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 23 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 6,637,401 4.70% 21,441 0.02%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,276,099 0.90% 1,246,844 0.88%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 7,913,500 5.61% 1,268,285 0.90%
(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 1,079 11.7980
Purchase 6,770 11.7200
Purchase 9,927 11.8018
Purchase 1,000 11.8980
Purchase 59 11.7920
Purchase 4,487 11.8859
Purchase 1,142 11.8520
Purchase 968 11.7722
Purchase 23,504 11.8112
Purchase 1,000 11.7680
Purchase 16,890 11.7200
Purchase 1,000 11.8080
Purchase 2,951 11.8122
Purchase 127 11.7920
Purchase 61,929 11.7200
Purchase 200 11.9240
Purchase 245 11.7960
Purchase 1,142 11.8520
Purchase 975 11.7980
Purchase 420 11.8080
Purchase 200 11.7965
Sale 13,225 11.8100
Sale 3,836 11.8000
Sale 267,228 11.8100
Sale 2,440 11.7942
Sale 30,162 11.8000
Sale 1,042 11.7942
Sale 200 11.7680
Sale 100 11.7920
Sale 13,261 11.7952
Sale 111 11.7920
Sale 921 11.7920
Sale 2,000 11.8420
Sale 2,314 11.7920
Sale 100 11.7680
Sale 200 11.8180
Sale 85 11.7680
Sale 903 11.7952
Sale 4,291 11.7955
Sale 1,309 11.7952
Sale 1,695 11.7942
Sale 11,360 11.8100
Sale 1,667 11.8000
Sale 893 11.7952
Sale 13,182 11.7942
Sale 12,623 11.8100
Sale 1,002 11.7942
Sale 53,812 11.8000
Sale 11,431 11.7801
Sale 1,142 11.8520
Sale 57,836 11.8100
Sale 2,433 11.8000
Sale 2,939 11.8000
Sale 2,907 11.7952
Sale 584 11.8989
Sale 11,188 11.7952
Sale 2,512 11.7940
Sale 13,363 11.8100
Sale 2,116 11.8000
Sale 69,331 11.8100
Sale 2,337 11.8000
Sale 1,278 11.7942
Sale 31,348 11.8100
Sale 23,546 11.7942
Sale 2,426 11.7952
NB: The below transactions which were previously disclosed have been cancelled
Deal Date Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit
19/10/07 Purchase 2,483 11.7357
(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 968 11.7722
CFD Short 25775 11.7881
CFD Short 200 11.7964
CFD Short 9927 11.8018
CFD Short 23504 11.8112
CFD Short 2951 11.8122
CFD Short 1142 11.8519
CFD Short 4487 11.8858
CFD Long 11431 11.78
CFD Long 2512 11.7939
CFD Long 4291 11.7954
CFD Long 584 11.8989
NB: The below transactions which were previously disclosed have been cancelled
Deal Date Long/Short Number of Securities Price per unit
19/10/07 Short 2,483 11.7357
(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 24 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