Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Severn Trent Plc - Amendment

Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Severn Trent Plc - Amendment

BARCLAYS PLC

Amendment

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

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:	Â	BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
(b)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose		SEVERN TRENT PLC
Â	relevant securities this form relates:		Â
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt		Advisor to Offeree
Â	principal trader is connected		Â
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:		22 May 2013
(e)	Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it		NO
	today disclosing, under the Code in respect
Â	of any other party to this offer?		Â

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:	Â	Â	ORD	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â
			Interests		Â		Short Positions		Â
Â	Â		Number		(%)		Number		(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:		1,268,925		0.53%		415,836		0.17%
Â	Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(2)	Derivatives (other than
	options):		414,970		0.17%		709,473		0.30%
Â	Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(3)	Options and agreements to
	purchase/sell:		0		0.00%		0		0.00%
Â	Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(4)	TOTAL:
			1,683,895		0.70%		1,125,309		0.47%

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:	Â
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:	Â

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	Â	Purchase/sale	Â	Number of	Â	Price per unit
security		Â		securities		Â
ORD		Purchase		134		20.5900 GBP
ORD		Purchase		140		20.5500 GBP
ORD		Purchase		375		20.4733 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,152		20.4500 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,162		20.4812 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,440		20.5120 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,948		20.4728 GBP
ORD		Purchase		3,767		20.4868 GBP
ORD		Purchase		6,634		20.5323 GBP
ORD		Purchase		6,760		20.4911 GBP
ORD		Purchase		6,783		20.4276 GBP
ORD		Purchase		8,979		20.5125 GBP
ORD		Purchase		15,198		20.4628 GBP
ORD		Purchase		23,126		20.4562 GBP
ORD		Purchase		50,000		20.6000 GBP
ORD		Sale		109		20.5100 GBP
ORD		Sale		250		20.5200 GBP
ORD		Sale		389		20.5000 GBP
ORD		Sale		445		20.5014 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,167		20.4402 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,167		20.4453 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,254		20.4481 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,455		20.4477 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,490		20.4288 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,707		20.4482 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,735		20.4312 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,327		20.4837 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,919		20.4992 GBP
ORD		Sale		4,387		20.4433 GBP
ORD		Sale		5,651		20.4563 GBP
ORD		Sale		5,877		20.4500 GBP
ORD		Sale		9,271		20.4507 GBP
ORD		Sale		9,345		20.4700 GBP
ORD		Sale		9,345		20.4800 GBP

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of	Â	Product	Â	Nature of dealing	Â	Number of	Â	Price per
relevant		description				reference		unit
security		Â		Â		securities		Â
ORD		SWAP		Long		1,883		20.4545 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		2,679		20.5061 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		3,533		20.4412 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		375		20.4733 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		1,936		20.4742 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		3,455		20.4478 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		4,189		20.4546 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		8,640		20.4802 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		14,832		20.5088 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		50,000		20.6000 GBP

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Â

Product description e.g. call option

Â

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Â

Number of securities to which option relates

Â

Exercise price per unit

Â

Type e.g. American, European etc.

Â

Expiry date

Â

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercising

Class of relevant security

Â

Product description e.g. call option

Â

Number of securities

Â

Exercise price per unit

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

Class of relevant security

Â

Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion

Â

Details

Â

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?

Â

NO

Date of disclosure:	Â	28 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 [e-mail]. The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].

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