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 09 December 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 187,851,436 5.06% 77,833,376 2.10%
securities
(2) Derivatives 98,364,796 2.65% 5,491,467 0.15%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 977,237 0.03% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 287,193,469 7.73% 83,324,843 2.24%
(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 Price per unit
Securities (GBP)
Purchase 23,074 2.1600
Purchase 14,617 2.3103
Purchase 5,000 2.3253
Purchase 498,331 2.2874
Purchase 129,238 2.3228
Purchase 313,232 2.2979
Purchase 110,980 2.3014
Purchase 9,982 2.3024
Purchase 207,413 2.2637
Purchase 131,058 2.2895
Purchase 108,161 2.3130
Purchase 439,169 2.3130
Purchase 2,484 2.2825
Purchase 64,853 2.3010
Purchase 112,674 2.3130
Purchase 156,667 2.3130
Purchase 6,747 2.3027
Purchase 8,166 2.3027
Purchase 45,671 2.3130
Purchase 6,932 2.3250
Purchase 203,825 2.1478
Purchase 15,919 2.3250
Purchase 56,350 2.3130
Purchase 57,939 2.3130
Purchase 200,409 2.3130
Purchase 340,000 2.2942
Purchase 79,855 2.2637
Purchase 97,570 2.3130
Purchase 9,574 2.3250
Purchase 154,510 2.2888
Purchase 62,457 2.2637
Purchase 12,003 2.3250
Purchase 763,000 2.1625
Purchase 117,712 2.3130
Purchase 50,921 2.3130
Purchase 40,443 2.2888
Purchase 20,194 2.3225
Purchase 568,606 2.1625
Sale 43,440 2.3250
Sale 2,565 2.3380
Sale 2,817 2.3250
Sale 1,125 2.2830
Sale 7,174,344 2.2947
Sale 9,116 2.3250
Sale 13,934 2.2764
Sale 763,000 2.1625
Sale 3,505 Transfer
Sale 32,300 2.2921
Sale 53,357 2.2513
Sale 40,306 2.3247
Sale 8,642 2.1597
Sale 1,863,817 2.2816
Sale 791,095 2.2394
Sale 117,854 2.2959
Sale 185,539 2.2946
Sale 90,879 2.3132
Sale 2,484 2.2825
Sale 208,966 2.3215
Sale 13,934 2.2764
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 8642 2.1596
CFD Long 791095 2.2393
CFD Long 53357 2.2512
CFD Long 1863817 2.2816
CFD Long 2484 2.2825
CFD Long 32300 2.2921
CFD Long 176848 2.2939
CFD Long 7174344 2.2947
CFD Long 117854 2.2958
CFD Long 8691 2.3079
CFD Long 90879 2.3132
CFD Long 208966 2.3214
CFD Long 40306 2.3246
CFD Short 36339 2.2602
CFD Short 97640 2.2764
CFD Short 2484 2.2825
CFD Short 498331 2.2873
CFD Short 194953 2.2887
CFD Short 131058 2.2895
CFD Short 340000 2.2942
CFD Short 313232 2.2979
CFD Short 110980 2.3013
CFD Short 478327 2.3022
CFD Short 9982 2.3024
CFD Short 14617 2.3103
CFD Short 129238 2.3228
CFD Short 5000 2.3252
(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) YES
Date of disclosure 10 December 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)
SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8
DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS
(This form should be attached to Form 8.1, Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate)
OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1)
Product name, Written or Number of securities Exercise price Type, e.g. Expiry date
e.g. call option purchased to which the option (Note 2) American,
or derivative relates European etc.
Option Purchased 977,237 3.5881 EURO 18/12/2008
Notes
1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFD's), full details should be given.
Full details of any existing agreements to purchase or to sell should also be given on this form.
2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated.
For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 and its Notes which can be viewed on the Takeover
Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk