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 09 April 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 43,079,074 4.17% 1,910,701 0.18%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,453,616 0.14% 635,724 0.06%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 44,532,690 4.31% 2,546,425 0.25%
(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 38,993 7.0523
Purchase 2,229 6.9900
Purchase 200,000 7.1141
Purchase 3,497 7.0613
Purchase 6,471 7.0400
Purchase 200,000 7.1141
Purchase 47,771 7.0109
Purchase 2,229 7.0000
Purchase 104,232 7.0148
Purchase 580 7.1314
Purchase 17,556 7.0150
Purchase 14,181 7.0150
Purchase 16,302 7.0150
Purchase 686 7.1050
Purchase 10,238 7.0150
Purchase 15,269 7.0150
Sale 2,000 7.0000
Sale 2,229 7.0000
Sale 7,317 7.0187
Sale 1,554 7.0150
Sale 200,000 7.1141
Sale 44,643 7.0187
Sale 7,261 7.0187
Sale 53,245 7.0406
Sale 43,127 7.0320
Sale 18,239 7.0187
Sale 3,497 6.9965
Sale 45,617 7.0428
Sale 3,680 7.0187
Sale 6,636 7.0187
Sale 3,955 7.0187
Sale 3,636 7.0187
Sale 6,226 7.0187
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 3497 6.9965
CFD Long 2000 7
CFD Long 43127 7.032
CFD Long 53245 7.0405
CFD Long 45617 7.0427
CFD Short 104232 7.0148
CFD Short 6471 7.04
CFD Short 38993 7.0522
CFD Short 3497 7.0613
CFD Short 580 7.1313
(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 10 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