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) 25 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 41,805,044 4.04% 950,310 0.09%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,299,462 0.13% 739,861 0.07%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 43,104,506 4.17% 1,690,171 0.16%
(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 17,524 7.5000
Purchase 288 7.5000
Purchase 4,430 7.5000
Purchase 2,670 7.5000
Purchase 17,890 7.5050
Purchase 26,861 7.5000
Purchase 83,430 7.5000
Purchase 140 7.5000
Purchase 66 7.5000
Purchase 617 7.5000
Purchase 1,939 7.5000
Purchase 202,521 7.5000
Purchase 42,437 7.5000
Purchase 1,635 7.4961
Purchase 70 Transfer
Purchase 714 Transfer
Purchase 5,856 7.5033
Purchase 2,800 7.5002
Purchase 42,437 7.5000
Purchase 1,960 7.5052
Purchase 199 7.5300
Purchase 904 7.5000
Purchase 189 7.4974
Purchase 1,697 7.5000
Purchase 696 7.5000
Purchase 21,600 7.5000
Purchase 1,136 7.5000
Purchase 57,618 7.5000
Purchase 3,985 7.5000
Purchase 431 7.5000
Purchase 945 7.4974
Purchase 1,418 7.4974
Purchase 4,521 7.5000
Purchase 926 7.5000
Purchase 138,127 7.5036
Purchase 1,357 7.5000
Purchase 64,394 7.5000
Sale 268,642 7.5040
Sale 563 7.5000
Sale 10,914 7.4800
Sale 135,399 7.4946
Sale 13,972 7.4800
Sale 2,800 7.5002
Sale 27,214 7.4916
Sale 306,674 7.4962
Sale 199 7.5300
Sale 500 7.4988
Sale 202,521 7.5000
Sale 76,800 7.5000
Sale 92,944 7.5000
Sale 4,430 7.5000
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 27214 7.4915
CFD Long 135399 7.4945
CFD Long 500 7.4988
CFD Long 2800 7.5002
CFD Short 1635 7.4961
CFD Short 2800 7.5002
CFD Short 17890 7.505
CFD Short 1960 7.5052
(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 26 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