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) 31 October 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 42,075,004 4.07% 488,100 0.05%
securities
(2) Derivatives 709,886 0.07% 749,904 0.07%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 42,784,890 4.14% 1,238,004 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 4,022 7.4023
Purchase 8,004 7.3990
Purchase 1,429 7.4000
Purchase 37,977 7.4023
Purchase 882 7.4000
Purchase 28,983 7.4000
Purchase 23,426 7.4023
Purchase 2,323 7.4000
Purchase 149,614 7.4095
Purchase 3,193 7.5283
Purchase 7,210 7.4000
Purchase 1,655 7.4000
Purchase 1,536 7.4000
Purchase 1,648 7.4000
Purchase 151 7.4000
Purchase 200 7.4000
Purchase 1,025 7.4000
Purchase 740 7.4000
Purchase 19,663 7.4023
Purchase 490 7.4000
Purchase 5,433 7.4023
Purchase 204 7.4000
Purchase 3,871 7.4000
Purchase 468 7.4000
Sale 2,172 7.3797
Sale 9,468 7.3966
Sale 13,886 7.4112
Sale 200 7.5338
Sale 2,034 7.4000
Sale 200 7.4000
Sale 448 7.4000
Sale 774 7.4000
Sale 1,700 7.3850
Sale 2,631 7.4000
Sale 1,684 7.4000
Sale 24,479 7.4000
Sale 775 7.4000
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 9468 7.3965
CFD Long 4622 7.3982
CFD Long 200 7.4
CFD Long 3308 7.4023
CFD Long 13886 7.4111
CFD Long 2209 7.4206
CFD Long 200 7.5338
CFD Short 8004 7.399
CFD Short 200 7.4
CFD Short 149614 7.4094
(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 03 November 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