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 19 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 235,597,195 6.35% 2,721,495 0.07%
securities
(2) Derivatives 20,865,037 0.56% 2,916,658 0.08%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 195,600 0.01% 195,600 0.01%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 256,657,832 6.91% 5,833,753 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 179,201 3.1993
Purchase 806 3.2875
Purchase 343,028 3.1859
Purchase 3,125 3.2875
Purchase 25,591 3.2875
Purchase 2,455 3.2875
Purchase 136 3.2875
Purchase 384,706 3.2150
Purchase 594,817 3.1992
Purchase 107,415 3.2875
Purchase 37,024 3.1991
Purchase 17,077 3.1996
Purchase 9,847 3.2742
Purchase 25,058 3.1995
Purchase 17,526 3.1996
Purchase 4,590 3.2875
Purchase 32,292 3.1993
Purchase 2,228 3.2875
Purchase 315,767 3.2138
Purchase 267,497 3.1820
Purchase 296,416 3.2107
Purchase 97,938 3.2875
Purchase 5,016 3.1550
Purchase 900 3.1600
Purchase 9,374 3.1680
Purchase 460,878 3.1859
Purchase 376,277 3.1802
Purchase 12,643 3.1997
Purchase 3,820 3.1603
Purchase 4,314 Transfer
Purchase 47,665 3.1776
Purchase 1,684 3.1550
Purchase 25,104 3.1659
Purchase 9,833 3.2196
Purchase 10,501 3.2875
Purchase 211,574 3.2584
Purchase 40,263 3.2742
Purchase 42,871 3.2550
Purchase 2,215 3.2875
Purchase 885 3.2742
Purchase 12,134 3.1997
Purchase 12,077 3.2875
Purchase 12,559 3.2742
Purchase 12,464 3.2742
Purchase 175,482 3.2875
Purchase 6,940 3.2875
Purchase 6,490 3.2742
Purchase 38,719 3.2875
Purchase 4,983 3.2742
Purchase 111,166 3.2369
Purchase 8,409 3.2742
Purchase 4,464 3.1815
Purchase 113,909 3.2369
Purchase 6,627 3.2742
Purchase 10,886 3.2742
Purchase 12,356 3.2875
Purchase 1,733 3.2550
Purchase 43,755 3.2742
Purchase 42,080 3.2875
Purchase 4,213 3.2003
Purchase 12,849 3.2742
Purchase 3,296 3.2009
Purchase 4,321 3.2742
Purchase 9,128 3.2742
Purchase 182,474 3.2742
Sale 4,546 3.1808
Sale 4,500 3.2031
Sale 42,871 3.2550
Sale 108,677 3.1931
Sale 31,186 3.1808
Sale 191,329 3.2464
Sale 114,175 3.2560
Sale 280,714 3.2875
Sale 900 3.1600
Sale 5,760 3.1900
Sale 3,713 3.1808
Sale 10,501 3.2875
Sale 224,677 3.2825
Sale 6,989 3.1808
Sale 1,733 3.2550
Sale 107,415 3.2875
Sale 1,483 3.2875
Sale 123 3.1628
Sale 64,788 3.2246
Sale 42,371 3.2608
Sale 2,910 3.1900
Sale 15,375 3.1833
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 900 3.16
CFD Long 108677 3.193
CFD Long 74242 3.2194
CFD Long 54298 3.2195
CFD Long 9833 3.2197
CFD Long 64788 3.2245
CFD Long 191329 3.2463
CFD Long 114175 3.2559
CFD Long 42371 3.2608
CFD Long 224677 3.2825
CFD Short 6700 3.155
CFD Short 900 3.16
CFD Short 3820 3.1602
CFD Short 9374 3.1679
CFD Short 47665 3.1776
CFD Short 376277 3.1802
CFD Short 267497 3.1819
CFD Short 803906 3.1858
CFD Short 234096 3.2093
CFD Short 62320 3.2156
CFD Short 9833 3.2196
CFD Short 211574 3.2583
(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 22 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