Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - SEVERN TRENT PLC - AMEN...

Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - SEVERN TRENT PLC - AMENDMENT

BARCLAYS PLC

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) AMENDMENT

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN

EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY (“RI”) STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:   BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

SEVERN TRENT PLC

  relevant securities this form relates:  
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt Advisor to Offeree
  principal trader is connected  
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 3 June 2013
(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it NO
today disclosing, under the Code in respect
  of any other party to this offer?  

2. POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

Class of relevant security:       ORD            
Interests   Short Positions  
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 1,046,917 0.44% 460,410 0.19%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 437,948 0.18% 616,806 0.26%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
           
(4) TOTAL:
1,484,865 0.62% 1,077,216 0.45%

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other executive options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:  
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:  

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant   Purchase/sale   Number of   Price per unit
security   securities  
ORD Purchase 242 20.5500 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,096 20.5840 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,256 20.5069 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,352 20.4477 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,743 20.4494 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,048 20.6085 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,099 20.4758 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,705 20.4800 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,905 20.4613 GBP
ORD Purchase 7,580 20.5385 GBP
ORD Purchase 10,981 20.5073 GBP
ORD Purchase 11,204 20.5087 GBP
ORD Purchase 11,209 20.4200 GBP
ORD Purchase 11,775 20.5556 GBP
ORD Purchase 13,148 20.4912 GBP
ORD Purchase 29,342 20.4944 GBP
ORD Purchase 50,488 20.4611 GBP
ORD Sale 859 20.5050 GBP
ORD Sale 1,090 20.4903 GBP
ORD Sale 1,742 20.4200 GBP
ORD Sale 1,759 20.4937 GBP
ORD Sale 1,925 20.5079 GBP
ORD Sale 2,115 20.4828 GBP
ORD Sale 2,859 20.5392 GBP
ORD Sale 3,250 20.5443 GBP
ORD Sale 4,520 20.5822 GBP
ORD Sale 6,003 20.4928 GBP
ORD Sale 7,547 20.5366 GBP
ORD Sale 7,663 20.5500 GBP
ORD Sale 8,029 20.5105 GBP
ORD Sale 8,656 20.5222 GBP
ORD Sale 10,011 20.4854 GBP
ORD Sale 13,269 20.4306 GBP
ORD Sale 25,818 20.5072 GBP
ORD Sale 44,800 20.5111 GBP
ORD Sale 60,440 20.4810 GBP
ORD Sale 175,000 20.5300 GBP

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of   Product   Nature of dealing   Number of   Price per
relevant description reference unit
security     securities  
ORD SWAP Long 200 20.4494 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 1,915 20.4863 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 3,270 20.5501 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 3,729 20.5254 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 7,547 20.5366 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 10,019 20.4636 GBP
ORD CFD Long 175,000 20.5300 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 1,651 20.5434 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 2,099 20.4758 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 3,406 20.4846 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 4,313 20.4701 GBP

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security   Product description e.g. call option   Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.   Number of securities to which option relates   Exercise price per unit   Type

e.g. American, European etc.

  Expiry date   Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercising

Class of relevant security   Product description

e.g. call option

  Number of securities   Exercise price per unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security   Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

  Details   Price per unit (if applicable)

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

4. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”

NONE

(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”

NONE

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?   NO
Date of disclosure:   5 Jun 2013
Contact name:   Rajesh Muthanna
Telephone number:   020 3555 4634

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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