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 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 14,586,167 5.29% 867,041 0.31%
securities
(2) Derivatives 166,180 0.06% 447,792 0.16%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 14,752,347 5.35% 1,314,833 0.48%
(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 270,000 10.7800
Purchase 1,048 10.8408
Purchase 20,893 10.8558
Purchase 2,619 10.8605
Purchase 63 10.8500
Purchase 13,021 10.8642
Purchase 4,686 10.8609
Purchase 5,791 10.8500
Purchase 626,700 10.8447
Purchase 6,777 10.8521
Purchase 6,811 10.8570
Purchase 1,695 10.8600
Purchase 2,891 10.8372
Purchase 163 10.8500
Purchase 1,695 10.8614
Purchase 100 10.8500
Sale 100 10.8500
Sale 2,891 10.8372
Sale 1,048 10.8408
Sale 6,777 10.8500
Sale 6,839 10.8486
Sale 13,021 10.8642
Sale 2,619 10.8585
Sale 63 10.8500
Sale 626,700 10.8447
Sale 1,695 10.8600
Sale 4,686 10.8609
Sale 2,891 10.8372
Sale 5,791 10.8500
Sale 6,811 10.8570
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 6777 10.852
CFD Short 6811 10.857
CFD Short 4686 10.8608
CFD Short 1695 10.8613
CFD Long 2891 10.8372
(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 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