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:		7 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	ORD	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â
			Interests		Â		Short Positions		Â
Â	Â		Number		(%)		Number		(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:		3,929,697		1.65%		412,214		0.17%
Â	Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(2)	Derivatives (other than
	options):		384,782		0.16%		3,607,961		1.51%
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:
			4,314,479		1.81%		4,020,175		1.68%

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		100		21.1450 GBP
ORD		Purchase		252		20.7000 GBP
ORD		Purchase		767		21.1512 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,648		20.9324 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,423		21.0232 GBP
ORD		Purchase		4,214		21.1157 GBP
ORD		Purchase		4,728		21.1500 GBP
ORD		Purchase		6,688		21.1083 GBP
ORD		Purchase		8,936		20.9967 GBP
ORD		Purchase		9,345		20.2900 GBP
ORD		Purchase		10,907		20.2887 GBP
ORD		Purchase		14,018		20.2800 GBP
ORD		Purchase		16,110		21.1537 GBP
ORD		Purchase		18,564		21.0034 GBP
ORD		Purchase		22,233		20.9236 GBP
ORD		Purchase		27,102		20.8363 GBP
ORD		Purchase		35,272		20.9365 GBP
ORD		Purchase		54,863		20.8756 GBP
ORD		Purchase		94,467		20.9178 GBP
ORD		Purchase		119,006		20.8967 GBP
ORD		Purchase		119,608		20.7030 GBP
ORD		Purchase		150,000		21.1917 GBP
ORD		Purchase		150,000		21.2318 GBP
ORD		Purchase		310,000		20.7311 GBP
ORD		Purchase		482,000		20.7310 GBP
ORD		Sale		11		21.1050 GBP
ORD		Sale		748		20.9337 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,902		21.1519 GBP
ORD		Sale		3,048		21.1500 GBP
ORD		Sale		4,299		20.3374 GBP
ORD		Sale		4,531		20.7398 GBP
ORD		Sale		6,207		20.8234 GBP
ORD		Sale		8,546		21.1118 GBP
ORD		Sale		9,331		21.1240 GBP
ORD		Sale		9,689		21.1013 GBP
ORD		Sale		14,486		21.0692 GBP
ORD		Sale		18,035		20.2749 GBP
ORD		Sale		18,298		20.8915 GBP
ORD		Sale		19,331		21.0216 GBP
ORD		Sale		20,038		21.1738 GBP
ORD		Sale		22,183		20.8613 GBP
ORD		Sale		24,000		20.9093 GBP
ORD		Sale		30,685		21.1108 GBP
ORD		Sale		34,007		21.1478 GBP
ORD		Sale		34,531		20.9182 GBP
ORD		Sale		76,789		21.1907 GBP
ORD		Sale		87,234		20.9114 GBP
ORD		Sale		96,254		20.9404 GBP
ORD		Sale		582,763		20.7000 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		178		21.2391 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		2,200		21.0793 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		5,310		21.0817 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		9,103		20.5420 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		9,886		21.1021 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		11,821		20.9839 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		14,486		21.0692 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		525,000		20.7000 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		248		20.2906 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		356		21.0808 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		1,226		20.8928 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		8,936		20.9967 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		18,316		21.0130 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		62,000		20.7310 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		77,000		20.9178 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		84,426		20.7002 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		150,000		21.1917 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		150,000		21.2318 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	10 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.