AGM Statement

Severn Trent Plc (the "Company")                        

            Results of the Annual General Meeting held 21 July 2009            
       at the International Convention Centre, Broad Street, Birmingham        

The Directors are pleased to announce that the shareholders of Severn Trent Plc
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 28 May 2009.

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 11 and 15 and 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions and
resolutions 12 to 14 were passed as special resolutions.

The Meeting was attended by 142 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, 57.44% 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 accounts and the reports of the directors and the
auditors for the year ended 31 March 2009

For                        Against                   Withheld                  
                                                                               
135,285,927                336,897                   289,385                   
                                                                               
99.75%                     0.25%                                               

Resolution 2: to declare a final dividend in respect of the year ended 31 March
2009 of

41.05 pence for each ordinary share of 9717/19 pence

For                        Against                   Withheld                  
                                                                               
135,334,242                277,703                   300,764                   
                                                                               
99.80%                     0.20%                                               

Resolution 3: to approve the Directors' remuneration report for the year ended 
31 March 2009

For                        Against                   Withheld                 
                                                                              
124,391,356                3,035,770                 8,484,603                
                                                                              
97.62%                     2.38%                                              

Resolution 4: to reappoint Tony Ballance as a director

For                        Against                   Withheld                  
                                                                               
133.457,471                676,539                   1,776,255                 
                                                                               
99.50%                     0.50%                                               

Resolution 5: to reappoint Sir John Egan as a director

For                        Against                   Withheld                  
                                                                               
134,768,135                791,151                   353,451                   
                                                                               
99.42%                     0.58%                                               

Resolution 6: to reappoint Gordon Fryett as a director

For                        Against                   Withheld                  
                                                                               
135,064,195                475,635                   372,979                   
                                                                               
99.65%                     0.35%                                               

Resolution 7: to reappoint Tony Wray as a director

For                        Against                   Withheld                 
                                                                              
131,444,016                2,700,963                 1,767,841                
                                                                              
97.99%                     2.01%                                              

Resolution 8: to reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the Company and to
authorise the directors to determine their remuneration

For                        Against                   Withheld                  
                                                                               
135,282,002                295,310                   335,055                   
                                                                               
99.78%                     0.22%                                               

Resolution 9: to authorise political donations

For                        Against                   Withheld                 
                                                                              
132,061,690                1,683,466                 2,166,307                
                                                                              
98.74%                     1.26%                                              

Resolution 10: to increase the authorised share capital

For                        Against                   Withheld                  
                                                                               
134,827,502                567,622                   517,485                   
                                                                               
99.58%                     0.42%                                               

Resolution 11: authority to allot shares

For                        Against                   Withheld                 
                                                                              
123,088,486                2,950,957                 9,873,166                
                                                                              
97.66%                     2.34%                                              

Resolution 12: disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights

For                        Against                   Withheld                  
                                                                               
134,760,806                371,469                   778,424                   
                                                                               
99.73%                     0.27%                                               

Resolution 13: authority for the Company to purchase its own shares

For                        Against                   Withheld                  
                                                                               
135,116,449                446,299                   350,069                   
                                                                               
99.67%                     0.33%                                               

Resolution 14: reduce notice period for general meetings

For                        Against                    Withheld                 
                                                                               
132,911,238                2,619,753                  381,757                  
                                                                               
98.07%                     1.93%                                               

Resolution 15: renew the Severn Trent Sharesave Scheme

For                        Against                   Withheld                  
                                                                               
135,057,499                469,336                   384,265                   
                                                                               
99.65%                     0.35%                                               

Resolution 16: approve the Severn Trent Share Matching Plan

For                        Against                   Withheld                 
                                                                              
123,022,412                3,832,554                 9,055,077                
                                                                              
96.98%                     3.02%                                              

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