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)	Â	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:		5 June 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	Â	ORD	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â
				Interests		Â		Short Positions		Â
Â		Â		Number		(%)		Number		(%)
(1)		Relevant securities owned
		and/or controlled:		2,470,918		1.03%		372,551		0.16%
Â		Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(2)		Derivatives (other than
		options):		360,077		0.15%		1,425,643		0.60%
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:
				2,830,995		1.18%		1,798,194		0.75%

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		2,428		20.3148 GBP
ORD		Purchase		4,668		20.2600 GBP
ORD		Purchase		6,046		20.2868 GBP
ORD		Purchase		7,201		20.3063 GBP
ORD		Purchase		7,292		20.2424 GBP
ORD		Purchase		7,653		20.2659 GBP
ORD		Purchase		11,660		20.2836 GBP
ORD		Purchase		13,500		20.2783 GBP
ORD		Purchase		13,531		20.2230 GBP
ORD		Purchase		23,363		20.2500 GBP
ORD		Purchase		24,424		20.2820 GBP
ORD		Purchase		29,223		20.2701 GBP
ORD		Purchase		29,760		20.2800 GBP
ORD		Purchase		32,751		20.2742 GBP
ORD		Purchase		44,693		20.2776 GBP
ORD		Purchase		46,068		20.3184 GBP
ORD		Purchase		54,206		20.3162 GBP
ORD		Purchase		83,829		20.2798 GBP
ORD		Purchase		150,000		20.3254 GBP
ORD		Purchase		205,943		20.2875 GBP
ORD		Purchase		300,000		20.2904 GBP
ORD		Purchase		325,000		20.3068 GBP
ORD		Sale		223		20.2600 GBP
ORD		Sale		283		20.2250 GBP
ORD		Sale		294		20.2461 GBP
ORD		Sale		689		20.1974 GBP
ORD		Sale		774		20.2912 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,161		20.2753 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,800		20.2744 GBP
ORD		Sale		4,802		20.2910 GBP
ORD		Sale		4,908		20.2758 GBP
ORD		Sale		8,104		20.2799 GBP
ORD		Sale		8,782		20.2673 GBP
ORD		Sale		29,223		20.2955 GBP
ORD		Sale		32,706		20.2685 GBP
ORD		Sale		102,167		20.2869 GBP
ORD		Sale		356,273		20.2764 GBP

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of	Product	Nature of dealing	Number of	Price per
relevant	description		reference	unit
security	Â	Â	securities	Â
ORD	SWAP	Long	1,161	20.2753 GBP
ORD	SWAP	Long	4,802	20.2909 GBP
ORD	SWAP	Long	12,144	20.2755 GBP
ORD	SWAP	Short	1,086	20.2930 GBP
ORD	SWAP	Short	2,035	20.3000 GBP
ORD	SWAP	Short	5,166	20.3088 GBP
ORD	SWAP	Short	14,774	20.2764 GBP
ORD	SWAP	Short	100,274	20.3171 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:		7 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 [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.