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)     06 November 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      42,664,253       4.13%       61,740      0.01%
securities
(2) Derivatives      314,794       0.03%      796,104      0.08%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and            0       0.00%            0      0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total             42,979,047       4.16%      857,844      0.08%

(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      827                   7.4800
Purchase      3,054                 7.3500
Purchase      274                   7.4811
Purchase      3,307                 7.4953
Purchase      300                   7.4750
Purchase      1,200                 7.4912
Purchase      7,963                 7.4702
Purchase      200                   7.4550
Purchase      4,672                 7.4800
Purchase      58,440                7.5062
Purchase      974                   7.4800
Purchase      43,260                7.4800
Purchase      3,420                 7.3800
Purchase      696                   7.4800
Purchase      348                   7.4800
Purchase      348                   7.4800
Purchase      1,277                 7.4855
Purchase      684                   7.4800
Purchase      1,536                 7.4800
Purchase      4,242                 7.4800
Purchase      1,470                 7.4800
Purchase      401                   7.4800
Sale          268,842               7.4807
Sale          300                   7.4750
Sale          227,780               7.4791
Sale          22,331                7.4800
Sale          3,307                 7.5839
Sale          200                   7.4550
Sale          274                   7.4289
Sale          25,882                7.4757
Sale          7,044                 7.4699

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP)
CFD            Long          274           7.4288
CFD            Long          200           7.455
CFD            Long          7044          7.4699
CFD            Long          300           7.475
CFD            Long          25882         7.4756
CFD            Long          3307          7.5838
CFD            Short         200           7.455
CFD            Short         7963          7.4702
CFD            Short         300           7.475
CFD            Short         274           7.4811
CFD            Short         1200          7.4912
CFD            Short         3307          7.4953
CFD            Short         58440         7.5061

(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                         07 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