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
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| Name of person dealing (Note 1) | Elliott Advisors (UK) Ltd. |
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| Company dealt in | Imperial Chemical |
| | Industries PLC |
| | |
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| Class of relevant security to which | Ordinary Shares |
| the dealings being disclosed relate | |
| (Note 2) | |
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| Date of dealing | 19 November 2007 |
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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)
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| | Long | Short |
| | | |
|---------------+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------|
| |Number |Number |
| |(%) | (%) |
|---------------+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------|
|(1) Relevant | | |
|securities | | |
| | | |
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|(2) Derivatives|27,302,858 2.2834% | |
|(other than | | |
|options) | | |
| | | |
|---------------+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------|
|(3) Options and| | |
|agreements to | | |
|purchase/sell | | |
| | | |
|---------------+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------|
|Total |27,302,858 2.2834% | |
| | | |
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(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of
the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3)
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|Class of relevant | Long | Short |
|security: | | |
| | | |
| | | |
|---------------------+------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------|
| |Number |Number (%)|
| |(%) | |
|---------------------+------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------|
|(1) Relevant | | |
|securities | | |
| | | |
| | | |
|---------------------+------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------|
|(2) Derivatives | | |
|(other than options) | | |
| | | |
|---------------------+------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------|
|(3) Options and | | |
|agreements to | | |
|purchase/sell | | |
| | | |
|---------------------+------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------|
|Total | | |
| | | |
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(c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3)
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| Class of relevant security: | Details |
| | |
|-----------------------------+---------|
| | |
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3. DEALINGS (Note 4)
(a) Purchases and sales
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| Purchase/sale | Number of securities | Price per unit (Note 5) |
| | | |
|---------------+----------------------+-------------------------|
| | | |
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(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
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| Product | Long/short | Number of securities | Price per |
| name, | (Note 6) | (Note 7) | unit (Note 5) |
| e.g. CFD | | | |
|----------+------------+---------------------------+---------------|
| CFD | Long | 3,000,000 | 6.610000 |
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(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
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|Product |Writing, |Number of |Exercise|Type, e.g.|Expiry|Option money |
|name, |selling, |securities to which|price |American, |Date |paid/received |
|e.g. call|purchasing, |the option relates | |European | |per unit (Note|
|option |varying etc.|(Note 7) | |etc. | |5) |
| | | | | | | |
|---------+------------+-------------------+--------+----------+------+--------------|
| | | | | | | |
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(ii) Exercising
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| Product name, e.g. | Number of securities | Exercise price per |
| call option | | unit (Note 5) |
| | | |
|--------------------+----------------------+-----------------------|
| | | |
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(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)
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| Nature of transaction | Details | Price per unit (if applicable) |
| (Note 8) | | (Note 5) |
| | | |
|-----------------------+---------+---------------------------------|
| | | |
| | | |
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4. OTHER INFORMATION
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or
derivatives
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| 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. |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note
9) YES/NO
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| Date of disclosure | 20 November 2007 |
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| Contact name | Philippa Rowan |
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| Telephone number | 0207 518 1818 |
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| If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror | |
| with which connected | |
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| If a connected EFM, state nature of connection | |
| (Note 10) | |
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Notes
The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website
at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
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