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) 03 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 40,404,805 3.91% 72,838 0.01%
securities
(2) Derivatives 43,649 0.00% 673,903 0.07%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 40,448,454 3.91% 746,741 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 8,823 7.5449
Purchase 10,255 7.5449
Purchase 1,047 7.5400
Purchase 12,809 7.5411
Purchase 825 7.5400
Purchase 10,967 7.5476
Purchase 208 7.5250
Purchase 1,411 7.5497
Purchase 33 7.5200
Purchase 1,332 7.5611
Sale 6,663 7.5461
Sale 5,792 7.5461
Sale 546 7.5462
Sale 48,441 7.5461
Sale 39,488 7.5461
Sale 6,867 7.5461
Sale 3,544 7.5462
Sale 13,658 7.5461
Sale 8,048 7.5461
Sale 6,820 7.5461
Sale 2,274 7.5462
Sale 666 7.5489
Sale 208 7.5250
Sale 1,411 7.5497
Sale 16,000 7.5633
Sale 4,067 7.5462
Sale 6,202 7.5400
Sale 20,410 7.5461
Sale 9,426 7.5461
Sale 2,882 7.5462
Sale 1,955 7.5462
Sale 5,675 7.5462
Sale 2,567 7.5462
Sale 8,699 7.5461
Sale 16,893 7.5461
Sale 2,639 7.5400
Sale 2,569 7.5400
Sale 2,009 7.5462
Sale 8,558 7.5339
Sale 2,993 7.5462
Sale 2,639 7.5462
Sale 5,300 7.5461
Sale 9,020 7.5461
Sale 6,348 7.5461
Sale 4,446 7.5462
Sale 2,499 7.5462
Sale 5,766 7.5462
Sale 33,436 7.5461
Sale 10,172 7.5461
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 208 7.525
CFD Long 8558 7.5339
CFD Long 666 7.5488
CFD Long 1411 7.5496
CFD Short 33 7.52
CFD Short 208 7.525
CFD Short 38269 7.5375
CFD Short 12809 7.5411
CFD Short 10974 7.5447
CFD Short 17691 7.5449
CFD Short 810 7.5451
CFD Short 10967 7.5476
CFD Short 1411 7.5496
CFD Short 1681 7.55
CFD Short 1332 7.5611
(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 04 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