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)     01 December 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      41,586,453       4.02%       75,670      0.01%
securities
(2) Derivatives      321,125       0.03%      714,379      0.07%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and            0       0.00%            0      0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total             41,907,578       4.05%      790,049      0.08%

(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      4,470                7.4400
Purchase      8,100                7.4529
Purchase      684                  7.4400
Purchase      2,094                7.4400
Purchase      2,206                7.4750
Purchase      438                  7.4900
Purchase      13,979               7.4400
Purchase      33                   Transfer
Purchase      1,635                7.4561
Purchase      1,926                7.4850
Purchase      4,838                7.4961
Sale          4,501                7.4700
Sale          2,813                7.5000
Sale          5,196                7.4700
Sale          37,901               7.4700
Sale          30,889               7.4700
Sale          5,366                7.4700
Sale          402                  7.4700
Sale          10,690               7.4700
Sale          438                  7.4900
Sale          7,168                7.4715
Sale          1,803                7.4700
Sale          6,128                7.4700
Sale          4,936                7.4700
Sale          33                   Transfer
Sale          5,326                7.4700
Sale          101                  7.4700
Sale          1,047                7.4400
Sale          15,546               7.4700
Sale          7,384                7.4700
Sale          1,465                7.4700
Sale          7,723                7.4700
Sale          2,390                7.4700
Sale          6,624                7.4700
Sale          2,324                7.4700
Sale          12,868               7.4700
Sale          4,797                7.4700
Sale          7,756                7.4700
Sale          26,156               7.4700
Sale          1,268                7.4400
Sale          1,523                7.4700
Sale          6,230                7.4700
Sale          4,011                7.4700
Sale          6,870                7.4700
Sale          2,977                7.4700
Sale          1,152                7.4700
Sale          1,635                7.5039
Sale          1,103                7.4550

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short      Number of       Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)        Securities      unit (GBP)
CFD            Long            7168            7.4715
CFD            Long            438             7.49
CFD            Long            1635            7.5038
CFD            Short           1635            7.4561
CFD            Short           19367           7.4625
CFD            Short           84300           7.47
CFD            Short           438             7.49
CFD            Short           4838            7.4961

(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                         02 December 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