REG-Severn Trent PLC: AGM Statement

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Severn Trent Plc (the "Company")

Results of the Annual General Meeting held 22 July 2008

at the International Convention Centre, Broad Street, Birmingham

The Directors are pleased to announce that the shareholders of Severn Trent Plc
today passed all the resolutions that were proposed at this year's Annual
General Meeting, as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 18
June 2008.

All of the Resolutions were passed at the Meeting on a poll. The total number
of votes received for each resolution is set out below in Appendix A.

Resolutions 1 to 13 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 13 to
16 were passed as special resolutions.

The Meeting was attended by 181 shareholders.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, two copies of the resolutions passed at
the Meeting, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, have been
submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for
inspection at the Financial Service Authority's Document Viewing Facility,
which is situated at:

The Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London

E14 5HS

In total, 52.06% of the issued share capital was voted and the percentages
shown below are rounded to two decimal places.

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Appendix A

Resolution 1: to receive the Report of the Directors and the audited accounts

for the year ended 31 March 2008

For Against Withheld

122,418,674 167,097 28,278

99.86% 0.14

Resolution 2: to declare a final dividend in respect of the year ended 31 March
2008 of 41.29 pence for each ordinary share of 97 17/19 pence

For Against Withheld

122,605,134 4,137 4,006

100.00% 0.00%

Resolution 3: to reappoint Tony Ballance as a Director

For Against Withheld

120,921,402 580,060 1,112,369

99.52% 0.48%

Resolution 4: to reappoint Martin Kane as a Director

For Against Withheld

120,919,580 584,659 1,108,992

99.52% 0.48%

Resolution 5: to reappoint Martin Lamb as a Director

For Against Withheld

122,031,669 505,937 75,625

99.59% 0.41%

Resolution 6: to reappoint Baroness Noakes as a Director

For Against Withheld

121,935,469 601,634 75,289

99.51% 0.49%

Resolution 7: to reappoint Andy Smith as a Director

For Against Withheld

120,898,448 604,649 1,110,134

99.50% 0.50%

Resolution 8: to reappoint Bernard Bulkin as a Director

For Against Withheld

121,786,141 730,466 95,783

99.40% 0.60%

Resolution 9: to reappoint Richard Davey as a Director

For Against Withheld

121,993,203 549,129 71,500

99.55% 0.45%

Resolution 10: to reappoint Michael McKeon as a Director

For Against Withheld

120,897,946 607,273 1,108,606

99.50% 0.50%

Resolution 11: to reappoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as auditors of the Company
and to authorise the Directors to determine their remuneration.

For Against Withheld

122,123,076 450,128 36,995

99.63% 0.37%

Resolution 12: to approve the Directors' remuneration report for the year ended
31 March 2008

For Against Withheld

112,253,473 3,220,432 7,140,245

97.21% 2.79%

Resolution 13: authority to allot shares

For Against Withheld

121,851,700 681,000 81,501

99.44% 0.56%

Resolution 14: disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights

For Against Withheld

121,992,817 475,702 144,268

99.61% 0.39%

Resolution 15: authority for the Company to purchase its own shares

For Against Withheld

122,363,123 164,373 86,520

99.87% 0.13%

Resolution 16: approval and adoption of new Articles of Association

For Against Withheld

120,475,887 1,994,318 141,459

98.37% 1.63%

Notes

1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been
included in the "for" total.

2. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation
of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.

ENDS

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