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 02 September 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 227,369,247 6.13% 4,915,988 0.13%
securities
(2) Derivatives 19,171,268 0.52% 2,709,663 0.07%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 246,540,515 6.64% 7,625,651 0.21%
(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 100 3.3200
Purchase 79,272 3.3087
Purchase 48,081 3.3080
Purchase 28,466 3.3102
Purchase 398 Transfer
Purchase 534 Transfer
Purchase 3,056 3.3056
Purchase 3,068 3.3075
Purchase 4,400 3.2677
Purchase 2,084 3.3075
Purchase 1,999 3.3125
Purchase 115,080 3.2651
Purchase 201,364 3.2881
Purchase 171,141 3.3115
Purchase 411 Transfer
Purchase 23,186 3.3302
Purchase 46,021 3.3025
Purchase 26,889 3.3302
Purchase 7,602 3.3080
Purchase 972 Transfer
Purchase 35,697 3.2360
Purchase 7,711 3.3075
Purchase 10,891 3.3195
Purchase 42,296 3.2804
Sale 30 3.3293
Sale 18,576 3.3276
Sale 173,424 3.3128
Sale 411 Transfer
Sale 162,528 3.3197
Sale 6,383 3.3075
Sale 100 3.3200
Sale 22,021 3.2772
Sale 4,400 3.2677
Sale 10,200 3.2827
Sale 1,999 3.3125
Sale 328,165 3.2782
Sale 48,999 3.3147
Sale 387,509 3.3143
Sale 184,911 3.3128
Sale 411 3.3034
Sale 95,183 3.2750
Sale 48,081 3.3072
Sale 1,080 3.3211
Sale 38,390 3.2947
Sale 42,296 3.3155
Sale 156 3.3388
Sale 201,364 3.2795
Sale 2,700 3.3000
Sale 900 3.3125
Sale 675 3.3125
Sale 1,250 3.3125
Sale 900 3.3125
Sale 450 3.3125
Sale 1,500 3.3125
Sale 4,950 3.3000
Sale 398 Transfer
Sale 1,980 3.3000
Sale 6,660 3.3000
Sale 684 3.3358
Sale 3,600 3.3000
Sale 2,000 3.3125
Sale 562 3.3300
Sale 563 3.3300
Sale 9,428 3.3000
Sale 78,520 3.2800
Sale 4,500 3.3000
Sale 900 3.3125
Sale 168,040 3.2872
Sale 747 3.3358
Sale 1,377 3.3358
Sale 102,656 3.3075
Sale 1,250 3.3125
Sale 19,800 3.3125
Sale 1,100 3.3125
Sale 2,250 3.3000
Sale 810 3.3125
Sale 2,075 3.3000
Sale 450 3.3125
Sale 3,000 3.3000
Sale 4,300 3.3000
Sale 2,700 3.3000
Sale 1,350 3.3000
Sale 3,500 3.3000
Sale 5,365 3.3000
Sale 15,066 3.3100
Sale 450 3.3125
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 48081 3.3071
CFD Long 6383 3.3074
CFD Long 1999 3.3124
CFD Long 358335 3.3127
CFD Long 387509 3.3143
CFD Long 48999 3.3147
CFD Long 42296 3.3155
CFD Long 126675 3.3185
CFD Long 162528 3.3196
CFD Long 100 3.32
CFD Long 362668 3.3205
CFD Long 143143 3.3209
CFD Long 18576 3.3276
CFD Long 30 3.3293
CFD Short 46021 3.3025
CFD Short 55683 3.3079
CFD Short 79272 3.3087
CFD Short 28466 3.3102
CFD Short 171141 3.3114
CFD Short 1999 3.3124
CFD Short 100 3.32
(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 03 September 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