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