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:		11 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:		4,876,419		2.04%		457,306		0.19%
Â	Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(2)	Derivatives (other than
	options):		454,874		0.19%		4,330,107		1.81%
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:
			5,331,293		2.23%		4,787,413		2.00%

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		306		19.2976 GBP
ORD		Purchase		691		19.5545 GBP
ORD		Purchase		4,013		19.4262 GBP
ORD		Purchase		5,430		19.2635 GBP
ORD		Purchase		5,644		19.3374 GBP
ORD		Purchase		7,957		19.3729 GBP
ORD		Purchase		11,863		19.4255 GBP
ORD		Purchase		14,302		19.3700 GBP
ORD		Purchase		16,564		19.3829 GBP
ORD		Purchase		16,876		19.3438 GBP
ORD		Purchase		21,799		19.3690 GBP
ORD		Purchase		23,788		19.3960 GBP
ORD		Purchase		30,457		19.3509 GBP
ORD		Purchase		34,586		19.3296 GBP
ORD		Purchase		57,920		19.3683 GBP
ORD		Purchase		100,000		19.4764 GBP
ORD		Purchase		173,099		19.3436 GBP
ORD		Sale		186		19.4482 GBP
ORD		Sale		195		19.4299 GBP
ORD		Sale		491		19.4200 GBP
ORD		Sale		988		19.3690 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,015		19.2893 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,202		19.4005 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,520		19.3926 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,764		19.3272 GBP
ORD		Sale		3,584		19.3863 GBP
ORD		Sale		7,060		19.4279 GBP
ORD		Sale		9,280		19.3143 GBP
ORD		Sale		11,529		19.3697 GBP
ORD		Sale		16,344		19.3365 GBP
ORD		Sale		17,428		19.3410 GBP
ORD		Sale		36,209		19.3612 GBP
ORD		Sale		43,437		19.2529 GBP
ORD		Sale		57,818		19.3026 GBP
ORD		Sale		100,000		19.2704 GBP
ORD		Sale		103,962		19.3809 GBP
ORD		Sale		130,374		19.3823 GBP
ORD		Sale		140,660		19.3700 GBP
ORD		Sale		150,000		19.1837 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		557		19.4491 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		2,202		19.4005 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		2,764		19.3272 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		3,360		19.3411 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		10,424		19.3920 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		14,950		19.3776 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		100,000		19.2703 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		108,518		19.3813 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		125,000		19.3700 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		150,000		19.1837 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		567		19.3441 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		1,814		19.3926 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		5,653		19.2520 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		6,360		19.3352 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		11,679		19.3649 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		24,345		19.3685 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		100,000		19.4763 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	12 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.