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 26 November 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 4,599,412 3.26% 393,805 0.28%
securities
(2) Derivatives 2,340,337 1.66% 2,067,844 1.47%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 6,939,749 4.92% 2,461,649 1.74%
(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 250 10.8760
Purchase 100 10.8640
Purchase 181 10.9020
Purchase 500 10.8480
Purchase 90 10.9020
Purchase 5,383 10.7766
Purchase 3,341 10.7359
Purchase 26 10.8820
Purchase 1,884 10.9018
Purchase 1,884 10.9018
Purchase 12,066 10.7286
Purchase 1,086 10.6300
Purchase 1,800 10.6700
Purchase 4,508 10.8987
Purchase 465 10.8940
Purchase 17,154 10.8872
Sale 3,341 10.7359
Sale 41 10.6640
Sale 500 10.6540
Sale 3,188 10.8965
Sale 800 10.8720
Sale 1,884 10.9018
Sale 6,000 10.6300
Sale 16,444 10.6988
Sale 3,341 10.7359
Sale 18,611 10.6862
(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 1800 10.67
CFD Short 12066 10.7286
CFD Short 5383 10.7766
CFD Short 2616 10.8871
CFD Short 17154 10.8872
CFD Short 1884 10.9017
CFD Short 1892 10.9147
CFD Long 18611 10.6862
CFD Long 16444 10.6988
CFD Long 3341 10.7358
CFD Long 3188 10.8965
(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 27 November 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