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:		10 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	Â	ORD	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â
				Interests		Â		Short Positions		Â
Â		Â		Number		(%)		Number		(%)
(1)		Relevant securities owned
		and/or controlled:		4,867,240		2.04%		371,227		0.16%
Â		Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(2)		Derivatives (other than
		options):		368,795		0.15%		4,443,958		1.86%
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:
				5,236,035		2.19%		4,815,185		2.02%

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		140		19.8900 GBP
ORD		Purchase		315		19.4600 GBP
ORD		Purchase		528		19.4800 GBP
ORD		Purchase		569		19.5232 GBP
ORD		Purchase		600		19.6029 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,211		19.8014 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,342		19.8088 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,852		19.7828 GBP
ORD		Purchase		3,675		19.6064 GBP
ORD		Purchase		4,135		19.4877 GBP
ORD		Purchase		5,536		19.5725 GBP
ORD		Purchase		7,211		19.5916 GBP
ORD		Purchase		7,289		19.5989 GBP
ORD		Purchase		10,193		19.6666 GBP
ORD		Purchase		12,070		19.6400 GBP
ORD		Purchase		17,048		19.7649 GBP
ORD		Purchase		17,604		19.5811 GBP
ORD		Purchase		19,102		19.6253 GBP
ORD		Purchase		28,227		19.6402 GBP
ORD		Purchase		28,407		19.8136 GBP
ORD		Purchase		30,000		19.8797 GBP
ORD		Purchase		32,999		19.6524 GBP
ORD		Purchase		34,948		19.5100 GBP
ORD		Purchase		39,930		19.6159 GBP
ORD		Purchase		50,000		19.8899 GBP
ORD		Purchase		80,889		19.6271 GBP
ORD		Purchase		164,538		19.6282 GBP
ORD		Purchase		175,500		19.5244 GBP
ORD		Purchase		180,112		19.6925 GBP
ORD		Sale		370		19.7622 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,541		19.5440 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,606		19.7223 GBP
ORD		Sale		3,240		19.4600 GBP
ORD		Sale		4,135		19.4823 GBP
ORD		Sale		4,241		19.4900 GBP
ORD		Sale		5,464		19.6128 GBP
ORD		Sale		5,483		19.7316 GBP
ORD		Sale		6,425		19.5924 GBP
ORD		Sale		7,924		19.5862 GBP
ORD		Sale		10,913		19.5390 GBP
ORD		Sale		11,670		19.6699 GBP
ORD		Sale		26,823		19.6268 GBP
ORD		Sale		28,657		19.5050 GBP
ORD		Sale		32,345		19.6230 GBP
ORD		Sale		34,948		19.5100 GBP
ORD		Sale		40,639		19.5835 GBP
ORD		Sale		69,939		19.6021 GBP
ORD		Sale		83,604		19.5805 GBP
ORD		Sale		100,161		19.6379 GBP
ORD		Sale		100,345		19.5267 GBP
ORD		Sale		100,938		19.6530 GBP
ORD		Sale		164,000		19.5706 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		357		19.6576 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		5,483		19.7317 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		15,238		19.6079 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		16,124		19.6321 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		30,000		19.8797 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		43,859		19.5684 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		223,150		21.1016 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		358		19.6057 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		569		19.5232 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		600		19.6029 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		1,339		19.7793 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		19,626		19.6027 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		20,870		19.6857 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		50,000		19.8899 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		60,000		19.8797 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		180,112		19.6924 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		446,300		21.1016 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

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

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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

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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:	11 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.