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 14 December 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 25,071,097 2.10% 1,091,217 0.09%
securities
(2) Derivatives 704,699 0.06% 2,138,767 0.18%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 25,775,796 2.16% 3,229,984 0.27%
(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 42,100 6.7050
Purchase 2,052 6.7050
Purchase 2,052 6.7050
Purchase 10,063 6.7050
Purchase 5,413 6.6912
Purchase 5,413 6.6900
Purchase 155,662 6.7031
Purchase 5,413 6.7000
Purchase 5,413 6.6900
Purchase 4,158 6.7050
Purchase 148,143 6.7036
Purchase 4,524 6.7050
Purchase 150,249 6.7032
Purchase 5,736 6.7050
Purchase 12,630 6.7050
Purchase 4,158 6.7050
Sale 5,413 6.6988
Sale 9,761 6.6900
Sale 9,456 6.7050
Sale 155,662 6.7031
Sale 155,662 6.7031
Sale 2,052 6.7050
Sale 4,158 6.7050
Sale 5,413 6.6900
Sale 10,063 6.7050
Sale 2,052 6.7042
Sale 6,072 6.7050
Sale 150,249 6.7025
Sale 195,593 6.7050
Sale 5,413 6.6900
Sale 148,143 6.7036
Sale 2,052 6.7050
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 5413 6.6912
CFD Long 5413 6.6987
CFD Long 150249 6.7025
CFD Long 2052 6.7041
(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 17 December 2007
Contact name Geoff Smith
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