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
|(1) Relevant securities           |40,878,208   |18.72        |605,237      |0.28         |
|                                  |             |             |             |             |
|                                  |             |             |             |             |
|                                  |             |             |             |             |
+----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
|(2) Derivatives (other than       |             |             |             |             |
|options)                          |             |             |             |             |
|                                  |             |             |             |             |
|                                  |             |             |             |             |
|                                  |             |             |             |             |
+----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
|(3) Options and agreements to     |1,719,400    |0.79         |3,307,194    |1.52         |
|purchase/sell                     |             |             |             |             |
|                                  |             |             |             |             |
|                                  |             |             |             |             |
|                                  |             |             |             |             |
+----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
|Total                             |42,597,608   |19.50        |3,912,431    |1.79         |
|                                  |             |             |             |             |
|                                  |             |             |             |             |
|                                  |             |             |             |             |
+----------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+



(c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3)
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
|Class of relevant security:        |Details                                              |
|                                   |                                                     |
|Ordinary shares GBP0.0002          |                                                     |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
|2,666,130                          |Staff share options                                  |
|                                   |                                                     |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+



3. DEALINGS (Note 4)


(a) Purchases and sales

+-----------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------------+
|Purchase/sale                |Number of securities        |Price per unit (Note 5)       |
|                             |                            |                              |
|                             |                            |                              |
+-----------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------------+
|INVESTEC BANK (UK) LTD       |                            |                              |
|Purchase                     |    6,250                   |     598p                     |
|Purchase                     |    3,780                   |     600p                     |
|Sale                         |    6,250                   |     598p                     |
|Sale                         |    3,780                   |     600p                     |
|                             |                            |                              |
|                             |                            |                              |
|                             |                            |                              |
|                             |                            |                              |
|                             |                            |                              |
|INVESTEC SECURITIES LTD      |                            |                              |
|Purchase                     |   20,000                   |       593p                   |
|Purchase                     |   14,000                   |     593.5p                   |
|Purchase                     |   17,752                   |       594p                   |
|Purchase                     |   11,220                   |     594.5p                   |
|Purchase                     |   20,780                   |       595p                   |
|Purchase                     |    6,000                   |       596p                   |
|Purchase                     |   10,000                   |     596.5p                   |
|Purchase                     |     ,900                   |       597p                   |
|Purchase                     |   40,536                   |     597.5p                   |
|Purchase                     |   15,840                   |       598p                   |
|Purchase                     |   30,626                   |     598.5p                   |
|Purchase                     |   14,124                   |       599p                   |
|Purchase                     |   14,820                   |     599.5p                   |
|Purchase                     |   58,365                   |       600p                   |
|Purchase                     |   14,744                   |     600.5p                   |
|Purchase                     |   15,200                   |       601p                   |
|Purchase                     |   27,632                   |     601.5p                   |
|Purchase                     |   22,685                   |       602p                   |
|Purchase                     |   18,558                   |     602.5p                   |
|Purchase                     |   55,960                   |       603p                   |
|Purchase                     |   10,186                   |     603.5p                   |
|Purchase                     |   33,503                   |       604p                   |
|Purchase                     |    7,500                   |     604.5p                   |
|Purchase                     |   19,069                   |       605p                   |
|Sale                         |  500,000                   |  600.3631p                   |
|Purchase                     |      284                   |    R 86.75                   |
|Purchase                     |        3                   |    R 86.80                   |
|Purchase                     |   14,918                   |    R 86.85                   |
|Purchase                     |   11,295                   |    R 86.90                   |
|Purchase                     |    1,414                   |    R 87.16                   |
|Purchase                     |    2,700                   |    R 87.20                   |
|Purchase                     |  500,000                   |    R 87.23                   |
|Purchase                     |    8,385                   |    R 87.50                   |
|Purchase                     |    5,587                   |    R 87.55                   |
|Purchase                     |    2,152                   |    R 87.59                   |
|Purchase                     |   32,376                   |    R 87.60                   |
|Purchase                     |   34,257                   |    R 87.72                   |
|Sale                         |   10,000                   |    R 86.00                   |
|Sale                         |    4,500                   |    R 86.25                   |
|Sale                         |      500                   |    R 86.40                   |
|Sale                         |    8,000                   |    R 86.50                   |
|Sale                         |    2,000                   |    R 86.55                   |
|Sale                         |    5,000                   |    R 86.60                   |
|Sale                         |   10,000                   |    R 86.70                   |
|Sale                         |   42,000                   |    R 86.85                   |
|Sale                         |   41,000                   |    R 86.90                   |
|Sale                         |      300                   |    R 87.00                   |
|Sale                         |   10,000                   |    R 87.00                   |
|Sale                         |      450                   |    R 87.05                   |
|Sale                         |   10,000                   |    R 87.20                   |
|Sale                         |   51,027                   |    R 87.25                   |
|Sale                         |   10,000                   |    R 87.30                   |
|Sale                         |    1,700                   |    R 87.30                   |
|Sale                         |    2,000                   |    R 87.30                   |
|Sale                         |    1,000                   |    R 87.44                   |
|Sale                         |   93,259                   |    R 87.50                   |
|Sale                         |    1,000                   |    R 87.50                   |
|Sale                         |    1,000                   |    R 87.50                   |
|Sale                         |   18,078                   |    R 87.55                   |
|Sale                         |    1,000                   |    R 87.55                   |
|Sale                         |   11,664                   |    R 87.60                   |
|Sale                         |   41,799                   |    R 87.75                   |
|Sale                         |   10,000                   |    R 87.80                   |
|Sale                         |   10,000                   |    R 87.85                   |
|Sale                         |   20,000                   |    R 87.90                   |
|Sale                         |      650                   |    R 88.00                   |
|                             |                            |                              |
|                             |                            |                              |
|                             |                            |                              |
|                             |                            |                              |
+-----------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------------+

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

+----------------+-------------------+---------------------------+------------------------+
|Product name,   |Long/short (Note 6)|Number of securities (Note |Price per unit (Note 5) |
|                |                   |7)                         |                        |
|e.g. CFD        |                   |                           |                        |
+----------------+-------------------+---------------------------+------------------------+
|                |                   |                           |                        |
|                |                   |                           |                        |
|                |                   |                           |                        |
+----------------+-------------------+---------------------------+------------------------+



(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|
|               |selling,    |securities to  |        |American,  |          |            |
|e.g. call      |purchasing, |which the      |price   |European   |date      |paid/       |
|option         |varying etc.|option relates |        |etc.       |          |received per|
|               |            |(Note 7)       |        |           |          |unit (Note  |
|               |            |               |        |           |          |5)          |
+---------------+------------+---------------+--------+-----------+----------+------------+
|Futures due 20/|Purchasing  |3,000          |        |European   |20/09/2007|            |
|09/07          |            |               |        |           |          |            |
+---------------+------------+---------------+--------+-----------+----------+------------+



(ii) Exercising

+-----------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------------+
|Product name, e.g. call      |Number of securities        |Exercise price per unit (Note |
|option                       |                            |5)                            |
+-----------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------------+
|                             |                            |                              |
|                             |                            |                              |
|                             |                            |                              |
+-----------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------------+


(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)

+-----------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------------+
|Nature of transaction (Note  |Details                     |Price per unit (if applicable)|
|8)                           |                            |(Note 5)                      |
|                             |                            |                              |
|                             |                            |                              |
+-----------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------------+
|                             |                            |                              |
|                             |                            |                              |
|                             |                            |                              |
+-----------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------------+





4. OTHER INFORMATION


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.                             |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                                                        |
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|                                                                                        |
|                                                                                        |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+



Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) YES



+--------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|Date of disclosure                                |31/07/2007                             |
|                                                  |                                       |
+--------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|Contact name                                      |DAVID BURFOOT                          |
|                                                  |                                       |
+--------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|Telephone number                                  |020 7597 4394                          |
|                                                  |                                       |
+--------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|Name of offeree/offeror with which associated     |INVESTEC PLC                           |
+--------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|Specify category and nature of associate status   |OFFEROR                                |
|(Note 10)                                         |                                       |
|                                                  |                                       |
+--------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+




                                                             SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8



                           DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS

   (This form should be attached to Form 8.1, Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as
                                  appropriate)






OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1)

+---------------+------------+----------------+------------+-----------+-----------------+
|Product name,  |Written or  |Number of       |Exercise    |Type, e.g. |Expiry date      |
|               |purchased   |securities to   |price (Note |American,  |                 |
|e.g. call      |            |which the option|2)          |European   |                 |
|option         |            |or derivative   |            |etc.       |                 |
|               |            |relates         |            |           |                 |
|               |            |                |            |           |                 |
+---------------+------------+----------------+------------+-----------+-----------------+
|Put Options    |Written     |82,900          |96.50Rand   |American   |20/09/2007       |
+---------------+------------+----------------+------------+-----------+-----------------+
|Call Options   |Purchased   |82,900          |106.15Rand  |American   |20/09/2007       |
+---------------+------------+----------------+------------+-----------+-----------------+
|Put Options    |Purchased   |82,900          |90.54Rand   |American   |20/09/2007       |
+---------------+------------+----------------+------------+-----------+-----------------+
|Call Options   |Written     |25,000          |85Rand      |European   |31/10/2007       |
+---------------+------------+----------------+------------+-----------+-----------------+
|Futures        |Written     |321,200         |            |European   |20/09/2007       |
+---------------+------------+----------------+------------+-----------+-----------------+
|Futures        |Written     |10,000          |            |European   |20/12/2007       |
+---------------+------------+----------------+------------+-----------+-----------------+
|Futures        |Written     |39,000          |            |European   |20/09/2007       |
+---------------+------------+----------------+------------+-----------+-----------------+


Notes


1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except
for CFDs), full details should be given. Full details of any existing agreements
to purchase or to sell should also be given on this form.


2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated.


For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 and its
Notes which can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk




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