Rule 8.3 - IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES
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 IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES
Class of relevant security ORD GBP1
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 06 July 2007
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 57,368,830 4.80% 4,798,708 0.40%
securities
(2) Derivatives 4,825,305 0.40% 1,850,522 0.15%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 62,194,135 5.20% 6,649,230 0.56%
(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 21,679 6.1342
Purchase 323 6.1450
Purchase 6,400 6.0870
Purchase 678,983 6.1490
Purchase 11,987 6.1789
Purchase 8,386 6.1500
Purchase 263,815 6.1775
Purchase 24,000 6.1762
Sale 1,627 6.1500
Sale 25,000 6.1660
Sale 74,787 6.2000
Sale 1,778 6.1500
Sale 173 6.1809
Sale 11,987 6.1789
Sale 263,815 6.1775
Sale 8,000 6.1376
Sale 11,987 6.1789
Sale 3,200 6.1908
Sale 263,815 6.1775
Sale 5,068 6.1809
Sale 326,700 6.1716
Sale 15,038 6.1671
Sale 558 6.1723
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name Long/Short Number of Price per
Securities unit
CFD Short 6400 6.087
CFD Short 21679 6.1341
CFD Short 678983 6.149
CFD Short 24000 6.1762
CFD Long 8000 6.1375
CFD Long 25000 6.1659
CFD Long 15038 6.167
CFD Long 326700 6.1715
CFD Long 11987 6.1788
CFD Long 3200 6.1907
(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 09 July 2007
Contact name BARCLAYS COMPLIANCE
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)