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) 14 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 42,705,447 4.13% 683,943 0.07%
securities
(2) Derivatives 938,458 0.09% 711,109 0.07%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 43,643,905 4.22% 1,395,052 0.13%
(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 31,542 7.5350
Purchase 490 7.5361
Purchase 2,800 7.5169
Purchase 1,300 7.5227
Purchase 1,635 7.5261
Purchase 11,794 7.5350
Purchase 11,339 7.5350
Purchase 5,614 7.5169
Purchase 13,882 7.5350
Purchase 1,329 7.5100
Purchase 10,426 7.5350
Purchase 13,882 7.5500
Purchase 3,059 7.5350
Purchase 348 7.5350
Purchase 57,680 7.5350
Purchase 109,980 7.5350
Purchase 14,043 7.5056
Purchase 5,182 7.5350
Purchase 32,289 7.5350
Purchase 7,819 7.5350
Purchase 13,972 7.5230
Purchase 10,914 7.5230
Purchase 45,195 7.5110
Sale 5,182 7.5350
Sale 13,882 7.5350
Sale 3,270 7.5639
Sale 201,317 7.5201
Sale 213 7.5400
Sale 1,095 7.5189
Sale 114 7.5255
Sale 33,904 7.5350
Sale 1,300 7.5227
Sale 6,732 7.5127
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 6732 7.5126
CFD Long 1095 7.5188
CFD Long 201317 7.52
CFD Long 1300 7.5226
CFD Long 3270 7.5638
CFD Short 8414 7.5168
CFD Short 1300 7.5226
CFD Short 1635 7.5261
CFD Short 490 7.5361
(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 17 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