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