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 22 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 237,354,225 6.39% 4,504,630 0.12%
securities
(2) Derivatives 20,880,996 0.56% 2,733,291 0.07%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 258,235,221 6.96% 7,237,921 0.19%
(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 273 3.2732
Purchase 313 3.2732
Purchase 583,454 3.2716
Purchase 82,379 3.2913
Purchase 13,779 3.2732
Purchase 24,867 3.2913
Purchase 176,097 3.2716
Purchase 3,856 3.2875
Purchase 861 3.2732
Purchase 15,232 3.2696
Purchase 1,637 3.2913
Purchase 11,520 3.2714
Purchase 16,821 3.2715
Purchase 399 3.2732
Purchase 2,385 3.2913
Purchase 13,227 3.2714
Purchase 4,159 3.2732
Purchase 1,024 3.2875
Purchase 135,411 3.2808
Purchase 5,714 3.2875
Purchase 52,700 3.3133
Purchase 125,030 3.2115
Purchase 11,041 3.2605
Purchase 5,714 3.2900
Purchase 155,130 3.2600
Purchase 36,545 3.2818
Purchase 36,442 3.2716
Purchase 9,312 3.2600
Purchase 7,578 3.2430
Purchase 23,661 3.2952
Purchase 9,312 3.2600
Purchase 20,290 3.2832
Purchase 11,400 3.2595
Purchase 1,800 3.2588
Purchase 3,315 3.2711
Purchase 3,587 3.2959
Purchase 24,290 3.2600
Purchase 437,151 3.2875
Purchase 5,899 3.2600
Purchase 841 3.2827
Purchase 5,139 3.2913
Purchase 475 3.2913
Purchase 1,878 3.2913
Purchase 78 3.2730
Purchase 444 3.2913
Purchase 73 3.2731
Purchase 3,100 3.2712
Purchase 583 3.2732
Purchase 4,509 3.2913
Purchase 754 3.2732
Purchase 31,904 3.2716
Purchase 2,158 3.3112
Purchase 3,489 3.2913
Purchase 16,983 3.2715
Purchase 24,637 3.2715
Purchase 429,490 3.2934
Purchase 2,409 3.2913
Purchase 402 3.2732
Sale 2,624 3.2719
Sale 21,424 3.2776
Sale 64,562 3.2600
Sale 697 3.2719
Sale 142,674 3.2865
Sale 1,123 3.2719
Sale 14,132 3.2817
Sale 938 3.2875
Sale 14,585 3.2680
Sale 114,498 3.1979
Sale 4,215 3.2853
Sale 1,893 3.2875
Sale 179,024 3.2880
Sale 13,024 3.2852
Sale 19,776 3.2600
Sale 63,676 3.2600
Sale 9,312 3.2600
Sale 12,659 3.3034
Sale 8,172 3.2853
Sale 3,856 3.2875
Sale 1,024 3.2875
Sale 712 3.3003
Sale 1,220 3.3003
Sale 178 Transfer
Sale 9,219 3.2852
Sale 131,101 3.2826
Sale 3,889 Transfer
Sale 5,714 3.2875
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 114498 3.1979
CFD Long 14585 3.2679
CFD Long 18824 3.2734
CFD Long 14132 3.2816
CFD Long 131101 3.2826
CFD Long 142674 3.2865
CFD Long 179024 3.2879
CFD Long 12659 3.3034
CFD Long 2600 3.3073
CFD Short 125030 3.2114
CFD Short 7578 3.2429
CFD Short 1800 3.2587
CFD Short 11400 3.2595
CFD Short 11041 3.2604
CFD Short 15232 3.2695
CFD Short 135411 3.2808
CFD Short 3182 3.2811
CFD Short 36545 3.2818
CFD Short 17108 3.2835
CFD Short 13744 3.2903
CFD Short 52700 3.3133
(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 23 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