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 19 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 14,577,853 5.29% 1,048,291 0.38%
securities
(2) Derivatives 155,997 0.06% 529,693 0.19%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 14,733,850 5.34% 1,577,984 0.57%
(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 1,497 10.7367
Purchase 3,966 10.7500
Purchase 57,888 10.7490
Purchase 2,726 10.7300
Purchase 5,200 10.7569
Purchase 51,960 10.7494
Purchase 6,816 10.7362
Purchase 1,688 10.7319
Purchase 1,497 10.7367
Purchase 13,282 10.7500
Purchase 1,688 10.7600
Purchase 13,282 10.7500
Purchase 2,500 10.7300
Purchase 533 10.7700
Purchase 26,138 10.7513
Purchase 1,700 10.7559
Purchase 11,306 10.7512
Purchase 14,818 10.7585
Purchase 11,306 10.7512
Sale 5,867 10.7300
Sale 14,818 10.7575
Sale 3,966 10.7500
Sale 1,688 10.7581
Sale 1,497 10.7367
Sale 11,306 10.7512
Sale 2,500 10.7300
Sale 26,138 10.7513
Sale 850 10.7300
Sale 57,888 10.7490
Sale 5,200 10.7569
Sale 13,282 10.7500
Sale 5,200 10.7569
Sale 6,816 10.7362
Sale 1,700 10.7559
Sale 1,688 10.7300
Sale 7,354 10.7537
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 2500 10.73
CFD Short 1688 10.7319
CFD Short 6816 10.7361
CFD Short 1497 10.7366
CFD Short 11306 10.7512
CFD Short 26138 10.7513
CFD Short 14818 10.7585
CFD Long 3966 10.75
CFD Long 1700 10.7558
CFD Long 5200 10.7569
CFD Long 1688 10.758
(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 20 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