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 10 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 8,545,703 6.06% 253,995 0.18%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,019,111 0.72% 606,105 0.43%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 9,564,814 6.78% 860,100 0.61%
(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 217 11.4082
Purchase 1,168 11.5610
Purchase 2,712 11.5066
Purchase 200 11.4294
Purchase 42 11.7745
Purchase 1,000 11.4100
Purchase 848 11.7890
Purchase 210 11.4981
Purchase 500 11.4490
Purchase 253 11.7445
Purchase 11 11.7745
Purchase 1,025 11.6080
Purchase 2,000 11.4700
Purchase 500 11.4590
Purchase 1,412 11.5960
Purchase 500 11.6740
Purchase 300 11.6175
Purchase 8,819 11.5630
Purchase 1,000 11.4700
Purchase 1,910 11.5422
Purchase 1,000 11.5280
Purchase 4,200 11.5818
Purchase 26,898 11.5865
Purchase 2,203 11.5865
Purchase 2,203 11.5865
Purchase 21,074 11.6000
Sale 435 11.6035
Sale 443 11.6035
Sale 2,000 11.5235
Sale 265 11.6020
Sale 133 11.7155
Sale 328 11.3755
Sale 300 11.7050
Sale 246 11.6435
Sale 268 11.5120
Sale 131 11.7155
Sale 750 11.4455
Sale 248 11.5035
Sale 291 11.5720
Sale 427 11.4436
Sale 500 11.4255
Sale 500 11.6215
Sale 76 11.5335
Sale 54 11.6008
Sale 116 11.5820
Sale 188 11.4935
Sale 33 11.6435
Sale 2 11.4635
Sale 200 11.5035
Sale 800 11.4435
Sale 124 11.7135
Sale 304 11.6048
Sale 100 11.4435
Sale 87 11.4235
Sale 50 11.7155
Sale 1,000 11.6835
Sale 500 11.5720
Sale 113 11.4455
Sale 350 11.5335
Sale 210 11.4981
Sale 730 11.6130
Sale 509 11.5035
Sale 100 11.7155
Sale 28,113 11.5362
Sale 4,874 11.5580
Sale 2,203 11.5865
Sale 36,128 11.5580
Sale 19,625 11.4808
Sale 251 11.4000
Sale 2,712 11.5066
Sale 1,000 11.6222
Sale 1,137 9.2200
Sale 19,558 11.5580
Sale 210 11.4981
Sale 20,935 11.5580
Sale 2,712 11.5066
Sale 2,127 11.5791
Sale 272,289 11.5580
Sale 12,208 11.5580
Sale 7,611 11.5580
Sale 640 11.6015
Sale 130 11.5535
Sale 130 11.6215
Sale 200 11.4935
Sale 5,100 11.6335
Sale 221 11.4435
Sale 57 11.7155
Sale 50 11.7155
Sale 6,576 11.5580
Sale 111 11.5030
Sale 104 11.7155
Sale 8 11.4935
Sale 132 11.5135
Sale 115 11.4435
Sale 217 11.5330
Sale 503 11.5220
Sale 200 11.5920
Sale 455 11.6015
Sale 59 11.3755
Sale 500 11.4000
Sale 1,000 11.4000
Sale 246 11.6535
(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 11328 11.5066
CFD Short 1910 11.5421
CFD Short 1168 11.561
CFD Short 4200 11.5818
CFD Short 2203 11.5864
CFD Short 26898 11.5865
CFD Long 19625 11.4807
CFD Long 210 11.498
CFD Long 2712 11.5065
CFD Long 122832 11.5117
CFD Long 28113 11.5361
CFD Long 2127 11.579
(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 11 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