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 09 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 56,362,022 4.71% 5,000,798 0.42%
securities
(2) Derivatives 9,466,686 0.79% 6,863,882 0.57%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 65,828,708 5.51% 11,864,680 0.99%
(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 199 6.3700
Purchase 9,290 6.4002
Purchase 15,328 6.3854
Purchase 6,900 6.3930
Purchase 788,896 6.3889
Purchase 21,056 6.3981
Purchase 6,391 6.4000
Purchase 85,005 6.3700
Purchase 12,894 6.4000
Purchase 4,301 6.3450
Purchase 22,181 6.4013
Purchase 245,000 6.3700
Purchase 1,940 6.4000
Purchase 152,727 6.3450
Purchase 5,282 6.3450
Purchase 6,951 6.4000
Purchase 153 6.3700
Purchase 3,664 6.3450
Purchase 1,114 6.3966
Sale 4,301 6.3450
Sale 6,391 6.4000
Sale 1,940 6.4000
Sale 245,000 6.3700
Sale 6,400 6.3940
Sale 30,202 6.4029
Sale 12,894 6.4000
Sale 152,727 6.3450
Sale 337 6.3950
Sale 14,035 6.3711
Sale 20,765 6.4000
Sale 638 6.4000
Sale 5,282 6.3450
Sale 5,119 6.3711
Sale 3,664 6.3450
Sale 85,005 6.3700
Sale 21,056 6.3924
Sale 20,725 6.4000
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name Long/Short Number of Price per
Securities unit
CFD Short 15328 6.3854
CFD Short 788896 6.3889
CFD Short 6900 6.3929
CFD Short 21056 6.398
CFD Short 22181 6.4012
CFD Long 21056 6.3923
CFD Long 6400 6.394
CFD Long 30202 6.4028
(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 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