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 03 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 227,887,222 6.14% 4,614,027 0.12%
securities
(2) Derivatives 18,940,513 0.51% 2,658,587 0.07%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 246,827,735 6.65% 7,272,614 0.20%
(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 92,638 3.2346
Purchase 186,588 3.2388
Purchase 85,467 3.2316
Purchase 830 3.2755
Purchase 4,898 3.2605
Purchase 223,484 3.2281
Purchase 360,000 3.0784
Purchase 1,000 3.2365
Purchase 360,000 3.0784
Purchase 63,207 3.2241
Purchase 9,762 3.2275
Purchase 15,919 3.2275
Purchase 21,572 3.2387
Purchase 42,994 3.2387
Purchase 12,921 3.2387
Purchase 2,316 3.2900
Purchase 178,338 3.2388
Purchase 41,912 3.2387
Sale 68,387 3.2327
Sale 8,270 3.2783
Sale 166,039 3.2279
Sale 43,441 3.2290
Sale 3,217 3.3075
Sale 1,512 3.2296
Sale 63,207 3.2275
Sale 2,570 3.2747
Sale 7,767 3.2270
Sale 221,482 3.2335
Sale 185,662 3.2401
Sale 1,260 3.2761
Sale 1,000 3.2365
Sale 4,898 3.2345
Sale 9,127 3.2250
Sale 1,637 3.2875
Sale 24,188 3.2391
Sale 1,554 3.2409
Sale 360,000 3.0784
Sale 3,000 3.2761
Sale 1,100 3.2208
Sale 1,800 3.2761
Sale 1,675 3.2761
Sale 2,430 3.2109
Sale 648 3.2709
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 9127 3.225
CFD Long 7767 3.227
CFD Long 166039 3.2279
CFD Long 11646 3.2282
CFD Long 43441 3.2289
CFD Long 68387 3.2326
CFD Long 221482 3.2334
CFD Long 4898 3.2345
CFD Long 55540 3.2358
CFD Long 1000 3.2365
CFD Long 185662 3.24
CFD Long 163715 3.2452
CFD Long 4020 3.2707
CFD Long 2570 3.2746
CFD Long 8270 3.2783
CFD Short 360000 3.0784
CFD Short 223484 3.2281
CFD Short 85467 3.2316
CFD Short 92638 3.2345
CFD Short 1000 3.2365
CFD Short 364926 3.2388
CFD Short 4898 3.2604
CFD Short 830 3.2754
(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 04 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