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 19 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 226,705,737 6.11% 6,307,754 0.17%
securities
(2) Derivatives 17,353,225 0.47% 3,182,076 0.09%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 244,058,962 6.58% 9,489,830 0.26%
(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 16,556 3.0200
Purchase 311,523 3.0483
Purchase 213,501 3.0457
Purchase 185,396 3.0468
Purchase 153,874 3.0475
Purchase 26,144 3.0511
Purchase 445 Transfer
Purchase 6,700 3.0476
Purchase 15,677 3.0287
Purchase 85,867 3.0440
Purchase 85,867 3.0441
Purchase 64,965 3.0397
Purchase 992 Transfer
Purchase 307,748 3.0475
Purchase 2,429 3.0180
Purchase 29,420 3.0456
Purchase 64,965 3.0200
Purchase 64,965 3.0397
Purchase 7,891 3.0205
Purchase 24,483 3.0200
Sale 900 3.0284
Sale 85,867 3.0441
Sale 2,429 3.0459
Sale 81 Transfer
Sale 6,700 3.0476
Sale 7,528 3.0453
Sale 20,190 3.0425
Sale 64,965 3.0200
Sale 64,965 3.0200
Sale 445 Transfer
Sale 13,675 3.0195
Sale 64,965 3.0397
Sale 445 3.0385
Sale 765 3.0361
Sale 2,100 3.0436
Sale 1,125 3.0486
Sale 5,265 3.0433
Sale 575 3.0483
Sale 177,887 3.0471
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 13675 3.0195
CFD Long 3415 3.0207
CFD Long 20190 3.0424
CFD Long 7528 3.0453
CFD Long 2429 3.0459
CFD Long 177887 3.047
CFD Long 6700 3.0475
CFD Long 71966 3.0567
CFD Short 2429 3.0179
CFD Short 7891 3.0204
CFD Short 15677 3.0287
CFD Short 85867 3.044
CFD Short 242921 3.0456
CFD Short 185396 3.0468
CFD Short 6700 3.0475
CFD Short 311523 3.0483
(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 20 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