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 06 November 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 237,432,171 6.39% 1,943,438 0.05%
securities
(2) Derivatives 16,941,332 0.46% 900,933 0.02%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 869,985 0.02% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 255,243,488 6.87% 2,844,371 0.08%
(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 152,592 3.1250
Purchase 2,950 3.1250
Purchase 4,243 3.1823
Purchase 2,418 3.1250
Purchase 16,653 3.1250
Purchase 1,383 3.1250
Purchase 8,562 3.1360
Purchase 13,864 3.1250
Purchase 15,505 3.1250
Purchase 2,968 3.1250
Purchase 19,819 3.1838
Purchase 4,642 3.1306
Purchase 8,902 3.2202
Purchase 170,376 3.1942
Purchase 5,673 3.2100
Purchase 6,932 3.1250
Purchase 3,668 3.1250
Purchase 4,608 3.2298
Purchase 3,700 3.1450
Purchase 3,167 3.2350
Purchase 700 3.2075
Purchase 27,991 3.2488
Purchase 90,791 3.1895
Purchase 2,620 3.1250
Purchase 3,469 3.1250
Purchase 6,938 3.1250
Purchase 3,469 3.1250
Purchase 13,100 3.2600
Purchase 349,372 3.1899
Sale 1,000 3.2300
Sale 1,000 3.2300
Sale 1,125 3.2300
Sale 1,000 3.2300
Sale 1,215 3.1305
Sale 800 3.2300
Sale 963 3.2300
Sale 1,200 3.2300
Sale 91,276 3.1934
Sale 1,000 3.2300
Sale 18,231 3.1906
Sale 2,000 3.2300
Sale 246,030 3.2076
Sale 3,167 3.2350
Sale 4,800 3.2424
Sale 2,740 3.2695
Sale 14,700 3.2424
Sale 132,408 3.1250
Sale 1,167,461 3.1748
Sale 17,308 3.1955
Sale 116,787 3.2219
Sale 822,687 3.1895
Sale 4,300 3.2424
Sale 700 3.2075
Sale 826 3.2300
Sale 875 3.2300
Sale 1,647 3.2300
Sale 1,408 3.2300
Sale 2,250 3.2300
Sale 1,100 3.1630
Sale 1,468 3.2300
Sale 1,192 3.2300
Sale 1,051 3.2300
Sale 1,000 3.2300
Sale 810 3.2300
Sale 23,275 3.1250
Sale 1,350 3.2300
Sale 1,125 3.2300
Sale 900 3.1905
Sale 900 3.1905
Sale 1,575 3.2300
Sale 1,350 3.2300
Sale 1,620 3.2300
Sale 3,000 3.1580
Sale 1,032 3.2300
Sale 1,516 3.2300
Sale 1,700 3.2300
Sale 3,420 3.1580
Sale 1,250 3.2300
Sale 8,742 3.1512
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 8742 3.1512
CFD Long 3196 3.1748
CFD Long 18231 3.1906
CFD Long 91276 3.1934
CFD Long 17308 3.1955
CFD Long 700 3.2075
CFD Long 242834 3.208
CFD Long 116787 3.2219
CFD Long 3167 3.235
CFD Long 27991 3.2488
CFD Long 2740 3.2695
CFD Short 4642 3.1305
CFD Short 3700 3.145
CFD Short 223401 3.1712
CFD Short 19819 3.1837
CFD Short 90791 3.1894
CFD Short 349372 3.1898
CFD Short 170376 3.1942
CFD Short 32773 3.195
CFD Short 700 3.2075
CFD Short 5673 3.2099
CFD Short 79715 3.2174
CFD Short 8902 3.2201
CFD Short 3167 3.235
(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 07 November 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