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 27 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 227,039,157 6.12% 6,086,833 0.16%
securities
(2) Derivatives 17,363,460 0.47% 3,768,282 0.10%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 244,402,617 6.59% 9,855,115 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 117,598 3.1810
Purchase 26,748 3.1939
Purchase 486 Transfer
Purchase 25,690 3.1881
Purchase 34,400 3.1874
Purchase 2,001 3.1661
Purchase 39,200 3.1874
Purchase 181,200 3.1771
Purchase 18,060 3.1790
Purchase 2,940 3.1732
Purchase 17,002 3.1905
Purchase 25,690 3.1882
Purchase 7,542 3.1905
Purchase 109,352 3.1425
Purchase 350,950 3.1909
Purchase 3,377 3.1900
Purchase 79,891 3.1425
Purchase 3,472 3.1900
Purchase 3,224 3.1900
Sale 137,975 3.1808
Sale 12,197 3.1903
Sale 32,100 3.1460
Sale 1,693 3.1458
Sale 93,284 3.1779
Sale 65,833 3.1870
Sale 29,008 3.1867
Sale 2,001 3.1661
Sale 1,170 3.1933
Sale 1,000 3.1933
Sale 1,170 3.1933
Sale 6,857 3.1880
Sale 48,272 3.1900
Sale 7,600 3.1933
Sale 1,750 3.1908
Sale 2,940 3.1820
Sale 2,700 3.1933
Sale 2,250 3.1933
Sale 1,350 3.1458
Sale 15,000 3.1896
Sale 25,690 3.1882
Sale 428 3.0809
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 2001 3.1661
CFD Long 93284 3.1778
CFD Long 137975 3.1808
CFD Long 49070 3.1817
CFD Long 2940 3.1819
CFD Long 29008 3.1866
CFD Long 65833 3.1869
CFD Long 6857 3.1879
CFD Long 15000 3.1896
CFD Long 12197 3.1903
CFD Short 2001 3.1661
CFD Short 2940 3.1732
CFD Short 181200 3.177
CFD Short 18060 3.179
CFD Short 117598 3.1809
CFD Short 25690 3.1881
CFD Short 17002 3.1904
CFD Short 7542 3.1905
CFD Short 350950 3.1908
CFD Short 26748 3.1939
(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 28 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