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 15 August 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 225,041,558 6.07% 7,443,826 0.20%
securities
(2) Derivatives 17,930,472 0.48% 2,595,851 0.07%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 242,972,030 6.55% 10,039,677 0.27%
(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 810 Transfer
Purchase 173,411 3.0730
Purchase 64,461 3.0700
Purchase 11,710 3.0651
Purchase 124,968 3.0763
Purchase 800 3.0734
Purchase 2,002 3.0505
Purchase 268,921 3.0756
Purchase 353,226 3.0817
Purchase 8,218 3.0705
Purchase 16,603 3.0700
Sale 800 3.0734
Sale 1,575 3.0833
Sale 9,085 3.0651
Sale 1,721 Transfer
Sale 3,626 3.0650
Sale 159,872 3.0762
Sale 14,590 3.0596
Sale 17,034 3.0700
Sale 3,139 3.0700
Sale 2,090 3.0611
Sale 2,000 3.0533
Sale 2,011 3.0533
Sale 390 3.0933
Sale 1,800 3.0880
Sale 4,150 3.0611
Sale 1,134 3.1033
Sale 2,000 3.0533
Sale 799 3.0700
Sale 32,985 3.0700
Sale 16,603 3.0700
Sale 8,971 3.0785
Sale 64,461 3.0700
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 14590 3.0595
CFD Long 12711 3.065
CFD Long 6121 3.0707
CFD Long 800 3.0734
CFD Long 5226 3.0747
CFD Long 159872 3.0762
CFD Long 6238 3.0792
CFD Short 2002 3.0504
CFD Short 11710 3.0651
CFD Short 86672 3.0704
CFD Short 173411 3.073
CFD Short 800 3.0734
CFD Short 268921 3.0756
CFD Short 124968 3.0763
CFD Short 353226 3.0817
(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 18 August 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