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 21 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 226,887,451 6.12% 6,471,717 0.17%
securities
(2) Derivatives 17,644,582 0.48% 3,673,725 0.10%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 244,532,033 6.59% 10,145,442 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 4,897 3.0775
Purchase 2,300 3.0660
Purchase 66,382 3.0118
Purchase 7,137 3.0775
Purchase 153,482 3.0520
Purchase 12,750 3.0829
Purchase 14,973 3.0253
Purchase 14,675 3.0658
Purchase 200 3.0200
Purchase 81,120 3.0775
Purchase 61,645 3.0593
Purchase 4,499 3.0123
Purchase 14,675 3.0657
Purchase 89,834 3.0177
Sale 200 3.0200
Sale 8,000 3.0185
Sale 15,389 3.0595
Sale 8,158 3.0770
Sale 14,675 3.0658
Sale 2,300 3.0660
Sale 153,857 3.0630
Sale 356 3.0559
Sale 94,860 3.0483
Sale 89,834 3.0177
Sale 2,020 3.0733
Sale 38,037 3.0738
Sale 102,656 3.0775
Sale 1,800 3.0785
Sale 178 3.0261
Sale 11,159 3.0738
Sale 89,834 3.0177
Sale 102,275 3.0652
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 8000 3.0184
CFD Long 200 3.02
CFD Long 82523 3.0203
CFD Long 9279 3.0388
CFD Long 94860 3.0482
CFD Long 15389 3.0594
CFD Long 153857 3.0629
CFD Long 102275 3.0652
CFD Long 2300 3.0659
CFD Long 8158 3.077
CFD Long 19344 3.0788
CFD Long 21189 3.0805
CFD Short 66382 3.0118
CFD Short 200 3.02
CFD Short 14973 3.0253
CFD Short 153482 3.0519
CFD Short 61645 3.0592
CFD Short 14675 3.0657
CFD Short 2300 3.0659
CFD Short 12750 3.0828
(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 22 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