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 18 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 225,557,201 6.08% 7,187,266 0.19%
securities
(2) Derivatives 17,695,734 0.48% 2,969,971 0.08%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 243,252,935 6.56% 10,157,237 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 3,918 3.0600
Purchase 5,794 3.0605
Purchase 118,816 3.0431
Purchase 19,480 3.0391
Purchase 17,017 3.0551
Purchase 4,191 3.0600
Purchase 322,210 3.0515
Purchase 44,204 3.0485
Purchase 244,062 3.0456
Purchase 2,893 3.1000
Purchase 2,367 3.1000
Purchase 104,058 3.0600
Sale 16,720 3.0423
Sale 114,872 3.0474
Sale 990 3.0364
Sale 34,378 3.0474
Sale 16,963 3.0600
Sale 1,125 3.0581
Sale 850 3.0684
Sale 127 Transfer
Sale 3,365 3.0474
Sale 9,311 3.0609
Sale 71,813 3.0600
Sale 1,955 3.0650
Sale 66,716 3.0474
Sale 2,722 3.0561
Sale 31,460 3.0474
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 16720 3.0422
CFD Long 114872 3.0474
CFD Long 11169 3.0492
CFD Long 10653 3.0561
CFD Long 9311 3.0608
CFD Short 19480 3.0391
CFD Short 118816 3.043
CFD Short 244062 3.0455
CFD Short 44204 3.0485
CFD Short 322210 3.0515
CFD Short 17017 3.0551
CFD Short 5794 3.0604
(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 19 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