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 11 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 231,463,780 6.24% 4,971,940 0.13%
securities
(2) Derivatives 21,681,495 0.58% 3,184,024 0.09%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 253,145,275 6.82% 8,155,964 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 65,261 3.1710
Purchase 1,381 3.1710
Purchase 9,099 3.1583
Purchase 2,320 3.1774
Purchase 6,323 3.1974
Purchase 30,600 3.2400
Purchase 4,395 3.1710
Purchase 7,397 3.1774
Purchase 35,771 3.1774
Purchase 139,993 3.1584
Purchase 97,311 3.1974
Purchase 21,262 3.1710
Purchase 429,677 3.1584
Purchase 9,250 3.1974
Purchase 109,799 3.1774
Purchase 20,113 3.1974
Purchase 4,649 3.1530
Purchase 349,340 3.1838
Purchase 10,906 3.1127
Purchase 245,605 3.1438
Purchase 94,028 3.1944
Purchase 700 3.1900
Purchase 10,020 3.1912
Purchase 56,469 3.1958
Purchase 176,842 3.1874
Purchase 14,875 3.1553
Purchase 141,979 3.1687
Purchase 45,360 3.1529
Purchase 534 Transfer
Purchase 298,685 3.1974
Purchase 6,487 3.1774
Purchase 1,935 3.2100
Purchase 26,235 3.1939
Purchase 4,895 3.2000
Purchase 5,180 3.1582
Purchase 1,295 3.1773
Purchase 18 3.1773
Purchase 3,597 3.1974
Purchase 784 3.1709
Purchase 2,418 3.1525
Purchase 28,929 3.1584
Purchase 25,397 3.1584
Purchase 13,313 3.1583
Purchase 3,856 3.1710
Purchase 17,650 3.1974
Purchase 13,762 3.1974
Purchase 2,693 3.1773
Purchase 10,571 3.1583
Purchase 1,603 3.1710
Purchase 3,393 3.1773
Purchase 3,398 3.1773
Purchase 2,021 3.1710
Purchase 7,345 3.1974
Purchase 5,054 3.1774
Purchase 3,006 3.1710
Purchase 19,806 3.1584
Purchase 2,023 3.1710
Purchase 9,261 3.1974
Purchase 13,328 3.1583
Sale 76,000 3.2521
Sale 56,476 3.1891
Sale 85,449 3.1931
Sale 24,097 3.1525
Sale 243 3.1879
Sale 534 Transfer
Sale 20,301 3.2150
Sale 700 3.1900
Sale 50 3.1929
Sale 15,256 3.1875
Sale 234,583 3.1520
Sale 3,112 3.2220
Sale 94,130 3.1525
Sale 4,585 3.1722
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 234583 3.152
CFD Long 12832 3.1532
CFD Long 4585 3.1721
CFD Long 422721 3.1797
CFD Long 56476 3.1891
CFD Long 700 3.19
CFD Long 6120 3.1921
CFD Long 85449 3.1931
CFD Long 20203 3.1939
CFD Long 3112 3.222
CFD Short 10906 3.1127
CFD Short 245605 3.1437
CFD Short 45360 3.1528
CFD Short 4649 3.1529
CFD Short 14875 3.1553
CFD Short 141979 3.1686
CFD Short 349340 3.1837
CFD Short 176842 3.1874
CFD Short 700 3.19
CFD Short 10020 3.1911
CFD Short 94028 3.1944
CFD Short 56469 3.1957
(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 12 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