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 25 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 6,418,687 4.55% 33,067 0.02%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,333,449 0.95% 1,335,486 0.95%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 7,752,136 5.49% 1,368,553 0.97%
(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 1,617 11.8048
Purchase 64 11.9060
Purchase 3,951 11.8000
Purchase 883 11.8920
Purchase 9,756 11.9036
Purchase 36 11.9080
Purchase 10,048 11.8480
Sale 777 11.8194
Sale 3 11.8620
Sale 245 11.8700
Sale 151 11.8260
Sale 3,072 11.8194
Sale 87 11.8120
Sale 125 11.8920
Sale 70 11.8940
Sale 3,963 11.8913
Sale 4,536 11.8912
Sale 96,761 11.8909
Sale 9,597 11.8909
Sale 1,890 11.8194
Sale 543 11.8194
Sale 4,088 11.9075
Sale 7,187 11.8911
Sale 36 11.9080
Sale 3,951 11.8000
Sale 36 11.9080
Sale 1,354 11.8194
Sale 10,547 11.8194
Sale 1,060 11.8194
Sale 26,319 11.8194
Sale 8,464 11.8583
Sale 12,492 11.8908
Sale 1,109 11.8194
Sale 1,957 11.8914
Sale 25,204 11.8908
Sale 669 11.8194
Sale 19,707 11.8126
(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 1617 11.8048
CFD Short 16889 11.8139
CFD Short 10048 11.8479
CFD Short 9756 11.9035
CFD Long 19707 11.8126
CFD Long 8464 11.8583
CFD Long 4088 11.9075
CFD Long 36 11.908
(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 26 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