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)
Date of dealing 31 March 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 42,612,251 4.12% 2,589,766 0.25%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,895,011 0.18% 623,872 0.06%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 44,507,262 4.31% 3,213,638 0.31%
(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 4,986 6.5250
Purchase 2,129 6.5500
Purchase 12,192 6.5999
Purchase 67,952 6.5961
Purchase 3,842 6.5262
Purchase 163,538 6.5642
Purchase 462 6.6107
Purchase 3,823 6.5250
Purchase 24,390 6.5260
Purchase 7,609 6.5250
Purchase 43 6.6050
Purchase 2,585 6.5250
Purchase 639 6.6121
Purchase 2,444 6.5250
Purchase 2,933 6.5250
Purchase 5,658 6.7000
Purchase 982 6.5650
Purchase 1,995 6.5250
Purchase 44,044 6.5617
Purchase 8,520 6.5250
Purchase 22,267 6.5250
Purchase 7,609 6.5250
Purchase 7,377 6.5250
Sale 63,965 6.5903
Sale 1,733 6.6007
Sale 15,930 6.5702
Sale 43 6.5950
Sale 203,315 6.5774
Sale 86 6.5650
Sale 8,446 6.5439
Sale 1,103 6.5250
Sale 2,933 6.5250
Sale 2,585 6.5250
Sale 3,823 6.5250
Sale 7,609 6.5250
Sale 6,696 6.7000
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 8446 6.5438
CFD Long 15930 6.5702
CFD Long 203315 6.5773
CFD Long 63965 6.5903
CFD Long 6696 6.7
CFD Short 24390 6.5259
CFD Short 3842 6.5262
CFD Short 2129 6.55
CFD Short 44044 6.5616
CFD Short 163538 6.5641
CFD Short 982 6.565
CFD Short 67952 6.596
CFD Short 12192 6.5999
CFD Short 462 6.6106
(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 01 April 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)
DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS
(This form should be attached to Form 8.1, Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate)
Product name, Written or Number of securities Exercise price Type, e.g. Expiry date
e.g. call option purchased to which the option (Note 2) American,
Notes
The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk