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 17 December 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 14,110,220 5.12% 1,507,968 0.55%
securities
(2) Derivatives 615,548 0.22% 535,098 0.19%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 14,725,768 5.34% 2,043,066 0.74%
(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 1,400 10.7200
Purchase 934 10.7000
Purchase 3,420 10.7009
Purchase 3,000 10.7100
Purchase 3,543 10.7000
Purchase 21,240 10.6983
Purchase 23,358 10.7217
Purchase 17,089 10.7145
Purchase 1,389 10.7300
Purchase 294 10.7100
Purchase 26,124 10.7122
Purchase 3,000 10.7000
Purchase 1,688 10.7019
Purchase 44,901 10.7120
Sale 1,389 10.7280
Sale 5,193 10.7050
Sale 3,000 10.7100
Sale 17,089 10.7145
Sale 24,963 10.7013
Sale 1,599 10.7000
Sale 1,400 10.7181
Sale 934 10.6980
Sale 26,124 10.7111
Sale 3,000 10.7000
Sale 23,358 10.7217
Sale 21,240 10.6983
Sale 1,688 10.7000
Sale 294 10.7100
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 1359 10.7
CFD Short 1688 10.7019
CFD Short 26124 10.7121
CFD Short 17089 10.7144
CFD Long 934 10.6979
CFD Long 21240 10.6982
CFD Long 1400 10.718
CFD Long 1389 10.7279
(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 18 December 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