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 23 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 237,975,268 6.41% 1,895,228 0.05%
securities
(2) Derivatives 20,583,998 0.55% 2,401,486 0.06%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 869,985 0.02% 0.01%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 259,429,251 6.99% 4,296,714 0.12%
(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 155,130 3.2600
Purchase 13,526 3.2955
Purchase 1,800 3.3000
Purchase 140,248 3.2952
Purchase 464,516 3.2952
Purchase 4,639 3.2824
Purchase 10,661 3.2955
Purchase 14,473 3.2631
Purchase 9,307 3.2956
Purchase 153,862 3.2767
Purchase 400 3.2500
Purchase 8,000 3.3180
Purchase 2,000 3.2680
Purchase 24,211 3.2650
Purchase 810 Transfer
Purchase 123,791 3.2799
Purchase 4,304 3.2917
Purchase 2,623 3.3020
Purchase 13,662 3.2955
Purchase 97,824 3.2600
Purchase 25,459 3.2953
Purchase 211,600 3.2659
Purchase 2,550 3.2962
Purchase 61,140 3.3050
Purchase 2,732 3.2961
Purchase 19,758 3.2954
Purchase 28,934 3.2951
Purchase 24,211 3.2650
Sale 8,336 3.2529
Sale 1,800 3.3000
Sale 93 3.2879
Sale 206,037 3.2812
Sale 810 Transfer
Sale 400 3.2500
Sale 28,617 3.2689
Sale 155,130 3.2600
Sale 1,000 3.3075
Sale 4,543 3.3125
Sale 24,211 3.2650
Sale 6,329 3.2631
Sale 2,372 3.2860
Sale 8,896 3.2860
Sale 2,821 3.2600
Sale 10,150 3.2569
Sale 2,054 3.2569
Sale 52,992 3.3133
Sale 105,866 3.3050
Sale 132,956 3.2890
Sale 3,806 3.2860
Sale 118,654 3.2780
Sale 12,511 3.2529
Sale 90,000 3.3050
Sale 8,775 3.3245
Sale 554 Transfer
Sale 12,815 3.3050
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 400 3.25
CFD Long 15530 3.2616
CFD Long 13087 3.2775
CFD Long 118654 3.278
CFD Long 206037 3.2812
CFD Long 132956 3.289
CFD Long 1800 3.3
CFD Long 1000 3.3075
CFD Long 4543 3.3125
CFD Long 52992 3.3132
CFD Long 8775 3.3245
CFD Short 400 3.25
CFD Short 14473 3.263
CFD Short 211600 3.2658
CFD Short 2000 3.2679
CFD Short 153862 3.2767
CFD Short 123791 3.2799
CFD Short 1800 3.3
CFD Short 5041 3.305
CFD Short 8000 3.3179
(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)
CALL Purchase 869985 4.0304 EURO 18/12/2008 2.15
(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 24 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