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) 13 November 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 42,566,056 4.12% 481,018 0.05%
securities
(2) Derivatives 735,533 0.07% 710,059 0.07%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 43,301,589 4.19% 1,191,077 0.12%
(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 3,072 7.5300
Purchase 501 7.5075
Purchase 13,868 7.5300
Purchase 3,964 7.5025
Purchase 85,000 7.5020
Purchase 1,336 7.5200
Purchase 2,460 7.5151
Purchase 3,600 7.5150
Purchase 400 7.5013
Purchase 1,885 7.5100
Purchase 1,635 7.4861
Purchase 1,792 7.5300
Purchase 21,996 7.5006
Purchase 4,230 7.5300
Purchase 42,300 7.5300
Purchase 684 7.5300
Purchase 348 7.5049
Purchase 1,100 7.5300
Sale 1,635 7.5289
Sale 4,400 7.5018
Sale 1,998 7.5014
Sale 400 7.5013
Sale 894 7.4910
Sale 15,388 7.4987
Sale 4,643 7.5069
Sale 1,408 7.5300
Sale 1,470 7.5300
Sale 696 7.5300
Sale 65,085 7.5032
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 15388 7.4987
CFD Long 400 7.5012
CFD Long 1998 7.5014
CFD Long 4400 7.5018
CFD Long 65085 7.5031
CFD Long 4643 7.5068
CFD Long 1635 7.5288
CFD Short 1635 7.4861
CFD Short 400 7.5012
CFD Short 3964 7.5024
CFD Short 501 7.5075
CFD Short 1885 7.51
CFD Short 3600 7.515
CFD Short 2460 7.5151
(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 14 November 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