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INL/INP - Investec Ltd / Investec Plc - Notification of major interests
in shares
Investec Limited
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
Registration number 1925/002833/06
JSE share code: INL
ISIN: ZAE000081949
Investec plc
Incorporated in England and Wales
Registration number 3633621
JSE share code: INP
ISIN: GB00B17BBQ50
As part of the dual listed company (`DLC`) structure, Investec plc and
Investec Limited notify both the London Stock Exchange and the JSE Limited
of matters which are required to be disclosed under the Disclosure and
Listing Rules of the United Kingdom Listing Authority (the `UKLA`)and/or
the JSE Listing Requirements.
Accordingly, we advise of the following:
TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to
which voting rights are attached (ii):
Investec plc
2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights:
Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached:
N/A
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights:
N/A
Other (please specify):
N/A
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):
Barclays PLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):
Barclays Bank PLC
Barclays Bank Trust Company Limited
Barclays Capital Inc
Barclays Capital Securities Ltd
Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd
Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd
Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking
Barclays Global Investors Ltd
Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd
Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd
Barclays Private Bank Ltd
Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd
Gerrard Ltd
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached (v):
19 February 2007
6. Date on which issuer notified:
20 February 2007
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
5% to 4%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if Situation previous to Resulting situation
possible using the ISIN the Triggering after the triggering
CODE transaction (vi) transaction (vi)
Number of shares Number of voting Rights
(viii)
Investec plc Ordinary 18,878,394 18,878,394
Shares (ISIN
GB00B17BBQ50)
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)
Class/type of Number of Number of voting % of voting
shares if shares rights (ix) rights
possible using
the ISIN CODE
Direct Direct Indirect (xi) Direct Indirect
(x)
Investec plc 16,013,218 0 16,013,218 0 4.24
Ordinary Shares
(ISIN
GB00B17BBQ50)
B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)
Type of Expiration Exercise/Conversion Number of voting % of
financial Date (xiii) Period/ Date (xiv) rights that may voting
instrument be acquired if rights
the instrument is
exercised/
converted.
N/A
Total (A+B)
Number of voting % of voting
rights rights
16,013,218 4.24
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or
the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):
Barclays Bank PLC
Barclays Bank Trust Company Limited
Barclays Capital Inc
Barclays Capital Securities Ltd
Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd
Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd
Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking
Barclays Global Investors Ltd
Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd
Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd
Barclays Private Bank Ltd
Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd
Gerrard Ltd
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
N/A
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:
Richard Vardy
Company Secretary Investec plc
15. Contact telephone number:
0207 597 4485
Annex to Notification Of Major Interests In Shares (xvi)
A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification
obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities):
Barclays PLC
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)
1 Churchill Place, London, E14 5HP
Phone number:
020 7116 2913
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons):
N/A
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii)
Full name:
Geoff Smith
Contact address:
Barclays PLC, 1 Churchill Place, London,
Phone number:
0207 7773028
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or
legal entity subject to the notification obligation):
N/A
C: Additional information :
N/A
Notes to the Forms
(i) This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be
filed with the competent authority.
(ii) Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for
identifying the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and
accurate.
(iii) This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the person
acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided
for in DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h); (c) all the parties to the agreement referred
to in DTR5.2.1 (a), or (d) the direct or indirect holder of financial
instruments entitled to acquire shares already issued to which voting
rights are attached, as appropriate.
In relation to the transactions referred to in points DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h),
the following list is provided as indication of the persons who should be
mentioned:
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (b), the person that acquires
the voting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement and
the natural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for
consideration the voting rights;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR 5.2.1 (c), the person holding the
collateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights and
declares its intention of exercising them, and person lodging the
collateral under these conditions;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1(d), the person who has a life
interest in shares if that person is entitled to exercise the voting rights
attached to the shares and the person who is disposing of the voting rights
when the life interest is created;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the parent undertaking
and, provided it has a notification duty at an individual level under DTR
5.1, under DTR5.2.1 (a) to (d) or under a combination of any of those
situations, the controlled undertaking;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker of the
shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares
deposited with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares
allowing the deposit taker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the person that controls
the voting rights;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder, if he
can exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who
has given his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the
voting rights at his discretion.
(iv) Applicable in the cases provided for in DTR 5.2.1 (b) to (h). This
should be the full name of the shareholder who is the counterparty to the
natural person or legal entity referred to in DTR5.2.
(v) The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an on
exchange transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in
the case of an off exchange transaction, date of the entering into an
agreement.
The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which
the acquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes
effect (see DTR 5.1.1R (3)). For passive crossings, the date when the
corporate event took effect.
(vi) Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous notification,
in case the situation previous to the triggering transaction was below 3%,
please state `below 3%`.
(vii) If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying
party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only
that the new holding is less than 3%.
For the case provided for in DTR5.2.1(a), there should be no disclosure of
individual holdings per party to the agreement unless a party individually
crosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This applies upon entering into,
introducing changes to or terminating an agreement.
(viii) Direct and indirect
(ix) In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached
`direct holding` and voting rights `indirect holdings`, please split the
voting rights number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns-if
there is no combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank.
(x) Voting rights to shares in respect of which the notifying party is a
direct shareholder (DTR 5.1)
(xi) Voting rights held by the notifying party as an indirect shareholder
(DTR 5.2.1)
(xii) If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying
party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only
that the new holding is below 3%.
(xiii) date of maturity / expiration of the finical instrument i.e. the
date when the right to acquire shares ends.
(xiv) If the financial instrument has such a period-please specify the
period- for example once every three months starting from the (date)
(xv) The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled
undertakings through which the voting rights are held. The notification
should also include the amount of voting rights and the percentage held by
each controlled undertaking, insofar as individually the controlled
undertaking holds 5% or more, and insofar as the notification by the parent
undertaking is intended to cover the notification obligations of the
controlled undertaking.
(xvi ) This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority.
(xvii) Whenever another person makes the notification on behalf of the
shareholder or the natural person/legal entity referred to in DTR5.2 and
DTR5.3
Date: 21/02/2007 16:09:58 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
