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 03 September 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 2,569,866 2.51% 106,996 0.10%
securities
(2) Derivatives 43,611 0.04% 153,370 0.15%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 2,613,477 2.55% 260,366 0.25%
(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 3 11.3619
Purchase 11,367 11.3280
Purchase 26,800 11.3407
Purchase 300 11.3600
Purchase 69,019 11.3351
Sale 419 11.3200
Sale 893 11.3600
Sale 670 11.3500
Sale 320 11.3500
Sale 31 11.3200
Sale 4,894 11.3600
Sale 13,371 11.3704
Sale 2,703 11.3700
Sale 1,000 11.3200
Sale 963 11.3500
Sale 13 11.3200
Sale 765 11.3400
Sale 60 11.3400
Sale 212 11.3600
Sale 616 11.3500
Sale 890 11.3600
Sale 311 11.3600
Sale 350 11.3400
Sale 680 11.3500
Sale 1,359 11.3600
Sale 594 11.3500
Sale 1,031 11.3200
Sale 1,000 11.3500
Sale 1,000 11.3400
Sale 320 11.3500
Sale 27 11.3500
Sale 349 11.3500
Sale 819 11.3500
Sale 755 11.3500
Sale 961 11.3200
Sale 554 11.3200
Sale 954 11.3500
Sale 669 11.3500
Sale 197 11.3500
Sale 1,390 11.3200
Sale 774 11.3500
Sale 11,600 11.3757
Sale 992 11.3500
Sale 960 11.3200
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 2703 11.37
CFD Long 13371 11.3704
CFD Long 11600 11.3757
CFD Short 11367 11.3279
CFD Short 69019 11.335
CFD Short 300 11.36
CFD Short 3 11.3633
(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 04 September 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