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 08 January 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 14,866,313 5.39% 207,503 0.08%
securities
(2) Derivatives 170,671 0.06% 609,379 0.22%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 15,036,984 5.45% 816,882 0.30%
(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 100 10.8200
Purchase 4,868 10.8200
Purchase 1,600 10.8114
Purchase 50,137 10.8176
Purchase 1,239 10.8300
Purchase 2,300 10.8100
Purchase 5,699 10.8130
Purchase 27,523 10.8225
Purchase 1,600 10.8100
Purchase 3,013 10.8000
Purchase 2,800 10.8000
Purchase 14,097 10.8200
Purchase 4,923 10.8126
Purchase 2,800 10.8200
Purchase 13,697 10.8111
Purchase 4,844 10.8000
Purchase 2,800 10.8200
Purchase 5,699 10.8000
Purchase 5,777 10.8049
Purchase 1,700 10.8118
Purchase 2,800 10.8000
Purchase 3,549 10.8000
Purchase 422 10.8000
Purchase 4,923 10.8126
Purchase 4,220 10.8000
Purchase 47,374 10.8402
Purchase 17,100 10.8150
Purchase 1,266 10.8000
Purchase 215 10.8400
Purchase 1,700 10.8118
Purchase 83,834 10.8154
Purchase 80,157 10.8156
Purchase 18,609 10.8000
Sale 80,157 10.8156
Sale 2,800 10.8000
Sale 4,868 10.8200
Sale 50,137 10.8176
Sale 2,800 10.8200
Sale 3,549 10.8000
Sale 15,533 10.8000
Sale 8,077 10.8063
Sale 2,800 10.8200
Sale 5,777 10.8049
Sale 1,700 10.8118
Sale 14,097 10.8200
Sale 2,300 10.8100
Sale 13,697 10.8100
Sale 17,100 10.8123
Sale 4,868 10.8200
Sale 1,239 10.8300
Sale 5,699 10.8000
Sale 18,609 10.8000
Sale 433 10.8400
Sale 47,374 10.8402
Sale 1,600 10.8100
Sale 27,523 10.8225
Sale 100 10.8200
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 38197 10.71
CFD Short 3122 10.8068
CFD Short 13697 10.811
CFD Short 1600 10.8113
CFD Short 2111 10.8116
CFD Short 1700 10.8118
CFD Short 9846 10.8126
CFD Short 17100 10.8149
CFD Short 50137 10.8176
CFD Short 2900 10.82
CFD Long 5777 10.8048
CFD Long 2300 10.81
NB: The below transactions which were previously disclosed have been cancelled
Deal Date Long/Short Number of Securities Price per unit (GBP)
05/12/2007 Short 38,197 10.71
(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 09 January 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