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 September 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 63,642,769 5.32% 1,366,887 0.11%
securities
(2) Derivatives 15,003,646 1.25% 16,348,878 1.37%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 78,646,415 6.58% 17,715,765 1.48%
(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 737 6.3706
Purchase 175,000 6.3549
Purchase 13,145 6.3400
Purchase 2,069 6.3546
Purchase 1,732 6.3546
Purchase 17,557 6.3534
Purchase 25,254 6.3400
Purchase 55,248 6.3851
Purchase 38,400 6.3513
Purchase 558 6.3400
Sale 232,828 6.3575
Sale 10,368 6.3748
Sale 135,775 6.3510
Sale 23,834 6.3557
Sale 1,561 6.3725
Sale 664 6.3806
Sale 935 6.3725
Sale 18,071 6.3616
Sale 1,109 6.3806
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name Long/Short Number of Price per
Securities unit
CFD Short 38400 6.3513
CFD Short 17557 6.3533
CFD Short 44001 6.3654
CFD Short 737 6.3706
CFD Short 55248 6.385
CFD Long 9706 6.3387
CFD Long 135775 6.3509
CFD Long 23834 6.3556
CFD Long 232828 6.3574
CFD Long 18071 6.3615
CFD Long 48000 6.3644
(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 10 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