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 13 November 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 238,581,937 6.42% 1,936,847 0.05%
securities
(2) Derivatives 16,854,837 0.45% 1,603,433 0.04%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 869,985 0.02% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 256,306,759 6.90% 3,540,280 0.10%
(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 Price per unit
Securities (GBP)
Purchase 1,798 Transfer
Purchase 50,088 3.0700
Purchase 4,662 3.0683
Purchase 52,807 3.0723
Purchase 100 3.1025
Purchase 3,188 3.0775
Purchase 391,499 3.0683
Purchase 148,877 3.0683
Purchase 100 3.0475
Purchase 11,331 3.0705
Purchase 6,867 3.0700
Purchase 3,949 3.0700
Purchase 35,079 3.0446
Purchase 2,963 3.0700
Purchase 3,188 3.0700
Purchase 1,195 3.0450
Purchase 152,550 3.0700
Purchase 79,326 3.0787
Purchase 15,255 3.0700
Purchase 2,620 3.0700
Purchase 3,469 3.0729
Purchase 131,929 3.0594
Purchase 189 3.0405
Sale 39,536 3.1050
Sale 17,792 3.1166
Sale 49,622 3.0715
Sale 1,069 Transfer
Sale 171,277 3.0662
Sale 100 3.0475
Sale 100 3.1025
Sale 61,664 3.0745
Sale 3,226 3.0350
Sale 4,662 3.0695
Sale 2,736 Transfer
Sale 86,336 3.0700
Sale 2,418 3.0700
Sale 3,178 3.0700
Sale 6,938 3.0700
Sale 58,269 3.0966
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 100 3.0475
CFD Long 55315 3.0589
CFD Long 171277 3.0661
CFD Long 3536 3.0673
CFD Long 4662 3.0695
CFD Long 49622 3.0715
CFD Long 61664 3.0744
CFD Long 58269 3.0966
CFD Long 100 3.1025
CFD Long 36000 3.1087
CFD Long 17792 3.1165
CFD Short 189 3.0404
CFD Short 35079 3.0446
CFD Short 100 3.0475
CFD Short 53182 3.0577
CFD Short 131929 3.0593
CFD Short 7447 3.068
CFD Short 540376 3.0682
CFD Short 4662 3.0683
CFD Short 52807 3.0723
CFD Short 3884 3.0751
CFD Short 29950 3.0796
CFD Short 100 3.1025
(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) YES
Date of disclosure 14 November 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)
SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8
DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS
(This form should be attached to Form 8.1, Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate)
OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1)
Product name, Written or Number of securities Exercise price Type, e.g. Expiry date
e.g. call option purchased to which the option (Note 2) American,
or derivative relates European etc.
Option Purchased 869,985 4.0304 EURO 18/12/2008
Notes
1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFD's), full details should be given.
Full details of any existing agreements to purchase or to sell should also be given on this form.
2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated.
For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 and its Notes which can be viewed on the Takeover
Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk