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 26 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 55,749,696 4.66% 5,383,405 0.45%
securities
(2) Derivatives 7,501,539 0.63% 3,935,128 0.33%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 63,251,235 5.29% 9,318,533 0.78%
(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 3,019 5.8912
Purchase 19,500 5.9489
Purchase 1,171 5.8900
Purchase 18,865 5.9928
Purchase 25,049 6.0600
Purchase 1,334 6.0015
Purchase 26,285 6.0489
Purchase 18,865 5.9928
Purchase 100,000 6.0402
Purchase 4,219 5.9379
Purchase 52,813 6.0334
Purchase 8,000 5.9109
Purchase 2,500 5.9600
Purchase 352 5.9900
Sale 145,687 6.0348
Sale 18,865 5.9928
Sale 4,648 5.9030
Sale 15,030 6.0770
Sale 1,662 5.9897
Sale 50,841 6.0300
Sale 79,332 5.9994
Sale 27,883 5.8900
Sale 214,812 6.0307
Sale 25,049 6.0600
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name Long/Short Number of Price per
Securities unit
CFD Short 3019 5.8911
CFD Short 8000 5.9108
CFD Short 4219 5.9378
CFD Short 19500 5.9488
CFD Short 2500 5.96
CFD Short 18865 5.9927
CFD Short 52813 6.0334
CFD Short 100000 6.0402
CFD Long 79332 5.9994
CFD Long 50841 6.0299
CFD Long 214812 6.0306
CFD Long 145687 6.0347
(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 27 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)
Notes
The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk