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:		3 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				Short Positions
Â		Â		Number		(%)		Number		(%)
(1)		Relevant securities owned
		and/or controlled:		1,093,217		0.46%		460,410		0.19%
Â		Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(2)		Derivatives (other than
		options):		437,948		0.18%		616,806		0.26%
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:
				1,531,165		0.64%		1,077,216		0.45%

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		242		20.5500 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,096		20.5840 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,256		20.5069 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,352		20.4477 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,743		20.4494 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,048		20.6085 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,099		20.4758 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,705		20.4800 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,905		20.4613 GBP
ORD		Purchase		7,580		20.5385 GBP
ORD		Purchase		10,981		20.5073 GBP
ORD		Purchase		11,204		20.5087 GBP
ORD		Purchase		11,209		20.4200 GBP
ORD		Purchase		11,775		20.5556 GBP
ORD		Purchase		13,148		20.4912 GBP
ORD		Purchase		29,342		20.4944 GBP
ORD		Purchase		50,488		20.4611 GBP
ORD		Sale		242		20.4200 GBP
ORD		Sale		859		20.5050 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,090		20.4903 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,759		20.4937 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,925		20.5079 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,115		20.4828 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,859		20.5392 GBP
ORD		Sale		3,250		20.5443 GBP
ORD		Sale		4,520		20.5822 GBP
ORD		Sale		6,003		20.4928 GBP
ORD		Sale		7,547		20.5366 GBP
ORD		Sale		7,663		20.5500 GBP
ORD		Sale		8,029		20.5105 GBP
ORD		Sale		8,656		20.5222 GBP
ORD		Sale		10,011		20.4854 GBP
ORD		Sale		13,269		20.4306 GBP
ORD		Sale		25,818		20.5072 GBP
ORD		Sale		60,440		20.4810 GBP
ORD		Sale		175,000		20.5300 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		200		20.4494 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		1,915		20.4863 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		3,270		20.5501 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		3,729		20.5254 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		7,547		20.5366 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		10,019		20.4636 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		175,000		20.5300 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		1,651		20.5434 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		2,099		20.4758 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		3,406		20.4846 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		4,313		20.4701 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

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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	4 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.