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 21 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 14,778,805 5.36% 246,394 0.09%
securities
(2) Derivatives 124,280 0.05% 400,221 0.15%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 14,903,085 5.40% 646,615 0.23%
(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 1,000 Transfer
Purchase 1,300 10.8221
Purchase 1,860 10.8000
Purchase 2,650 10.8137
Purchase 81,224 10.7897
Purchase 6,298 10.8069
Purchase 4,564 10.7984
Purchase 17,992 10.8191
Purchase 7,748 10.8128
Purchase 1,300 10.7900
Purchase 31,658 10.7900
Purchase 3,798 10.8200
Purchase 4,850 10.8160
Purchase 65,162 10.7958
Purchase 5,168 10.8300
Purchase 24,290 10.8156
Sale 4,850 10.8160
Sale 108,698 10.7967
Sale 17,992 10.8191
Sale 1,300 10.7900
Sale 6,298 10.8058
Sale 81,224 10.7897
Sale 5,168 10.8289
Sale 4,564 10.7984
Sale 31,658 10.7881
Sale 2,650 10.8137
Sale 65,162 10.7958
Sale 3,798 10.8200
Sale 1,300 10.8221
Sale 4,564 10.7984
Sale 1,860 10.7979
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 6298 10.8068
CFD Short 17992 10.819
CFD Long 31658 10.7881
CFD Long 65162 10.7958
CFD Long 1860 10.7979
CFD Long 4850 10.816
CFD Long 5168 10.8289
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 22 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