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:		16 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:		986,692		0.41%		494,696		0.21%
Â		Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(2)		Derivatives (other than
		options):		469,833		0.20%		488,713		0.20%
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:
				1,456,525		0.61%		983,409		0.41%

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		1,484		20.6700 GBP
ORD		Purchase		3,470		20.6671 GBP
ORD		Purchase		4,111		20.6794 GBP
ORD		Purchase		4,806		20.7132 GBP
ORD		Purchase		4,987		20.6925 GBP
ORD		Purchase		6,633		20.6761 GBP
ORD		Purchase		8,945		20.6636 GBP
ORD		Purchase		9,053		20.6628 GBP
ORD		Purchase		9,122		20.6448 GBP
ORD		Purchase		9,161		20.6655 GBP
ORD		Purchase		16,828		20.6860 GBP
ORD		Purchase		19,494		20.6769 GBP
ORD		Purchase		50,000		20.7000 GBP
ORD		Sale		110		20.6660 GBP
ORD		Sale		906		20.6745 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,442		20.6835 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,496		20.6716 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,578		20.6200 GBP
ORD		Sale		3,362		20.6798 GBP
ORD		Sale		3,404		20.7624 GBP
ORD		Sale		3,802		20.7709 GBP
ORD		Sale		4,342		20.6578 GBP
ORD		Sale		4,932		20.7217 GBP
ORD		Sale		6,217		20.6522 GBP
ORD		Sale		6,376		20.6500 GBP
ORD		Sale		7,221		20.6640 GBP
ORD		Sale		8,975		20.6944 GBP
ORD		Sale		10,897		20.6848 GBP
ORD		Sale		16,528		20.6741 GBP
ORD		Sale		28,128		20.7045 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		1,000		20.6769 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		5,531		20.6876 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		9,830		20.6690 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		10,830		20.6637 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		4,806		20.7132 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		9,093		20.6719 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		11,048		20.6766 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		18,066		20.6602 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		50,000		20.7000 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

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Number of securities

Â

Exercise price per unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

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Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion

Â

Details

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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	17 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.