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)	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:		21 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	ORD	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â
			Interests		Â		Short Positions		Â
Â	Â		Number		(%)		Number		(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:		1,204,851		0.50%		422,946		0.18%
Â	Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(2)	Derivatives (other than
	options):		420,906		0.18%		640,077		0.27%
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:
			1,625,757		0.68%		1,063,023		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		173		20.5200 GBP
ORD		Purchase		203		20.4221 GBP
ORD		Purchase		314		20.4200 GBP
ORD		Purchase		907		20.4467 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,651		20.5213 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,684		20.5279 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,000		20.4800 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,495		20.4597 GBP
ORD		Purchase		5,054		20.5220 GBP
ORD		Purchase		6,052		20.4579 GBP
ORD		Purchase		6,864		20.4577 GBP
ORD		Purchase		7,289		20.4489 GBP
ORD		Purchase		16,172		20.4522 GBP
ORD		Purchase		25,000		20.5000 GBP
ORD		Purchase		100,000		20.4593 GBP
ORD		Purchase		175,655		20.4740 GBP
ORD		Sale		466		20.5029 GBP
ORD		Sale		501		20.4100 GBP
ORD		Sale		610		20.4802 GBP
ORD		Sale		777		20.4300 GBP
ORD		Sale		784		20.5000 GBP
ORD		Sale		907		20.4467 GBP
ORD		Sale		940		20.5180 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,121		20.4200 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,346		20.4397 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,495		20.4600 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,574		20.4270 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,686		20.4953 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,788		20.4766 GBP
ORD		Sale		3,092		20.4573 GBP
ORD		Sale		4,157		20.4800 GBP
ORD		Sale		4,986		20.4645 GBP
ORD		Sale		5,022		20.4860 GBP
ORD		Sale		10,623		20.4520 GBP
ORD		Sale		218,518		20.4662 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		248		20.5491 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		1,854		20.4105 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		2,071		20.5009 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		5,639		20.4833 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		207		20.5208 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		1,986		20.5080 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		4,545		20.5333 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		10,328		20.4733 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		25,000		20.5000 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	22 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.