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 10 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 229,400,099 6.18% 5,493,530 0.15%
securities
(2) Derivatives 21,761,412 0.59% 2,959,949 0.08%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 251,161,511 6.77% 8,453,479 0.23%
(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 15,347 3.1953
Purchase 23,350 3.2030
Purchase 229 3.2350
Purchase 112,118 3.1841
Purchase 972 Transfer
Purchase 18,825 3.2325
Purchase 700 3.1800
Purchase 12,296 3.1903
Purchase 195,308 3.1957
Purchase 140,463 3.1885
Purchase 46,728 3.2006
Purchase 6,944 3.2000
Purchase 6,056 3.2425
Purchase 38,300 3.2176
Purchase 3,917 3.2400
Purchase 10,226 3.2000
Purchase 11,202 3.2007
Purchase 523,324 3.2000
Sale 445 3.1982
Sale 21,269 3.1822
Sale 700 3.1800
Sale 1,220 Transfer
Sale 68,267 3.2014
Sale 2,000 3.1782
Sale 1,700 3.1728
Sale 1,250 3.1907
Sale 30,491 3.1841
Sale 523,324 3.2000
Sale 1,000 3.1980
Sale 835 3.1728
Sale 85,723 3.2008
Sale 712 Transfer
Sale 202,648 3.1916
Sale 6,348 3.2425
Sale 1,134 3.1832
Sale 1,000 3.1728
Sale 203,758 3.1900
Sale 1,395 3.1728
Sale 745 3.1983
Sale 46,728 3.2000
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 700 3.18
CFD Long 21269 3.1821
CFD Long 30491 3.1841
CFD Long 9325 3.1899
CFD Long 203758 3.19
CFD Long 202648 3.1915
CFD Long 163472 3.1985
CFD Long 46728 3.2
CFD Long 85723 3.2007
CFD Long 68267 3.2014
CFD Long 14547 3.2016
CFD Long 94723 3.2017
CFD Short 700 3.18
CFD Short 112118 3.184
CFD Short 140463 3.1885
CFD Short 12296 3.1903
CFD Short 15347 3.1953
CFD Short 195308 3.1956
CFD Short 46728 3.2005
CFD Short 23350 3.2029
CFD Short 38300 3.2176
CFD Short 18825 3.2324
CFD Short 229 3.235
CFD Short 6056 3.2425
(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 11 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