Rule 8.3 - BURREN ENERGY
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 BURREN ENERGY
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.20
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 09 October 2007
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 8,926,856 6.33% 241,699 0.17%
securities
(2) Derivatives 843,492 0.60% 558,398 0.40%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 9,770,348 6.93% 800,097 0.57%
(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 50 11.7290
Purchase 640 11.8592
Purchase 42 11.7190
Purchase 4,481 11.4556
Purchase 662 11.6885
Purchase 258 11.7090
Purchase 176 11.2100
Purchase 100 11.1400
Purchase 2 11.7190
Purchase 359 11.7390
Purchase 170 11.8594
Purchase 3 11.7390
Purchase 221 11.6690
Purchase 44 11.0600
Purchase 891 11.2200
Purchase 126 11.7290
Purchase 1,000 11.8190
Purchase 535 9.2720
Purchase 428 11.6590
Purchase 1,500 11.7300
Purchase 200 11.2790
Purchase 33 11.7390
Purchase 67,709 11.4512
Purchase 21,100 11.5534
Purchase 2,611 11.8088
Purchase 300 11.0200
Purchase 575 11.8480
Purchase 11,570 11.3455
Purchase 13,003 10.9038
Purchase 1,000 11.1100
Purchase 300 11.2290
Purchase 96,000 8.7076
Purchase 64,000 8.7076
Purchase 221,250 11.6888
Purchase 11,694 10.8343
Purchase 221 11.7888
Purchase 7,310 11.7009
Purchase 11,570 11.3455
Purchase 846 11.7400
Purchase 43 11.2100
Sale 45 11.1500
Sale 640 11.0500
Sale 1,151 11.0000
Sale 268 11.6610
Sale 972 11.6904
Sale 300 11.1900
Sale 1,006 11.1800
Sale 500 11.0000
Sale 198 11.0500
Sale 2,250 11.1500
Sale 4,000 11.1700
Sale 500 11.8505
Sale 820 11.0200
Sale 700 11.0500
Sale 800 11.1500
Sale 200 11.0800
Sale 400 11.2600
Sale 225 11.2300
Sale 500 11.7310
Sale 600 11.1300
Sale 1,000 11.1400
Sale 200 11.0800
Sale 718 11.6830
Sale 455 11.1000
Sale 240 11.7015
Sale 2,062 11.2000
Sale 190 11.7208
Sale 1,500 10.9000
Sale 236 11.1000
Sale 514 11.0700
Sale 200 11.7005
Sale 676 11.7100
Sale 123 11.7710
Sale 614 9.2665
Sale 1,000 9.2630
Sale 354 11.0500
Sale 649 11.7008
Sale 1,000 11.1000
Sale 800 11.7210
Sale 116 11.6610
Sale 1,000 11.5000
Sale 923 11.6600
Sale 1,300 11.7110
Sale 246 11.6610
Sale 1,000 11.7110
Sale 402 11.0900
Sale 260 11.2000
Sale 220 11.1110
Sale 4,500 11.0600
Sale 54 11.2000
Sale 150 10.8400
Sale 500 11.0900
Sale 635 11.1500
Sale 156 11.7210
Sale 117 11.8615
Sale 300 11.5302
Sale 846 11.9008
Sale 53 11.2000
Sale 1,395 11.4000
Sale 100 11.7700
Sale 171 11.6415
Sale 102 11.0500
Sale 270 11.5000
Sale 165 11.1700
Sale 641 11.0600
Sale 750 11.5700
Sale 100 11.7808
Sale 847 11.6515
Sale 2,000 11.6800
Sale 224 11.7500
Sale 440 11.7108
Sale 13,261 11.7300
Sale 300 11.6000
Sale 166 11.1700
Sale 500 11.2000
Sale 181 11.0500
Sale 200 11.7015
Sale 1,000 11.2100
Sale 300 10.8600
Sale 2,000 11.1900
Sale 891 11.7112
Sale 753 11.7210
Sale 160 11.5115
Sale 127 11.0700
Sale 150 11.0700
Sale 157 11.7215
Sale 500 11.1200
Sale 100 11.7010
Sale 300 11.1300
Sale 100 11.0600
Sale 839 11.7610
Sale 300 9.9947
Sale 1,000 11.7405
Sale 1,500 11.7210
Sale 113 11.6610
Sale 110 11.6510
Sale 100 11.3600
Sale 1,003 11.7310
Sale 186 11.7210
Sale 2,500 11.1010
Sale 100 11.1800
Sale 170 11.1500
Sale 100 10.9016
Sale 200 11.7110
Sale 200 11.2000
Sale 500 9.2765
Sale 378 11.2100
Sale 500 11.1207
Sale 500 11.7304
Sale 575 11.8480
Sale 41,979 11.2920
Sale 7,539 10.6547
Sale 32,494 11.8000
Sale 575 11.8480
Sale 20,850 11.3117
Sale 11,570 11.3455
Sale 1,000 11.7100
Sale 200 11.0486
Sale 500 11.6710
Sale 550 11.1207
Sale 175 11.7216
Sale 750 11.6515
Sale 639 11.0700
Sale 800 11.1800
Sale 15,524 11.7100
Sale 500 11.8505
Sale 1,150 11.6515
Sale 600 11.7008
Sale 333 11.7610
Sale 1,000 9.9947
Sale 87 11.7210
Sale 400 11.7112
Sale 254 11.6515
Sale 2,000 11.6605
Sale 113 9.2660
Sale 200 11.7208
Sale 200 11.0700
Sale 74 11.0000
Sale 1,500 11.5700
Sale 1,000 11.8512
Sale 396 11.0900
Sale 535 10.8400
Sale 600 11.6702
Sale 250 11.7205
Sale 132 9.9947
Sale 617 9.6922
Sale 243 11.1000
Sale 1,000 11.7210
Sale 90 11.7210
Sale 100 11.1100
Sale 1,000 11.7110
Sale 357 11.5000
Sale 600 11.2000
Sale 3,000 11.2100
Sale 1,000 11.7010
Sale 5,000 11.7200
Sale 100 11.8505
Sale 500 11.1100
Sale 150 11.1300
Sale 63 11.6610
Sale 687 11.1500
Sale 215 9.4372
Sale 243 11.5110
Sale 55 11.8505
Sale 500 11.2000
Sale 487 9.2622
Sale 600 11.5700
Sale 437 11.0500
Sale 100 9.9947
Sale 155 11.7108
Sale 217 11.7210
Sale 400 11.1800
Sale 120 11.1800
Sale 250 9.2715
Sale 210 11.6840
Sale 460 11.0500
Sale 1,000 11.1900
Sale 250 11.6520
Sale 100 11.5825
Sale 114 11.6500
Sale 633 11.5700
Sale 1,000 11.2600
Sale 190 11.7208
Sale 290 11.0900
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product Long/Short Number of Securities Price Per
name, (Note 6) (Note 7) Unit (GBP)
e.g. CFD
CFD Short 11694 10.8343
CFD Short 13003 10.9037
CFD Short 44154 11.3118
CFD Short 11570 11.3454
CFD Short 4481 11.4555
CFD Short 21100 11.5534
CFD Short 221250 11.6888
CFD Short 7310 11.7008
CFD Short 23555 11.7123
CFD Short 19 9.0563
CFD Short 1537 9.303
CFD Long 7539 10.6547
CFD Long 200 11.0486
CFD Long 41979 11.292
CFD Long 20850 11.3117
CFD Long 120000 11.5941
CFD Long 575 11.848
(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 10 October 2007
Contact name BARCLAYS COMPLIANCE
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