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British Energy Group(BGY)

Sector:

Electricity

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£7,434m

Change Today

4.50p

Share Price

719.00p

Rule 8.3-British Energy Group

RNS Number : 5639U

Legal & General Investment Mgmnt Ld

15 May 2008

FORM 8.3

DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

(Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code)

1. KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing (Note 1)	Legal & General Investment Management Ltd.
Company dealt in	British Energy Group Plc
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)	Ordinary Shares GBP0.10
Date of dealing	14 May 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 securities	49,977,383	4.83
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total	49,977,383	4.83

(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:	Long		Short
	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

Sales

Number of securities

63,300

Price per unit (Note 5)

GBP 6.785

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product name, e.g. CFD

Long/short (Note 6)

Number of securities (Note 7)

Price per unit (Note 5)

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name,e.g. call option	Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc.	Number of securities to which the option relates (Note 7)	Exercise price	Type, e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/received per unit (Note 5)

(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g. call option	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit (Note 5)

(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)

Nature of transaction (Note 8)	Details	Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5)

4. OTHER INFORMATION

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	15 May. 2008
Contact name	Helen Lewis
Telephone number	0203 124 3851
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

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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