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)     02 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      40,694,691       3.93%       60,783      0.01%
securities
(2) Derivatives      113,107       0.01%      658,019      0.06%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and            0       0.00%            0      0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total             40,807,798       3.95%      718,802      0.07%

(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      4,033                7.5500
Purchase      40,028               7.5500
Purchase      2,289                7.5202
Purchase      1,649                7.5500
Purchase      410                  7.5500
Purchase      104,531              7.5465
Purchase      24,910               7.5486
Purchase      40,062               7.5250
Purchase      13,389               7.5097
Purchase      12,000               7.5337
Purchase      718                  7.5500
Sale          7,159                7.5313
Sale          8,521                7.5313
Sale          21,539               7.5313
Sale          15,219               7.5313
Sale          17,726               7.5313
Sale          129,472              7.5313
Sale          12,000               7.5337
Sale          105,448              7.5313
Sale          18,352               7.5313
Sale          3,246                7.5313
Sale          36,538               7.5313
Sale          3,270                7.5264
Sale          18,193               7.5313
Sale          900                  7.5498
Sale          42,360               7.5200
Sale          33                   7.5200
Sale          104,531              7.5465
Sale          55,389               7.5337
Sale          104,531              7.5435
Sale          6,185                7.5313
Sale          5,225                7.5313
Sale          10,298               7.5313
Sale          54,553               7.5313
Sale          25,278               7.5313
Sale          5,022                7.5313
Sale          3,398                7.5313
Sale          10,131               7.5313
Sale          1,571                7.5500
Sale          8,238                7.5313
Sale          23,290               7.5313
Sale          8,012                7.5313
Sale          45,170               7.5313
Sale          89,262               7.5313
Sale          698                  7.5500
Sale          3,942                7.5313
Sale          807                  7.5500
Sale          21,904               7.5313
Sale          4,629                7.5313
Sale          13,922               7.5313
Sale          24,161               7.5313
Sale          5,706                7.5313
Sale          1,113                7.5500
Sale          2,264                7.5500
Sale          16,713               7.5313
Sale          7,840                7.5313
Sale          4,362                7.5313
Sale          527                  7.5500
Sale          27,274               7.5313

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short      Number of       Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)        Securities      unit (GBP)
CFD            Long            33              7.52
CFD            Long            3270            7.5263
CFD            Long            104531          7.5434
CFD            Long            900             7.5497
CFD            Short           106879          7.5179
CFD            Short           2289            7.5202
CFD            Short           40062           7.525
CFD            Short           25570           7.5327
CFD            Short           38483           7.5328
CFD            Short           24910           7.5485
CFD            Short           20738           7.55
CFD            Short           1461            7.5525

(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                         03 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