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

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: 21 May 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: 1,206,727 0.51% 422,946 0.18%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 420,906 0.18% 640,077 0.27%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
           
(4) TOTAL:
1,627,633 0.69% 1,063,023 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 173 20.5200 GBP
ORD Purchase 203 20.4221 GBP
ORD Purchase 314 20.4200 GBP
ORD Purchase 907 20.4467 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,651 20.5213 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,684 20.5279 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,495 20.4597 GBP
ORD Purchase 3,876 20.4800 GBP
ORD Purchase 5,054 20.5220 GBP
ORD Purchase 6,052 20.4579 GBP
ORD Purchase 6,864 20.4577 GBP
ORD Purchase 7,289 20.4489 GBP
ORD Purchase 16,172 20.4522 GBP
ORD Purchase 25,000 20.5000 GBP
ORD Purchase 100,000 20.4593 GBP
ORD Purchase 175,655 20.4740 GBP
ORD Sale 466 20.5029 GBP
ORD Sale 501 20.4100 GBP
ORD Sale 610 20.4802 GBP
ORD Sale 777 20.4300 GBP
ORD Sale 784 20.5000 GBP
ORD Sale 907 20.4467 GBP
ORD Sale 940 20.5180 GBP
ORD Sale 1,121 20.4200 GBP
ORD Sale 1,346 20.4397 GBP
ORD Sale 1,495 20.4600 GBP
ORD Sale 1,574 20.4270 GBP
ORD Sale 1,686 20.4953 GBP
ORD Sale 1,788 20.4766 GBP
ORD Sale 3,092 20.4573 GBP
ORD Sale 4,157 20.4800 GBP
ORD Sale 4,986 20.4645 GBP
ORD Sale 5,022 20.4860 GBP
ORD Sale 10,623 20.4520 GBP
ORD Sale 218,518 20.4662 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 248 20.5491 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 1,854 20.4105 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 2,071 20.5009 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 5,639 20.4833 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 207 20.5208 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 1,986 20.5080 GBP
ORD CFD Short 4,545 20.5333 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 10,328 20.4733 GBP
ORD CFD Short 25,000 20.5000 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:  

23 May 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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