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 12 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 181,018,372 4.87% 5,146,436 0.14%
securities
(2) Derivatives 23,039,747 0.62% 1,528,338 0.04%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 977,237 0.03% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 205,035,356 5.52% 6,674,774 0.18%
(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 16,808 2.4848
Purchase 4,169 1.5999
Purchase 7,040 2.5212
Purchase 4,562 1.6000
Purchase 534 Transfer
Purchase 12,954 2.5225
Purchase 36,233 2.4933
Purchase 130,976 1.6000
Purchase 2,862 1.6000
Purchase 15,391 2.5008
Purchase 10,954 2.5225
Purchase 44,150 1.6000
Purchase 9,490 2.5225
Purchase 5,314 2.5225
Purchase 12,953 2.5225
Purchase 3,224 2.5225
Purchase 2,215 2.5225
Purchase 40,390 2.5186
Purchase 20,195 2.5225
Purchase 4,604 2.4450
Sale 92,808 2.5040
Sale 1,500 2.4887
Sale 8,631 2.5063
Sale 28,783 2.4970
Sale 475,245 2.4879
Sale 27,485 2.5105
Sale 4,050 2.4530
Sale 685,821 2.4915
Sale 487,528 2.4954
Sale 5,000 2.4847
Sale 1,140 Transfer
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 5000 2.4846
CFD Long 1500 2.4886
CFD Long 685821 2.4915
CFD Long 487528 2.4954
CFD Long 28783 2.4969
CFD Long 92808 2.5039
CFD Long 8631 2.5062
CFD Long 27485 2.5105
CFD Short 79270665 1.6
CFD Short 16808 2.4847
CFD Short 36233 2.4933
CFD Short 15391 2.5008
CFD Short 534609 2.5062
CFD Short 8631 2.5063
CFD Short 7040 2.5212
CFD Short 129021 2.5217
CFD Short 69937 2.5226
(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 15 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 CFDs), 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