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 29 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 6,195,633 4.39% 41,712 0.03%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,384,133 0.98% 1,452,060 1.03%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 7,579,766 5.37% 1,493,772 1.06%
(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 720 11.8980
Purchase 36 11.8180
Purchase 422 11.8380
Purchase 1,394 11.8301
Purchase 100 11.8122
Purchase 1,200 11.8300
Purchase 2,160 11.8738
Purchase 151 11.7923
Sale 4,052 11.8226
Sale 267 11.8160
Sale 720 11.8980
Sale 1,000 11.8020
Sale 400 11.8520
Sale 85 11.8220
Sale 130 11.8120
Sale 671 11.8320
Sale 200 11.8760
Sale 3,250 11.8226
Sale 324 11.8540
Sale 10,594 11.8226
Sale 237 11.8540
Sale 18,075 11.8316
Sale 1,408 11.8226
Sale 40,685 11.8226
Sale 5,235 11.8226
Sale 720 11.8980
Sale 2,844 11.8226
Sale 3,054 11.8226
Sale 430 11.8289
(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 151 11.7922
CFD Short 14697 11.7996
CFD Short 100 11.8122
CFD Short 2594 11.83
CFD Short 2160 11.8737
CFD Long 430 11.8289
CFD Long 18075 11.8315
CFD Long 720 11.898
(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 30 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