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 31 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 64,462,846 5.39% 1,182,774 0.10%
securities
(2) Derivatives 13,581,195 1.14% 15,667,335 1.31%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 78,044,041 6.53% 16,850,109 1.41%
(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 10,826 6.3418
Purchase 9,223 6.3264
Purchase 300 6.3375
Purchase 2,143 6.3400
Purchase 1,815 6.3400
Purchase 8,045 Transfer
Purchase 46 6.3409
Purchase 2,556 6.3400
Purchase 93,044 6.3229
Purchase 18,022 6.3400
Purchase 383,840 6.3397
Purchase 39,185 6.3452
Purchase 12,669 6.3400
Purchase 7,734 6.3412
Purchase 4,200 6.3450
Purchase 40,093 6.3450
Purchase 5,517 6.3392
Purchase 3,699 6.3400
Sale 400,000 6.3321
Sale 34,048 6.3325
Sale 11,852 6.3300
Sale 12,657 6.3302
Sale 6,367 6.3440
Sale 10,680 6.3421
Sale 3,812 6.3440
Sale 2,833 Transfer
Sale 12,556 6.3388
Sale 20,904 6.3530
Sale 9,223 Transfer
Sale 7,578 6.3302
Sale 950 6.3326
Sale 4,329 6.3300
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name Long/Short Number of Price per
Securities unit
CFD Short 93044 6.3229
CFD Short 383840 6.3396
CFD Short 46 6.3408
CFD Short 7734 6.3412
CFD Short 10826 6.3418
CFD Short 44293 6.345
CFD Short 39185 6.3452
CFD Long 400000 6.332
CFD Long 12808 6.34
CFD Long 10680 6.3421
CFD Long 20904 6.353
(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 03 September 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