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 25 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 236,901,087 6.38% 2,858,429 0.08%
securities
(2) Derivatives 21,504,934 0.58% 2,529,068 0.07%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 869,985 0.02% 0.01%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 259,276,006 6.98% 5,387,497 0.15%
(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 2,832 3.2825
Purchase 14,413 3.2109
Purchase 222,798 3.3050
Purchase 63,753 3.2281
Purchase 130,990 3.2279
Purchase 150,518 3.2170
Purchase 64,968 3.2088
Purchase 800 3.2563
Purchase 202,587 3.2125
Purchase 285,627 3.2182
Purchase 700,000 3.2196
Purchase 2,000 3.1980
Purchase 1,723 3.2175
Purchase 70,846 3.2468
Purchase 54,963 3.2468
Purchase 246,731 3.2391
Purchase 189,445 3.2334
Purchase 39,877 3.2381
Purchase 5,806 3.3275
Purchase 93,406 3.2175
Purchase 14,570 3.2345
Sale 700,000 3.2196
Sale 9,253 3.2684
Sale 187,860 3.2372
Sale 39,877 3.2175
Sale 1,800 3.2925
Sale 219,171 3.2775
Sale 324 3.2779
Sale 534 3.2804
Sale 3,010 Transfer
Sale 4,000 3.1995
Sale 9,033 3.2813
Sale 45,021 3.2749
Sale 700,000 3.2196
Sale 2,000 3.2358
Sale 1,980 3.2784
Sale 14,400 3.2200
Sale 10,000 3.2103
Sale 159,066 3.2834
Sale 800 3.2563
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 4000 3.1995
CFD Long 700000 3.2196
CFD Long 187860 3.2372
CFD Long 800 3.2562
CFD Long 12880 3.2598
CFD Long 9253 3.2684
CFD Long 219171 3.2774
CFD Long 32141 3.2808
CFD Long 1800 3.2925
CFD Short 2000 3.1979
CFD Short 4067 3.2036
CFD Short 64968 3.2088
CFD Short 14413 3.2108
CFD Short 202587 3.2124
CFD Short 150518 3.217
CFD Short 21536 3.2175
CFD Short 285627 3.2181
CFD Short 554761 3.2213
CFD Short 188362 3.2279
CFD Short 6381 3.229
CFD Short 189445 3.2333
CFD Short 14570 3.2344
CFD Short 246731 3.239
CFD Short 800 3.2562
(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 26 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)
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