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:		4 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:		1,598,282		0.67%		372,375		0.16%
Â		Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(2)		Derivatives (other than
		options):		368,595		0.15%		1,124,513		0.47%
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:
				1,966,877		0.82%		1,496,888		0.63%

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		101		20.4700 GBP
ORD		Purchase		504		20.3200 GBP
ORD		Purchase		772		20.3119 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,124		20.3600 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,356		20.3098 GBP
ORD		Purchase		3,836		20.3281 GBP
ORD		Purchase		3,876		20.3736 GBP
ORD		Purchase		4,190		20.3180 GBP
ORD		Purchase		4,616		20.3178 GBP
ORD		Purchase		5,017		20.3286 GBP
ORD		Purchase		9,708		20.3197 GBP
ORD		Purchase		10,532		20.3187 GBP
ORD		Purchase		10,692		20.3487 GBP
ORD		Purchase		12,587		20.3461 GBP
ORD		Purchase		21,810		20.3370 GBP
ORD		Purchase		31,051		20.3380 GBP
ORD		Purchase		50,000		20.3468 GBP
ORD		Purchase		52,988		20.3494 GBP
ORD		Purchase		61,630		20.3379 GBP
ORD		Purchase		129,602		20.2759 GBP
ORD		Purchase		200,000		20.3537 GBP
ORD		Purchase		325,000		20.3611 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,052		20.3300 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,353		20.3100 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,994		20.3194 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,637		20.3732 GBP
ORD		Sale		3,340		20.3137 GBP
ORD		Sale		4,460		20.3135 GBP
ORD		Sale		5,644		20.3568 GBP
ORD		Sale		10,864		20.3214 GBP
ORD		Sale		15,228		20.3714 GBP
ORD		Sale		19,077		20.3235 GBP
ORD		Sale		19,474		20.3051 GBP
ORD		Sale		22,865		20.3037 GBP
ORD		Sale		32,808		20.3177 GBP
ORD		Sale		51,548		20.3524 GBP
ORD		Sale		55,048		20.3576 GBP
ORD		Sale		100,000		20.3384 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		2,637		20.3732 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		5,644		20.3568 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		17,272		20.3613 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		436		20.3057 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		772		20.3119 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		1,869		20.3760 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		2,007		20.3715 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		4,616		20.3178 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		17,913		20.3238 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		50,000		20.3467 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		525,000		20.3583 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	5 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.