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 24 October 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 237,843,753 6.40% 3,533,084 0.10%
securities
(2) Derivatives 20,857,750 0.56% 1,160,568 0.03%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 869,985 0.02% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 259,571,488 6.99% 4,693,652 0.13%
(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 143,682 3.0750
Purchase 6,390 3.0495
Purchase 51,068 3.0750
Purchase 31,372 3.0351
Purchase 400 3.0475
Purchase 38,495 3.0227
Purchase 5,927 3.0750
Purchase 420,349 3.0330
Purchase 135,767 3.0311
Purchase 104,156 3.0271
Purchase 48,482 3.0316
Purchase 28,079 3.0750
Purchase 230,707 3.0750
Purchase 1,197 3.0325
Purchase 36,624 3.0750
Purchase 6,442 3.0088
Sale 83,710 3.0489
Sale 17,190 3.0382
Sale 41,000 3.0614
Sale 900 3.0900
Sale 247,468 3.0431
Sale 400 3.0475
Sale 85,318 3.0489
Sale 15,997 3.0402
Sale 128,729 3.0314
Sale 503,524 3.0400
Sale 3,103 2.9775
Sale 36,000 3.0614
Sale 301 2.8925
Sale 7,264 3.0467
Sale 66,470 3.0460
Sale 75,038 3.0459
Sale 9,324 3.0297
Sale 5,227 3.0469
Sale 6,547 3.0468
Sale 936 3.0430
Sale 1,290 3.0280
Sale 22,863 3.0463
Sale 301,098 3.0403
Sale 18,119 3.0464
Sale 49,423 3.0361
Sale 8,450 3.0466
Sale 14,254 3.0464
Sale 26,065 3.0462
Sale 150,518 3.0460
Sale 531,037 3.0460
Sale 110,631 3.0460
Sale 35,539 3.0460
Sale 144,468 3.0314
Sale 145,363 3.0431
Sale 12,008 3.0465
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 144468 3.0313
CFD Long 128729 3.0314
CFD Long 36175 3.0321
CFD Long 49423 3.036
CFD Long 17190 3.0381
CFD Long 503524 3.04
CFD Long 15997 3.0401
CFD Long 301098 3.0402
CFD Long 247468 3.043
CFD Long 109188 3.0466
CFD Long 400 3.0475
CFD Short 38495 3.0227
CFD Short 104156 3.027
CFD Short 205006 3.0288
CFD Short 135767 3.031
CFD Short 48482 3.0316
CFD Short 420349 3.0329
CFD Short 31372 3.0351
CFD Short 15997 3.0402
CFD Short 83998 3.0411
CFD Short 400 3.0475
CFD Short 6390 3.0494
(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 27 October 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 869,985 4.0304 EURO 18/12/2008
Notes
1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFD's), 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