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:		15 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				Short Positions
Â		Â		Number		(%)		Number		(%)
(1)		Relevant securities owned
		and/or controlled:		953,128		0.40%		496,510		0.21%
Â		Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(2)		Derivatives (other than
		options):		496,485		0.21%		449,543		0.19%
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:
				1,449,613		0.61%		946,053		0.40%

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		219		20.8600 GBP
ORD		Purchase		383		20.8448 GBP
ORD		Purchase		624		20.4867 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,265		20.6191 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,573		20.9000 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,961		20.5035 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,180		20.5991 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,792		20.7930 GBP
ORD		Purchase		3,747		20.8194 GBP
ORD		Purchase		3,882		20.4481 GBP
ORD		Purchase		4,050		20.5676 GBP
ORD		Purchase		4,589		20.5887 GBP
ORD		Purchase		7,118		20.5665 GBP
ORD		Purchase		7,420		20.8621 GBP
ORD		Purchase		9,691		20.6369 GBP
ORD		Purchase		15,000		20.8700 GBP
ORD		Purchase		15,918		20.5518 GBP
ORD		Purchase		16,836		20.5129 GBP
ORD		Purchase		20,500		20.4900 GBP
ORD		Purchase		25,000		20.5200 GBP
ORD		Purchase		30,828		20.5539 GBP
ORD		Purchase		31,541		20.6227 GBP
ORD		Purchase		85,495		20.3348 GBP
ORD		Sale		137		20.5048 GBP
ORD		Sale		723		20.8902 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,349		20.8963 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,389		20.4819 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,639		20.5193 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,000		20.5500 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,115		20.4993 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,172		20.2896 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,464		20.8707 GBP
ORD		Sale		4,170		20.9000 GBP
ORD		Sale		5,258		20.5194 GBP
ORD		Sale		5,785		20.5513 GBP
ORD		Sale		6,923		20.8890 GBP
ORD		Sale		7,112		20.5292 GBP
ORD		Sale		7,137		20.6018 GBP
ORD		Sale		8,831		20.5221 GBP
ORD		Sale		9,211		20.8476 GBP
ORD		Sale		13,242		20.7706 GBP
ORD		Sale		13,612		20.5776 GBP
ORD		Sale		20,248		20.6262 GBP
ORD		Sale		29,463		20.5503 GBP
ORD		Sale		48,926		20.5739 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		137		20.5048 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		1,427		20.6256 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		4,889		20.8995 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		5,012		20.8817 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		5,258		20.5194 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		7,270		20.8797 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		383		20.8448 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		1,124		20.5875 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		1,265		20.6191 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		13,877		20.7577 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		16,836		20.5129 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		25,000		20.5200 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		30,828		20.5539 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		29,978		20.5937 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?

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NO

Date of disclosure:	Â	16 May 2013
Contact name:	Â	Rajesh Muthanna Â
Telephone number:	Â	020 3555 4634 Â

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.