Disclosure of Financial Short Position - Investec Plc

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| TR-4[1]:   | Disclosure of Short Position relating to UK          |
|            | Financial Sector Company[2]                          |
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| 1. Full name of person(s) holding the   | GLG European Long-Short |
| disclosable short position[3]:          | Fund                    |
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| 2: Name of the issuer of the relevant   | Investec Plc            |
| securities                              |                         |
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| 3: Disclosable short position[4]        | (0.26)%                 |
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| 4. Date that disclosable short position | 20.03.09                |
| was held                                |                         |
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[1]  This form, or the information contained within it, should be
disclosed via an RIS using the short code SSD.
[2] This form relates to the disclosure of short positions in
compliance with the FSA's Short Selling (NO2) Instrument 2008 and the
related FAQ document on the FSA's website.
[3] Specify the holder of the net short position. The naming of
nominees or vehicle companies is insufficient. In the case of an
investment manager or authorised fund manager managing assets on
behalf of a client, the disclosure obligation applies at the level of
both the entity to which MAR 1.9.2C applies and at the level of the
investment manager or authorised fund manager. The investment manager
or authorised fund manager may make a net short position disclosure
on behalf of its client.  In respect of itself, the investment
manager or authorised fund manager is required to disclose its
aggregate net short position across all of the funds it manages on a
discretionary basis.
 
Where a disclosure by an investment manager or authorised fund
manager is the same as that being made for its client/fund/sub-fund,
it is permitted to make a single disclosure provided that the
disclosure makes it clear that it applies to both parties. See FAQ
document for further details.
 
[4] Figure to be expressed as a percentage of issued share capital.
Disclosable short position is defined in the Glossary of Definitions
in the FSA Handbook. Positions must be disclosed on a net basis of
all holdings. All financial instruments that represent a direct or
indirect economic interest in the relevant issuer must be included
within such holdings.
 
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