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 20 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 42,510,512 4.11% 720,524 0.07%
securities
(2) Derivatives 463,573 0.04% 1,321,198 0.13%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 42,974,085 4.16% 2,041,722 0.20%
(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 13,583 7.0055
Purchase 18,000 7.0209
Purchase 649 6.9600
Purchase 3,673 7.0543
Purchase 13,037 6.9678
Purchase 17,129 7.0179
Purchase 4,185 7.0357
Purchase 60,731 7.0349
Purchase 24,744 7.0295
Purchase 12,893 6.9900
Purchase 2,116 7.0543
Purchase 2,261 7.0543
Purchase 19,754 6.9900
Purchase 696 7.0650
Purchase 160 7.0650
Purchase 138,712 7.0543
Purchase 25,507 7.0290
Purchase 21 7.0390
Purchase 43,152 6.9900
Sale 20,327 7.0500
Sale 723 7.0650
Sale 19,680 6.9827
Sale 51,934 6.9838
Sale 1,453 7.0365
Sale 22,971 7.0172
Sale 8,578 7.0637
Sale 46,531 7.0500
Sale 30,782 7.0261
Sale 21,026 7.0731
Sale 346,222 6.9799
Sale 15,853 7.0641
Sale 15,475 7.0145
Sale 389,500 6.9799
Sale 734 7.0650
Sale 5 7.0650
Sale 5,456 7.0650
Sale 729 7.0650
Sale 13,675 7.0500
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 19680 6.9826
CFD Long 54551 6.9999
CFD Long 15475 7.0145
CFD Long 7119 7.0154
CFD Long 22971 7.0171
CFD Long 30782 7.026
CFD Long 1453 7.0364
CFD Long 8578 7.0636
CFD Long 15853 7.0641
CFD Long 21026 7.073
CFD Short 13037 6.9677
CFD Short 13583 7.0055
CFD Short 17129 7.0178
CFD Short 18000 7.0208
CFD Short 25507 7.029
CFD Short 24744 7.0294
CFD Short 60731 7.0349
CFD Short 4185 7.0357
(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 23 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