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 20 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 227,094,470 6.12% 6,296,545 0.17%
securities
(2) Derivatives 17,346,354 0.47% 3,566,464 0.10%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 244,440,824 6.59% 9,863,009 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 336,949 3.0583
Purchase 405 Transfer
Purchase 22,820 3.0615
Purchase 67,775 3.0632
Purchase 8,245 3.0430
Purchase 534 Transfer
Purchase 170,878 3.0568
Purchase 99,516 3.0537
Purchase 58,026 3.0582
Purchase 3,000 3.0430
Purchase 1,298 3.0569
Purchase 16,624 3.0425
Purchase 178 Transfer
Sale 182,410 3.0584
Sale 22,826 3.0434
Sale 178 Transfer
Sale 17,043 3.0502
Sale 16,556 3.0425
Sale 1,298 3.0569
Sale 405 Transfer
Sale 405 3.0509
Sale 1,125 3.0508
Sale 112,635 3.0710
Sale 3,000 3.0570
Sale 534 Transfer
Sale 159 3.0709
Sale 992 3.0709
Sale 1,400 3.0508
Sale 1,495 3.0558
Sale 756 3.0536
Sale 600 3.0533
Sale 33,698 3.0545
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 22826 3.0433
CFD Long 17043 3.0501
CFD Long 4338 3.0533
CFD Long 33698 3.0544
CFD Long 1298 3.0569
CFD Long 3000 3.057
CFD Long 182410 3.0583
CFD Long 112635 3.0709
CFD Short 11245 3.0429
CFD Short 99516 3.0536
CFD Short 170878 3.0568
CFD Short 1298 3.0569
CFD Short 58026 3.0582
CFD Short 336949 3.0583
CFD Short 22820 3.0615
CFD Short 67775 3.0631
(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 21 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