Rule 8.3 - IMPERIAL ENERGY CORPORATION PLC
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 ENERGY CORPORATION PLC
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.025
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 28 August 2008
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 2,497,016 2.44% 169,121 0.17%
securities
(2) Derivatives 45,836 0.04% 133,290 0.13%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 2,542,852 2.49% 302,411 0.30%
(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
Purchase 1,300 11.6800
Purchase 3,071 11.7488
Purchase 37,235 11.7166
Purchase 92,500 11.7019
Purchase 46,000 11.7375
Purchase 4,093 11.8274
Sale 463 11.8000
Sale 447 11.8000
Sale 819 11.7200
Sale 915 11.7100
Sale 626 11.7900
Sale 110 11.6500
Sale 898 11.7400
Sale 1,040 11.8000
Sale 347 11.7000
Sale 750 11.7200
Sale 832 11.8100
Sale 869 11.6000
Sale 793 11.7600
Sale 110 11.6500
Sale 396 11.8200
Sale 949 11.8000
Sale 1,034 11.8000
Sale 92 11.8000
Sale 398 11.8000
Sale 37,610 11.7231
Sale 857 11.8000
Sale 1,000 11.7400
Sale 92,500 11.7019
Sale 953 11.6900
Sale 875 11.7500
Sale 853 11.9000
Sale 188 11.7200
Sale 844 11.6900
Sale 1,181 11.7731
Sale 222 11.7200
Sale 514 11.8200
Sale 987 11.7900
Sale 837 11.7100
Sale 1,010 11.7100
Sale 4 11.7000
Sale 848 11.8100
Sale 874 11.8600
Sale 896 11.7800
Sale 110 11.6500
Sale 899 11.7000
Sale 74 11.7000
Sale 79 11.7100
Sale 369 11.7000
Sale 146 11.8100
Sale 90 11.7000
Sale 1,032 11.6700
Sale 1,040 11.8100
Sale 879 11.6000
Sale 549 11.6900
Sale 872 11.7600
Sale 398 11.8000
Sale 901 11.8000
Sale 851 11.7100
Sale 286 11.7900
Sale 1,132 11.7000
Sale 1,115 11.7000
Sale 1,060 11.7000
Sale 110 11.6500
Sale 110 11.6500
Sale 92,500 11.7019
Sale 132 11.7500
Sale 438 11.6900
Sale 42 11.6500
Sale 631 11.8100
Sale 110 11.6500
Sale 3,000 11.8000
Sale 782 11.7200
Sale 110 11.6500
Sale 1,007 11.5900
Sale 40 11.7600
Sale 122 11.8200
Sale 4,072 11.7653
Sale 713 11.8200
Sale 981 11.7100
Sale 805 11.7100
Sale 829 11.8000
Sale 893 11.6800
Sale 874 11.9000
Sale 30 11.7000
Sale 291 11.7000
Sale 346 11.8100
Sale 12,748 11.7532
Sale 113 11.8000
Sale 959 11.5900
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 3191 11.718
CFD Long 37610 11.7231
CFD Long 12748 11.7532
CFD Long 4072 11.7652
CFD Long 1181 11.773
CFD Short 1300 11.68
CFD Short 37235 11.7166
CFD Short 3071 11.7488
(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 29 August 2008
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