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) 21 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 41,924,584 4.05% 983,796 0.10%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,333,147 0.13% 759,134 0.07%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 43,257,731 4.18% 1,742,930 0.17%
(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 1,536 7.4800
Purchase 7,223 7.5327
Purchase 5,400 7.5400
Purchase 400 7.5300
Purchase 52,000 7.4986
Purchase 100 7.5150
Purchase 3,270 7.4711
Purchase 2,694 7.4759
Purchase 4,921 7.5197
Purchase 26,372 7.4811
Purchase 1,310 7.5397
Purchase 51,900 7.4800
Purchase 30,275 7.4800
Purchase 4,325 7.4800
Purchase 5,917 7.5249
Purchase 684 7.4800
Purchase 1,047 7.4800
Purchase 291 7.5325
Purchase 802 7.5325
Purchase 7,139 7.4800
Sale 900 7.4838
Sale 100 7.5150
Sale 1,635 7.4989
Sale 400 7.5300
Sale 1,278,896 Transfer
Sale 937 7.4900
Sale 98,266 7.5103
Sale 870 7.4800
Sale 15,945 7.4800
Sale 7,139 7.4800
Sale 1,748 7.4800
Sale 1,900 7.5201
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 900 7.4838
CFD Long 1635 7.4988
CFD Long 44988 7.5042
CFD Long 98266 7.5102
CFD Long 100 7.515
CFD Long 1900 7.5201
CFD Long 400 7.53
CFD Short 3270 7.4711
CFD Short 2694 7.4759
CFD Short 26372 7.4811
CFD Short 100 7.515
CFD Short 7378 7.5232
CFD Short 400 7.53
CFD Short 7223 7.5327
CFD Short 5400 7.54
(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 24 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