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 17 June 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 44,641,340 4.32% 242,545 0.02%
securities
(2) Derivatives 615,282 0.06% 1,223,051 0.12%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 45,256,622 4.38% 1,465,596 0.14%
(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 18,105 7.1348
Purchase 2,400 7.1600
Purchase 1,164 7.2021
Purchase 11,386 7.1472
Purchase 3,318 7.0913
Purchase 300 7.1150
Purchase 54,931 7.1521
Purchase 28,479 7.1458
Purchase 216,721 7.1571
Purchase 348 7.1184
Purchase 348 7.0900
Purchase 22,853 7.0900
Purchase 3,449 7.1221
Purchase 9,155 7.1875
Sale 2,603 7.1837
Sale 778 7.1813
Sale 2,784 7.1550
Sale 7,601 7.1439
Sale 216,721 7.1572
Sale 2,098 7.1478
Sale 17,240 7.1523
Sale 18,390 7.1273
Sale 55,459 7.1658
Sale 6,000 7.2100
Sale 198,331 7.1599
Sale 61,998 7.1553
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 7601 7.1439
CFD Long 2098 7.1478
CFD Long 17240 7.1522
CFD Long 61998 7.1553
CFD Long 5590 7.1588
CFD Long 11569 7.1781
CFD Long 68204 7.1876
CFD Long 6000 7.21
CFD Short 3318 7.0913
CFD Short 300 7.115
CFD Short 18105 7.1347
CFD Short 28479 7.1458
CFD Short 11386 7.1472
CFD Short 54931 7.152
CFD Short 2400 7.16
(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 18 June 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