Rule 8.3 - BRITISH ENERGY GROUP
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 BRITISH ENERGY GROUP
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.10
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2) 15 September 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 42,081,048 4.07% 1,846,015 0.18%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,789,485 0.17% 363,200 0.04%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 43,870,533 4.24% 2,209,215 0.21%
(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 800 7.2375
Purchase 15,722 7.2781
Purchase 4,052 7.1900
Purchase 1,462 7.3111
Purchase 1,522 7.3369
Purchase 3,041 7.2415
Purchase 93,348 7.2431
Purchase 47,287 7.3061
Purchase 20,095 7.3100
Purchase 7,190 7.3100
Purchase 6,943 7.3100
Purchase 9,631 7.3100
Purchase 18,536 7.3175
Purchase 11,472 7.3053
Sale 97,203 7.2415
Sale 84,431 7.2451
Sale 10,883 7.2777
Sale 800 7.2375
Sale 44,687 7.2716
Sale 1,100 7.2388
Sale 2,582 7.3989
Sale 9,833 7.2481
Sale 3,200 7.2417
Sale 31,062 7.2494
Sale 6,943 7.3100
Sale 6,300 7.2200
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 2000 7.1945
CFD Long 6300 7.22
CFD Long 800 7.2375
CFD Long 1100 7.2388
CFD Long 97203 7.2414
CFD Long 84431 7.245
CFD Long 9833 7.248
CFD Long 8883 7.2964
CFD Long 2582 7.3988
CFD Short 800 7.2375
CFD Short 3041 7.2415
CFD Short 93348 7.2431
CFD Short 10913 7.2766
CFD Short 15722 7.278
CFD Short 11472 7.3052
CFD Short 1462 7.311
CFD Short 36374 7.3149
CFD Short 18536 7.3174
CFD Short 1522 7.3368
(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 September 2008
Contact name Geoff Smith
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)
Notes
The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk