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 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 232,433,703 6.26% 4,644,106 0.13%
securities
(2) Derivatives 20,931,908 0.56% 3,010,089 0.08%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 253,365,611 6.83% 7,654,195 0.21%
(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 146,993 3.1677
Purchase 60,438 3.1712
Purchase 500 3.1830
Purchase 3,538 3.1775
Purchase 300 3.1575
Purchase 81 Transfer
Purchase 162 Transfer
Purchase 86,100 3.1620
Purchase 5,972 Transfer
Purchase 288,925 3.1676
Purchase 15,402 3.1600
Purchase 10,190 Transfer
Purchase 27,840 3.1644
Purchase 3,238 3.1604
Purchase 139,400 3.1622
Purchase 301 Transfer
Purchase 120,922 3.1648
Purchase 115,995 3.1658
Purchase 16,343 3.1525
Purchase 16,714 3.1775
Purchase 32,037 3.1782
Purchase 4,896 3.1775
Purchase 425,751 3.1712
Purchase 400 3.1625
Purchase 81 Transfer
Purchase 7,106 3.1630
Purchase 29,629 3.1606
Sale 1,540 3.1649
Sale 81 Transfer
Sale 15,626 3.1775
Sale 1,150 3.1778
Sale 29,629 3.1770
Sale 1,150 3.1778
Sale 301 Transfer
Sale 81 3.1654
Sale 139,685 3.1687
Sale 29,766 3.1788
Sale 3,300 3.1600
Sale 81 Transfer
Sale 45,360 3.1678
Sale 18,012 3.1590
Sale 162 3.1654
Sale 12,956 3.1691
Sale 400 3.1625
Sale 286,351 3.1712
Sale 3,238 3.1995
Sale 162 Transfer
Sale 300 3.1575
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 300 3.1575
CFD Long 18012 3.1589
CFD Long 400 3.1625
CFD Long 35701 3.1644
CFD Long 1540 3.1648
CFD Long 45360 3.1677
CFD Long 16289 3.1684
CFD Long 230818 3.1685
CFD Long 139685 3.1687
CFD Long 12956 3.1691
CFD Long 590706 3.1712
CFD Long 29629 3.177
CFD Long 29766 3.1787
CFD Long 3238 3.1995
CFD Short 300 3.1575
CFD Short 3238 3.1604
CFD Short 29629 3.1605
CFD Short 86100 3.162
CFD Short 139400 3.1622
CFD Short 400 3.1625
CFD Short 7106 3.1629
CFD Short 120922 3.1648
CFD Short 4552 3.1651
CFD Short 115995 3.1658
CFD Short 284373 3.1676
CFD Short 146993 3.1677
CFD Short 790544 3.1712
CFD Short 500 3.1829
(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 15 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