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

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

BARCLAYS PLC

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:		23 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:		1,328,558		0.56%		418,369		0.18%
Â	Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(2)	Derivatives (other than
	options):		417,527		0.17%		739,481		0.31%
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:
			1,746,085		0.73%		1,157,850		0.48%

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		257		20.4400 GBP
ORD		Purchase		523		20.4479 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,072		20.4666 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,463		20.4399 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,737		20.4584 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,774		20.4440 GBP
ORD		Purchase		3,053		20.4541 GBP
ORD		Purchase		5,573		20.4422 GBP
ORD		Purchase		6,040		20.4616 GBP
ORD		Purchase		7,170		20.4200 GBP
ORD		Purchase		18,690		20.4500 GBP
ORD		Purchase		18,696		20.4452 GBP
ORD		Purchase		20,712		20.4609 GBP
ORD		Purchase		46,638		20.4387 GBP
ORD		Sale		468		20.4984 GBP
ORD		Sale		524		20.4520 GBP
ORD		Sale		753		20.4500 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,433		20.4166 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,729		20.4612 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,978		20.4523 GBP
ORD		Sale		4,295		20.4366 GBP
ORD		Sale		6,832		20.4650 GBP
ORD		Sale		7,663		20.4221 GBP
ORD		Sale		11,555		20.4185 GBP
ORD		Sale		19,150		20.4384 GBP
ORD		Sale		23,277		20.4364 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		401		20.4671 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		488		20.4491 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		695		20.5442 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		613		20.3972 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		1,433		20.4167 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		4,474		20.4357 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		44		20.4504 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		244		20.4408 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		652		20.4021 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		3,994		20.4443 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		18,761		20.4728 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		11,860		20.4507 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	24 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.