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 02 November 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 57,625,674 4.82% 982,647 0.08%
securities
(2) Derivatives 20,375,423 1.70% 25,455,675 2.13%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 78,001,097 6.52% 26,438,322 2.21%
(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 1,573 6.6200
Purchase 450 6.6250
Purchase 824,477 6.6147
Purchase 144,622 6.6147
Purchase 40,342 6.6212
Purchase 4,646 6.6200
Purchase 20,440 6.6164
Purchase 9,249 6.6213
Purchase 922 6.6200
Purchase 1,140 6.6200
Purchase 50,960 6.6164
Purchase 58,859 6.6147
Purchase 518,751 6.6147
Sale 144,622 6.6147
Sale 450 6.6150
Sale 50,960 6.6164
Sale 26,964 6.6193
Sale 136,402 6.6165
Sale 518,751 6.6147
Sale 85,000 6.6111
Sale 85,000 6.6108
Sale 24,509 6.6150
Sale 518,751 6.6147
Sale 50,960 6.6164
Sale 824,477 6.6147
Sale 20,440 6.6164
Sale 3,296 6.6200
Sale 400 6.6179
Sale 1,618,109 6.6147
Sale 824,477 6.6147
Sale 291 6.6015
Sale 58,859 6.6147
NB: The below transactions which were previously disclosed have been cancelled
Deal Date Purchase/Sale Number of Price per unit
Securities (GBP)
01/11/2007 Sale 18,500,000 6.6200
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name Long/Short Number of Price per
Securities unit
CFD Short 40342 6.6211
CFD Short 9249 6.6212
CFD Long 136402 6.6164
CFD Long 400 6.6179
CFD Long 26964 6.6193
(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 05 November 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