AGM Statement

Severn Trent Plc (the "Company")                        

            Results of the Annual General Meeting held 20 July 2010            

       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 27 May 2010.

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 14 to
17 were passed as special resolutions.

The Meeting was attended by 158 shareholders.

In accordance with Listing Rules 9.6.1 and 9.6.2, two copies of the Company's
new articles of association which were adopted at the Meeting and 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, 55.07% 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 2010

For                 Against             Percentage of share Withheld           
                                        capital voted                          
                                                                               
129,868,856         273,573             54.91%              378,230            
                                                                               
99.79%              0.21%                                                      

Resolution 2: to declare a final dividend in respect of the year ended 31 March
2010 of

45.61 pence for each ordinary share of 97 17/19 pence

For                 Against             Percentage of share Withheld           
                                        capital voted                          
                                                                               
130,336,172         13,437              54.99%              171,447            
                                                                               
99.99%              0.01%                                                      

Resolution 3: to approve the Directors' remuneration report for the year ended 
31 March 2010

For                 Against             Percentage of share Withheld           
                                        capital voted                          
                                                                               
126,992,149         2,531,200           54.65%              997,707            
                                                                               
98.05%              1.95%                                                      

Resolution 4: to reappoint Andrew Duff as a director

For                 Against             Percentage of share Withheld           
                                        capital voted                          
                                                                               
129,497,421         751,658             54.95%              270,989            
                                                                               
99.42%              0.58%                                                      

Resolution 5: to reappoint Martin Kane as a director

For                 Against             Percentage of share Withheld           
                                        capital voted                          
                                                                               
126,947,142         1,928,870           54.37%              1,644,964          
                                                                               
98.50%              1.50%                                                      

Resolution 6: to reappoint Martin Lamb as a director

For                 Against             Percentage of share Withheld           
                                        capital voted                          
                                                                               
129,354,433         815,136             54.92%              351,407            
                                                                               
99.37%              0.63%                                                      

Resolution 7: to reappoint Baroness Noakes as a director

For                 Against             Percentage of share Withheld           
                                        capital voted                          
                                                                               
129,161,317         1,095,437           54.96%              264,302            
                                                                               
99.16%              0.84%                                                      

Resolution 8: to reappoint Andy Smith as a director

For                 Against             Percentage of share Withheld           
                                        capital voted                          
                                                                               
126,837,196         2,035,740           54.37%              1,648,120          
                                                                               
98.42%              1.58%                                                      

Resolution 9: to reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the Company

For                 Against             Percentage of share Withheld           
                                        capital voted                          
                                                                               
129,849,959         447,694             54.97%              222,683            
                                                                               
99.66%              0.34%                                                      

Resolution 10: to authorise the directors to determine the auditors'
remuneration

For                 Against             Percentage of share Withheld           
                                        capital voted                          
                                                                               
130,016,382         277,931             54.97%              225,808            
                                                                               
99.79%              0.21%                                                      

Resolution 11: to authorise political donations

For                 Against             Percentage of share Withheld           
                                        capital voted                          
                                                                               
127,201,475         2,521,375           54.73%              798,200            
                                                                               
98.06%              1.94%                                                      

Resolution 12: to ratify infringements of duty to restrict borrowings

For                 Against             Percentage of share Withheld           
                                        capital voted                          
                                                                               
127,700,490         2,123,081           54.77%              697,447            
                                                                               
98.36%              1.64%                                                      

Resolution 13: authority to allot shares

For                 Against             Percentage of share Withheld           
                                        capital voted                          
                                                                               
124,750,244         3,730,215           54.21%              2,040,597          
                                                                               
97.10%              2.90%                                                      

Resolution 14: disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights

For                 Against             Percentage of share Withheld           
                                        capital voted                          
                                                                               
129,382,122         643,283             54.86%              494,554            
                                                                               
99.51%              0.49%                                                      

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

For                 Against             Percentage of share Withheld           
                                        capital voted                          
                                                                               
129,607,986         664,769             54.96%              247,104            
                                                                               
99.49%              0.51%                                                      

Resolution 16: reduce notice period for general meetings

For                 Against             Percentage of share Withheld           
                                        capital voted                          
                                                                               
124,193,056         5,978,934           54.92%              349,250            
                                                                               
95.41%              4.59%                                                      

Resolution 17: adopt new Articles of Association

For                 Against             Percentage of share Withheld           
                                        capital voted                          
                                                                               
127,983,084         1,029,377           54.43%              1,507,863          
                                                                               
99.20%              0.80%                                                      

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.

3. Issued ordinary share capital at 18 July 2010: 237,022,613 shares.

ENDS


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