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 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 229,436,486 6.18% 5,101,270 0.14%
securities
(2) Derivatives 21,102,487 0.57% 2,885,237 0.08%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 250,538,973 6.75% 7,986,507 0.22%
(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 7,155 3.2438
Purchase 7,423 3.2639
Purchase 20,716 3.2551
Purchase 15,754 3.2639
Purchase 14,676 3.2438
Purchase 11,431 3.2794
Purchase 9,927 3.276
Purchase 6,707 3.2551
Purchase 16,049 3.2794
Purchase 51,152 3.276
Purchase 7,685 3.2639
Purchase 13,310 3.2676
Purchase 10,346 3.2794
Purchase 20,044 3.2794
Purchase 8,378 3.2551
Purchase 14,400 3.2551
Purchase 6,927 3.276
Purchase 10,969 3.2639
Purchase 10,215 3.2438
Purchase 7,955 3.2794
Purchase 9,991 3.2794
Purchase 10,168 3.2551
Purchase 3,196 3.2682
Purchase 243 Transfer
Purchase 58,278 3.2683
Purchase 15,100 3.2475
Purchase 67,996 3.246
Purchase 500 3.2425
Purchase 126,842 3.2458
Purchase 1,800 3.2731
Purchase 24,785 3.2721
Purchase 106,373 3.2551
Purchase 60,886 3.2859
Purchase 75,548 3.2438
Purchase 150,709 3.2722
Purchase 160,038 3.276
Purchase 332,892 3.2551
Purchase 253,839 3.2639
Purchase 41,656 3.2676
Purchase 236,410 3.2438
Purchase 143,183 3.2794
Purchase 16,343 3.1517
Purchase 81,118 3.2639
Purchase 4,782 3.2405
Purchase 9,092 3.2794
Purchase 44,378 3.2637
Purchase 6,986 3.2364
Purchase 31,616 3.2475
Purchase 424 3.2083
Purchase 14,440 3.2475
Purchase 8,049 3.2794
Purchase 17,406 3.24
Purchase 14,359 3.2639
Purchase 4,508 3.21
Purchase 123,082 3.24
Purchase 18,867 3.2551
Purchase 45,758 3.2794
Purchase 9,054 3.276
Purchase 10,414 3.2794
Purchase 13,371 3.2438
Purchase 24,810 3.2533
Purchase 6,913 3.2438
Purchase 9,825 3.2551
Sale 1,800 3.255
Sale 2,494 3.255
Sale 2,250 3.255
Sale 2,000 3.255
Sale 3,600 3.255
Sale 356 3.255
Sale 1,400 3.255
Sale 1,300 3.255
Sale 2,750 3.255
Sale 1,230 3.255
Sale 3,000 3.255
Sale 2,000 3.255
Sale 1,260 3.255
Sale 2,000 3.255
Sale 1,004 3.2454
Sale 1,800 3.255
Sale 2,500 3.255
Sale 1,575 3.255
Sale 3,000 3.255
Sale 6,500 3.255
Sale 271,144 3.2629
Sale 1,800 3.255
Sale 1,000 3.255
Sale 2,000 3.255
Sale 800 3.255
Sale 2,000 3.255
Sale 356 3.2809
Sale 5,900 3.265
Sale 55,945 3.2955
Sale 6,300 3.242
Sale 60,886 3.24
Sale 15,402 3.2475
Sale 16,540 3.16
Sale 20,180 3.2475
Sale 243 Transfer
Sale 500 3.2425
Sale 57,719 3.2777
Sale 64,472 3.24
Sale 3,600 3.255
Sale 117,359 3.249
Sale 1,134 3.255
Sale 1,500 3.255
Sale 1,800 3.255
Sale 1,800 3.2731
Sale 1,575 3.255
Sale 1,069 3.255
Sale 1,400 3.255
Sale 390 3.255
Sale 1,800 3.255
Sale 1,260 3.255
Sale 4,050 3.255
Sale 2,700 3.255
Sale 1,080 3.255
Sale 125,131 3.2749
Sale 1,800 3.255
Sale 1,660 3.255
Sale 900 3.255
Sale 1,170 3.2705
Sale 2,000 3.255
Sale 800 3.255
Sale 1,069 3.255
Sale 1,192 3.255
Sale 792 3.255
Sale 1,000 3.255
Sale 2,000 3.255
Sale 2,500 3.255
Sale 5,000 3.255
Sale 1,413 3.255
Sale 810 3.255
Sale 2,500 3.255
Sale 4,000 3.255
Sale 700 3.228
Sale 1,750 3.255
Sale 2,000 3.255
Sale 1,250 3.255
Sale 1,080 3.255
Sale 3,500 3.255
Sale 1,500 3.255
Sale 2,000 3.255
Sale 2,500 3.255
Sale 2,500 3.255
Sale 4,500 3.255
Sale 4,000 3.255
Sale 1,350 3.255
Sale 819 3.255
Sale 1,000 3.255
Sale 50,122 3.2475
Sale 14,440 3.2475
Sale 1,900 3.2403
Sale 1,575 3.255
Sale 1,850 3.255
Sale 1,530 3.255
Sale 3,000 3.255
Sale 1,800 3.255
Sale 1,201 3.255
Sale 2,000 3.255
Sale 2,000 3.255
Sale 1,260 3.2454
Sale 900 3.255
Sale 2,600 3.255
Sale 5,850 3.24
Sale 1,250 3.255
Sale 1,000 3.2403
Sale 14,521 3.25
Sale 1,485 3.255
Sale 2,700 3.255
Sale 756 3.255
Sale 1,350 3.255
Sale 2,000 3.255
Sale 2,000 3.255
Sale 1,260 3.255
Sale 2,000 3.255
Sale 702 3.255
Sale 3,780 3.255
Sale 2,500 3.255
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 6803 3.2088
CFD Long 3953 3.2093
CFD Long 3506 3.2098
CFD Long 42188 3.21
CFD Long 64472 3.24
CFD Long 14031 3.2407
CFD Long 6300 3.242
CFD Long 500 3.2425
CFD Long 340100 3.2455
CFD Long 295938 3.2485
CFD Long 117359 3.2489
CFD Long 271144 3.2628
CFD Long 432167 3.2647
CFD Long 5900 3.265
CFD Long 1800 3.273
CFD Long 125131 3.2749
CFD Long 57719 3.2776
CFD Long 523731 3.279
CFD Long 19913 3.2912
CFD Long 55945 3.2954
CFD Short 4782 3.2404
CFD Short 500 3.2425
CFD Short 126842 3.2457
CFD Short 67996 3.2459
CFD Short 15100 3.2475
CFD Short 3196 3.2682
CFD Short 58278 3.2683
CFD Short 24785 3.2721
CFD Short 150709 3.2722
CFD Short 1800 3.273
(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 10 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