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) 19 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 43,254,145 4.18% 765,685 0.07%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,070,048 0.10% 722,107 0.07%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 44,324,193 4.29% 1,487,792 0.14%
(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 1,500 7.5963
Purchase 1,635 7.5711
Purchase 26,522 7.5996
Purchase 562 7.5855
Purchase 1,958 7.5920
Purchase 3,432 7.5849
Purchase 799 7.5756
Purchase 39,655 7.5750
Purchase 1,536 7.5750
Purchase 15,942 7.5839
Purchase 790 7.5750
Purchase 579,746 7.5800
Purchase 8,633 7.5728
Purchase 10,780 7.5750
Purchase 2,843 7.5826
Purchase 1,470 7.5750
Sale 799 7.5756
Sale 1,144 7.5831
Sale 20,598 7.5750
Sale 348 7.5750
Sale 11,214 7.5750
Sale 9,500 7.5850
Sale 3,270 7.6089
Sale 3,892 7.5823
Sale 20,015 7.5693
Sale 8,201 7.5750
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 20015 7.5693
CFD Long 799 7.5756
CFD Long 3892 7.5822
CFD Long 1144 7.5831
CFD Long 9500 7.585
CFD Long 49848 7.5867
CFD Long 3270 7.6088
CFD Short 6218 7.5689
CFD Short 1635 7.5711
CFD Short 799 7.5756
CFD Short 3432 7.5849
CFD Short 562 7.5854
CFD Short 1500 7.5963
CFD Short 26522 7.5995
(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 20 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