Rule 8.3 - CENTRICA
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 CENTRICA
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.061728395
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 18 September 2008
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 231,980,060 6.25% 3,781,381 0.10%
securities
(2) Derivatives 21,433,894 0.58% 2,339,123 0.06%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 253,413,954 6.83% 6,120,504 0.16%
(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 248,321 3.1999
Purchase 2,201 3.1985
Purchase 15,846 3.1998
Purchase 2,572 3.2101
Purchase 23,699 3.1998
Purchase 3,847 3.2100
Purchase 3,287 3.1985
Purchase 16,655 3.1998
Purchase 7,339 3.2100
Purchase 2,705 3.2101
Purchase 3,900 3.2229
Purchase 7,101 3.1985
Purchase 51,335 3.1999
Purchase 34,763 3.1999
Purchase 40,312 3.2100
Purchase 2,311 3.1985
Purchase 114,041 3.1985
Purchase 133,764 3.2100
Purchase 824,003 3.1999
Purchase 11,486 3.1950
Purchase 10,217 3.2088
Purchase 202,506 3.2035
Purchase 258,427 3.2207
Purchase 73,673 3.2164
Purchase 214,206 3.2135
Purchase 10,345 3.1780
Purchase 4,661 3.2032
Purchase 550,818 3.2070
Purchase 180,876 3.2274
Purchase 34,370 3.1985
Purchase 599 3.1985
Purchase 45,889 3.1999
Purchase 4,817 3.1985
Purchase 142,986 3.1950
Purchase 6,260 3.1985
Purchase 6,349 3.1985
Purchase 45,198 3.1999
Purchase 6,940 3.1950
Purchase 7,452 3.2100
Purchase 954 3.1985
Purchase 8,333 3.2100
Purchase 696 3.2101
Purchase 6,870 3.1997
Purchase 4,309 3.1997
Purchase 8,357 3.1950
Purchase 44,692 3.1999
Purchase 7,257 3.2100
Purchase 6,192 3.1985
Purchase 7,869 3.2218
Purchase 3,324 3.1985
Purchase 23,981 3.1998
Purchase 3,894 3.2100
Purchase 5,643 3.2100
Purchase 1,117 3.2101
Sale 3,445 Transfer
Sale 3,900 3.2229
Sale 112,061 3.2009
Sale 10,345 3.1945
Sale 73,361 3.2278
Sale 445 Transfer
Sale 60,560 3.2274
Sale 1,400 3.2153
Sale 113,568 3.2275
Sale 4,661 3.2945
Sale 7,200 3.2450
Sale 62,024 3.1950
Sale 9,679 3.1950
Sale 1,383 3.1950
Sale 1,800 3.2028
Sale 459 3.2153
Sale 534 3.1878
Sale 2,668 3.2003
Sale 20,502 3.2127
Sale 400 3.2000
Sale 7,895 3.2127
Sale 1,017 3.2028
Sale 189,563 3.2262
Sale 8,214 3.2127
Sale 3,005 3.2000
Sale 735 3.2000
Sale 7,324 3.2127
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 10345 3.1945
CFD Long 112061 3.2008
CFD Long 115557 3.2066
CFD Long 3900 3.2229
CFD Long 189563 3.2261
CFD Long 60560 3.2273
CFD Long 113568 3.2275
CFD Long 73361 3.2277
CFD Long 7200 3.245
CFD Long 4661 3.2945
CFD Short 10345 3.1779
CFD Short 4661 3.2031
CFD Short 202506 3.2035
CFD Short 550818 3.207
CFD Short 10217 3.2087
CFD Short 162629 3.2123
CFD Short 73673 3.2163
CFD Short 4560 3.2164
CFD Short 51577 3.217
CFD Short 258427 3.2207
CFD Short 3900 3.2229
CFD Short 180876 3.2274
CFD Short 63541 3.2285
(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 19 September 2008
Contact name Geoff Smith
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