AGM Statement

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