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:		28 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:		1,273,554		0.53%		410,999		0.17%
Â	Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(2)	Derivatives (other than
	options):		410,157		0.17%		738,398		0.31%
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(3)	Options and agreements to
	purchase/sell:		0		0.00%		0		0.00%
Â	Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(4)	TOTAL:
			1,683,711		0.71%		1,149,397		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		75		20.7400 GBP
ORD		Purchase		369		20.5024 GBP
ORD		Purchase		400		20.7200 GBP
ORD		Purchase		653		20.4900 GBP
ORD		Purchase		767		20.6400 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,049		20.5033 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,069		20.6016 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,458		20.6484 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,612		20.5734 GBP
ORD		Purchase		4,564		20.6113 GBP
ORD		Purchase		5,164		20.6795 GBP
ORD		Purchase		6,479		20.5613 GBP
ORD		Purchase		7,984		20.6432 GBP
ORD		Purchase		14,743		20.6004 GBP
ORD		Purchase		19,481		20.6412 GBP
ORD		Purchase		20,134		20.5514 GBP
ORD		Sale		70		20.5210 GBP
ORD		Sale		339		20.7550 GBP
ORD		Sale		653		20.4900 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,094		20.5600 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,284		20.6325 GBP
ORD		Sale		3,300		20.6385 GBP
ORD		Sale		4,950		20.6403 GBP
ORD		Sale		5,219		20.5470 GBP
ORD		Sale		6,533		20.6522 GBP
ORD		Sale		7,879		20.5643 GBP
ORD		Sale		8,895		20.7076 GBP
ORD		Sale		15,378		20.6400 GBP
ORD		Sale		18,452		20.5622 GBP
ORD		Sale		26,724		20.6510 GBP
ORD		Sale		30,917		20.6682 GBP
ORD		Sale		44,054		20.5979 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		202		20.7496 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		549		20.6334 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		1,167		20.5608 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		7,879		20.5644 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		21,753		20.5523 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		44,054		20.5979 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		366		20.6558 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		700		20.5118 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		998		20.5018 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		1,078		20.5317 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		1,211		20.5891 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		2,069		20.6015 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		3,206		20.7148 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		8,056		20.5204 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		9,047		20.5790 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		13,080		20.5654 GBP

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

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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?

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NO

Date of disclosure:	Â	29 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.