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:		6 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:		3,353,975		1.40%		371,797		0.16%
Â	Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(2)	Derivatives (other than
	options):		369,365		0.15%		2,888,020		1.21%
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:
			3,723,340		1.56%		3,259,817		1.36%

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		46		20.3000 GBP
ORD		Purchase		282		20.2000 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,157		20.3142 GBP
ORD		Purchase		4,214		20.3101 GBP
ORD		Purchase		7,946		20.3070 GBP
ORD		Purchase		8,800		20.2310 GBP
ORD		Purchase		10,540		20.3005 GBP
ORD		Purchase		17,783		20.2510 GBP
ORD		Purchase		28,036		20.2900 GBP
ORD		Purchase		35,932		20.2941 GBP
ORD		Purchase		49,082		20.3420 GBP
ORD		Purchase		55,251		20.3185 GBP
ORD		Purchase		70,933		20.3135 GBP
ORD		Purchase		73,460		20.3165 GBP
ORD		Purchase		100,000		20.3705 GBP
ORD		Purchase		106,727		20.3137 GBP
ORD		Purchase		158,528		20.3145 GBP
ORD		Purchase		160,000		20.3428 GBP
ORD		Purchase		180,000		20.3004 GBP
ORD		Sale		220		20.3189 GBP
ORD		Sale		300		20.3300 GBP
ORD		Sale		395		20.2857 GBP
ORD		Sale		669		20.3107 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,859		20.3192 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,632		20.2873 GBP
ORD		Sale		3,038		20.3026 GBP
ORD		Sale		7,919		20.2838 GBP
ORD		Sale		10,139		20.3076 GBP
ORD		Sale		11,710		20.3410 GBP
ORD		Sale		14,319		20.2788 GBP
ORD		Sale		18,730		20.2371 GBP
ORD		Sale		27,996		20.3043 GBP
ORD		Sale		33,126		20.3038 GBP
ORD		Sale		51,854		20.3032 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		395		20.2857 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		412		20.3300 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		557		20.3069 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		11,710		20.3410 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		249		20.2556 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		908		20.3302 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		4,214		20.3101 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		49,082		20.3420 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

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	7 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.