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 07 August 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 55,898,770 4.68% 5,015,162 0.42%
securities
(2) Derivatives 9,682,127 0.81% 6,566,650 0.55%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 65,580,897 5.49% 11,581,812 0.97%
(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 4,639 6.3700
Purchase 48,521 6.3499
Purchase 15,400 6.3526
Purchase 150,000 6.3688
Purchase 1,412 6.3454
Purchase 12,548 6.3700
Purchase 16,000 6.3347
Purchase 5,183 6.3400
Purchase 310,963 6.3751
Purchase 11,062 6.3384
Purchase 12,579 6.3700
Purchase 1,577 6.3300
Purchase 1,880 6.3454
Sale 15,761 6.3675
Sale 246,719 6.3533
Sale 5,600 6.3326
Sale 4,882 6.3257
Sale 2,200 6.3250
Sale 12,979 6.3822
Sale 415 6.3715
Sale 12,524 6.3437
Sale 1,145 6.3763
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name Long/Short Number of Price per
Securities unit
CFD Short 16000 6.3347
CFD Short 11062 6.3384
CFD Short 5183 6.34
CFD Short 48521 6.3498
CFD Short 15400 6.3525
CFD Short 150000 6.3687
CFD Short 310963 6.375
CFD Long 2200 6.325
CFD Long 4882 6.3256
CFD Long 5600 6.3326
CFD Long 246719 6.3533
CFD Long 13698 6.37
(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 08 August 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