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 25 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 44,367,373 4.29% 606,795 0.06%
securities
(2) Derivatives 578,244 0.06% 635,724 0.06%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 44,945,617 4.35% 1,242,519 0.12%
(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 2,064 7.6000
Purchase 3,475 7.5987
Purchase 714 7.8500
Purchase 11,300 7.6094
Purchase 8,137 7.6285
Purchase 3,505 7.6150
Purchase 30,532 7.6453
Purchase 5,551 7.8500
Purchase 3,264 7.5980
Purchase 130,414 7.5950
Purchase 247,007 7.6064
Purchase 3,985 7.8500
Purchase 1,329 7.8500
Purchase 98,589 7.6065
Purchase 148,418 7.6065
Purchase 24,717 7.6189
Sale 174,540 7.8485
Sale 5,602 7.6080
Sale 39,103 7.6198
Sale 36,553 7.5873
Sale 1,885 7.5950
Sale 148,418 7.6064
Sale 16,914 7.5873
Sale 3,606 7.8485
Sale 3,505 7.5100
Sale 6,200 7.5850
Sale 1,223 7.8500
Sale 10,276 7.5873
Sale 17,591 7.5872
Sale 98,589 7.6064
Sale 127,679 7.8500
Sale 26,930 7.8500
Sale 3,652 7.8500
Sale 13,463 7.8488
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 6200 7.585
CFD Long 17591 7.5872
CFD Long 1885 7.595
CFD Long 5602 7.608
CFD Long 39103 7.6198
CFD Long 178146 7.8485
CFD Long 13463 7.8488
CFD Short 3264 7.5979
CFD Short 3475 7.5987
CFD Short 11300 7.6093
CFD Short 24717 7.6188
CFD Short 8137 7.6285
CFD Short 30532 7.6453
(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 28 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