Rule 8.3 - KELDA GROUP
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 KELDA GROUP
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.2022222
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 27 November 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 14,215,133 5.15% 2,135,254 0.77%
securities
(2) Derivatives 2,297,076 0.83% 1,542,918 0.56%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 16,512,209 5.99% 3,678,172 1.33%
(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 5,898 10.8450
Purchase 2,717 10.8151
Purchase 4,000 10.8110
Purchase 10,000 10.7819
Purchase 3,336 10.7700
Purchase 14,177 10.8030
Purchase 2,914 10.8621
Purchase 1,694 10.7700
Purchase 2,041 10.7700
Purchase 2,717 10.8151
Purchase 3,410 10.7720
Purchase 1,171 10.7800
Purchase 6,277 10.8480
Purchase 48,608 10.8288
Purchase 448 10.8013
Purchase 14,793 10.8098
Sale 1,694 10.7700
Sale 6,527 11.0065
Sale 2,717 10.8151
Sale 856 10.8025
Sale 194,754 10.7844
Sale 14,793 10.8098
Sale 5,898 10.8450
Sale 346 10.8025
Sale 2,241 10.8400
Sale 856 10.8025
Sale 31,978 10.5684
Sale 14,180 11.0065
Sale 314,763 10.8800
Sale 14,178 11.0065
Sale 5,898 10.8450
Sale 14,793 10.8098
Sale 6,525 11.0065
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 3410 10.772
CFD Short 10000 10.7819
CFD Short 448 10.8013
CFD Short 14177 10.803
CFD Short 57155 10.8098
CFD Short 4000 10.8109
CFD Short 2717 10.8151
CFD Short 48608 10.8287
CFD Short 6277 10.8479
CFD Short 2914 10.862
CFD Long 194754 10.7843
CFD Long 14793 10.8097
CFD Long 2241 10.84
(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 28 November 2007
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