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 19 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 43,121,163 4.17% 86,522 0.01%
securities
(2) Derivatives 472,684 0.05% 1,338,954 0.13%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 43,593,847 4.22% 1,425,476 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 723 6.9100
Purchase 7,186 6.9335
Purchase 21,772 6.9615
Purchase 24,806 6.9436
Purchase 907 6.9350
Purchase 9,093 6.9158
Purchase 76,355 6.9577
Purchase 2,091 6.9300
Purchase 1,407 6.9550
Purchase 348 6.9368
Purchase 1,244 6.9263
Purchase 1,203 6.9100
Purchase 1,372 6.9597
Purchase 106,272 7.0900
Purchase 3,260 6.9100
Purchase 907 6.9250
Sale 2,026 6.9586
Sale 7,428 6.9100
Sale 1,244 6.9537
Sale 13,037 6.9091
Sale 700 6.9550
Sale 106,272 7.0900
Sale 907 6.9350
Sale 106,272 7.0900
Sale 22,980 6.9319
Sale 78,557 6.9572
Sale 4,939 6.9419
Sale 2,400 6.9450
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 1901 6.9014
CFD Long 13037 6.9091
CFD Long 22980 6.9319
CFD Long 7738 6.9345
CFD Long 4939 6.9419
CFD Long 2400 6.945
CFD Long 18532 6.9477
CFD Long 1244 6.9536
CFD Long 700 6.955
CFD Long 78557 6.9571
CFD Long 45626 6.9615
CFD Short 1244 6.9263
CFD Short 2091 6.93
CFD Short 7186 6.9334
CFD Short 24806 6.9435
CFD Short 1407 6.955
CFD Short 76355 6.9576
(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 20 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