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 28 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 228,117,123 6.14% 22,209,108 0.60%
securities
(2) Derivatives 40,064,364 1.08% 7,260,076 0.20%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 977,237 0.03% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 269,158,724 7.25% 29,469,184 0.79%
(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 191,227 2.3650
Purchase 6,717 2.3650
Purchase 5,065 2.3650
Purchase 15,775 2.3167
Purchase 3,914 2.3650
Purchase 5,147 2.3650
Purchase 20,224 2.3650
Purchase 44,990 2.3167
Purchase 142,627 2.3650
Purchase 216,619 2.3167
Purchase 98,101 2.3650
Purchase 213,184 2.3650
Purchase 319,194 2.3650
Purchase 705,412 2.3167
Purchase 14,369 2.3167
Purchase 13,300 2.3127
Purchase 28,942 2.3358
Purchase 23,985 2.3263
Purchase 5,950 2.2962
Purchase 14,090 2.2803
Purchase 614,089 2.3039
Purchase 4,519 2.3650
Purchase 78,013 2.3500
Purchase 7,190 2.3650
Purchase 5,385 2.3052
Purchase 16,100 2.3127
Purchase 20,661 2.3382
Purchase 295,967 2.3338
Purchase 6,292 2.3650
Purchase 10,756 2.3166
Purchase 185,964 2.2817
Purchase 1,456 2.3650
Purchase 161,408 2.3650
Purchase 10,857 2.3650
Purchase 7,352 2.3650
Purchase 6,872 2.3650
Purchase 28,557 2.3650
Purchase 406 2.3425
Purchase 1,456 2.3650
Purchase 2,854 2.3164
Purchase 17,104 2.3650
Purchase 2,854 2.3164
Purchase 10,196 2.3650
Purchase 14,981 2.3650
Purchase 38,365 2.3167
Purchase 17,436 2.3650
Purchase 25,450 2.3650
Purchase 8,744 2.3650
Purchase 22,041 2.3167
Purchase 18,857 2.3167
Sale 406 2.3425
Sale 43,141 2.3631
Sale 7,680 2.3272
Sale 167,911 2.3428
Sale 34,017 2.3404
Sale 10 2.3455
Sale 204,069 2.3288
Sale 14,217 2.3650
Sale 25,000 2.3646
Sale 12,222 2.3356
Sale 83,000 2.2933
Sale 62,016 2.3650
Sale 5,066 2.3650
Sale 17,128 2.3650
Sale 9,013 2.3650
Sale 2,250 2.3330
Sale 75,033 2.3650
Sale 2,416 2.3650
Sale 2,535 2.3650
Sale 1,500 2.3530
Sale 6,408,479 2.3221
Sale 83,073 2.3368
Sale 10,846 2.3650
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 83000 2.2933
CFD Long 6408479 2.3221
CFD Long 7680 2.3271
CFD Long 570617 2.3312
CFD Long 12222 2.3355
CFD Long 83073 2.3367
CFD Long 34017 2.3404
CFD Long 406 2.3425
CFD Long 167911 2.3427
CFD Long 43141 2.3631
CFD Long 25000 2.3646
CFD Short 14090 2.2803
CFD Short 185964 2.2816
CFD Short 5950 2.2962
CFD Short 614089 2.3039
CFD Short 5385 2.3052
CFD Short 41623 2.3255
CFD Short 295967 2.3337
CFD Short 28942 2.3357
CFD Short 20661 2.3381
CFD Short 17745 2.3407
CFD Short 406 2.3425
CFD Short 9235 2.3461
CFD Short 78013 2.35
(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 01 December 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 977,237 3.5881 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