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 15 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 4,792,708 3.40% 167,959 0.12%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,899,132 1.35% 1,849,025 1.31%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 6,691,840 4.74% 2,016,984 1.43%
(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 1,033 11.8300
Purchase 11,373 11.7886
Purchase 299 11.8415
Purchase 4,454 11.7677
Purchase 10,786 11.7756
Purchase 9,900 11.8200
Purchase 1,622 Transfer
Sale 1,500 11.8310
Sale 450 11.7720
Sale 1,000 11.7920
Sale 345 11.7820
Sale 500 11.8320
Sale 1,105 11.8420
Sale 1,000 11.8140
Sale 1,622 Transfer
Sale 1,218 11.7640
Sale 2,534 11.7900
Sale 20,570 11.7797
Sale 10,287 11.7581
Sale 637 11.7900
Sale 1,071 11.8336
Sale 2,875 11.7960
Sale 500 11.7820
(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 4454 11.7677
CFD Short 10786 11.7755
CFD Short 11373 11.7885
CFD Short 299 11.8414
CFD Long 10287 11.7581
CFD Long 20570 11.7796
CFD Long 2875 11.7959
CFD Long 1071 11.8335
(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 16 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