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:		14 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:		895,217		0.38%		535,565		0.22%
Â		Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(2)		Derivatives (other than
		options):		0		0.00%		393,300		0.16%
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:
				895,217		0.38%		928,865		0.39%

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		69		20.8963 GBP
ORD		Purchase		155		20.6500 GBP
ORD		Purchase		474		20.8334 GBP
ORD		Purchase		500		20.6576 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,516		20.8100 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,171		20.9252 GBP
ORD		Purchase		3,000		20.8550 GBP
ORD		Purchase		3,516		20.8335 GBP
ORD		Purchase		4,000		21.0100 GBP
ORD		Purchase		6,468		20.8862 GBP
ORD		Purchase		7,000		20.8700 GBP
ORD		Purchase		7,003		20.6771 GBP
ORD		Purchase		7,460		20.7400 GBP
ORD		Purchase		8,841		20.6010 GBP
ORD		Purchase		13,516		20.8603 GBP
ORD		Purchase		15,000		21.3600 GBP
ORD		Purchase		17,622		20.7529 GBP
ORD		Purchase		24,208		20.8526 GBP
ORD		Purchase		24,500		21.1046 GBP
ORD		Purchase		25,163		20.8227 GBP
ORD		Purchase		25,895		20.8509 GBP
ORD		Purchase		26,735		20.6439 GBP
ORD		Purchase		30,353		20.8647 GBP
ORD		Purchase		34,470		20.8781 GBP
ORD		Purchase		36,475		20.7878 GBP
ORD		Purchase		36,951		20.7371 GBP
ORD		Purchase		39,759		20.9320 GBP
ORD		Purchase		42,331		20.8381 GBP
ORD		Purchase		59,636		20.7662 GBP
ORD		Purchase		76,273		20.8356 GBP
ORD		Purchase		86,337		20.5550 GBP
ORD		Purchase		117,779		20.6214 GBP
ORD		Purchase		193,680		20.9300 GBP
ORD		Purchase		196,061		20.8826 GBP
ORD		Sale		296		21.2592 GBP
ORD		Sale		471		20.9601 GBP
ORD		Sale		833		20.6061 GBP
ORD		Sale		857		20.7569 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,386		20.8384 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,492		20.9584 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,500		20.9750 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,108		21.1109 GBP
ORD		Sale		3,142		20.9913 GBP
ORD		Sale		4,675		20.8608 GBP
ORD		Sale		4,801		20.6088 GBP
ORD		Sale		5,410		20.7700 GBP
ORD		Sale		6,309		21.0625 GBP
ORD		Sale		7,145		20.9391 GBP
ORD		Sale		7,500		20.8686 GBP
ORD		Sale		9,527		20.8803 GBP
ORD		Sale		9,600		20.8000 GBP
ORD		Sale		12,581		20.8318 GBP
ORD		Sale		16,080		20.8355 GBP
ORD		Sale		18,360		20.9847 GBP
ORD		Sale		42,639		20.7842 GBP
ORD		Sale		43,920		20.7146 GBP
ORD		Sale		46,943		20.7801 GBP
ORD		Sale		52,723		20.7101 GBP
ORD		Sale		58,131		20.8660 GBP
ORD		Sale		62,523		20.7107 GBP
ORD		Sale		83,669		20.7584 GBP
ORD		Sale		110,671		20.6784 GBP
ORD		Sale		115,700		20.8094 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		CFD		Short		13,435		20.6747 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:		15 May 2013
Contact name:		Rajesh Muthanna
Telephone number:		0203 555 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.