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)	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:		29 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	Â	ORD	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â
				Interests		Â		Short Positions		Â
Â		Â		Number		(%)		Number		(%)
(1)		Relevant securities owned
		and/or controlled:		1,224,526		0.51%		402,658		0.17%
Â		Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(2)		Derivatives (other than
		options):		401,816		0.17%		739,377		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:
				1,626,342		0.68%		1,142,035		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		24		20.5400 GBP
ORD		Purchase		69		20.3315 GBP
ORD		Purchase		112		20.5690 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,303		20.3588 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,445		20.3997 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,819		20.3570 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,529		20.3609 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,748		20.3856 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,963		20.3789 GBP
ORD		Purchase		3,107		20.3393 GBP
ORD		Purchase		4,500		20.3660 GBP
ORD		Purchase		5,745		20.4195 GBP
ORD		Purchase		9,797		20.3500 GBP
ORD		Purchase		13,540		20.4286 GBP
ORD		Purchase		14,388		20.3862 GBP
ORD		Purchase		16,604		20.3836 GBP
ORD		Sale		35		20.3500 GBP
ORD		Sale		84		20.3200 GBP
ORD		Sale		299		20.3225 GBP
ORD		Sale		368		20.3271 GBP
ORD		Sale		571		20.4212 GBP
ORD		Sale		629		20.3478 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,031		20.3861 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,293		20.4199 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,017		20.4729 GBP
ORD		Sale		3,222		20.3946 GBP
ORD		Sale		4,001		20.4252 GBP
ORD		Sale		6,780		20.3920 GBP
ORD		Sale		6,911		20.3883 GBP
ORD		Sale		10,853		20.3438 GBP
ORD		Sale		11,022		20.4145 GBP
ORD		Sale		11,707		20.4044 GBP
ORD		Sale		16,261		20.4028 GBP
ORD		Sale		44,296		20.3679 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		1,239		20.3934 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		3,677		20.4135 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		4,188		20.3765 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		10,853		20.3438 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		183		20.6008 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		1,210		20.3619 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		1,716		20.3317 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		2,502		20.3323 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		4,500		20.3659 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		5,196		20.4108 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		13,970		20.4421 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:		30 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.