Holding(s) in Company

TR-1:               notification of major interests in shares

 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of       Severn Trent PLC 
existing shares to which voting rights are attached:                         
                                                                             
2. Reason for the notification     (please tick the appropriate box          
or boxes)                                                                    
                                                                             
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                  
                                                                             
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result         
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights           
are attached                                                                 
                                                                             
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                             
                                                                             
Other (please specify):                                                      
                                                                             
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification       Newton Investment
obligation:                                                 Management       
                                                            Limited          
                                                                             
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):                       
                                                                             
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold 23/07/08         
is crossed or reached if different):                                         
                                                                             
6. Date on which issuer notified:                           24/07/08         
                                                                             
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:             Increase from    
                                                            3.99% to 4.02%   
                                                                             
8. Notified details:                                        Purchase of      
                                                            60,000 shares    
                                                                             


A: Voting rights attached to shares                                           
                                                                              
Class/type   Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the          
of shares    Triggering transaction    triggering transaction                 
                                                                              
 if possible Number of  Number of      Number Number of voting % of voting    
using the    Shares     Voting Rights  of     rights           rights         
ISIN CODE                              shares                                 
                                                                              
                                       Direct Direct Indirect  Direct Indirect
                                                                              
  Ordinary   9,399,429  3.99%          N/A    N/A    9,459,429 N/A    4.02%   
   Shares                                                                     
                                                                              
ISIN                                                                          
GB00B1FH8J72                                                                  
                                                                              
                                                                              
   
B: Financial Instruments                                                      
                                                                              
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          
                                                                              
Type of     Expiration Exercise/     Number of voting rights that may  % of   
financial   date       Conversion    be acquired if the instrument is  voting 
instrument             Period/ Date  exercised/ converted.             rights 
                                                                              
 

Total (A+B)                                                                   
                                                                              
Number of voting rights                     % of voting rights                
                                                                              
9,459,429                                   4.02%                             
                                                                              

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the 
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                     
                                                                               
Newton Investment Management Limited hold these shares as a discretionary      
Investment Manager.                                                            
                                                                               

 

Proxy Voting:                                                           
                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                    N/A    
                                                                        
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:     N/A    
                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: N/A    
      
13. Additional information:                
                                           
14. Contact name:             Kerry Porritt
                                           
15. Contact telephone number: 0121 722 4730
                                           

Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares

A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification           
obligation                                                                      
                                                                                
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)     Newton Investment       
                                                        Management Ltd           
                                                                                
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)  Mellon Financial Centre 
                                                                                
                                                        160 Queen Victoria Street
                                                                                
                                                        London EC4V 4LA         
                                                                                
Phone number                                            [phone]     
                                                                                
Other useful information (at least legal                Rachel Wheeler          
representative for legal persons)                                               
         

B:         Identity of the notifier, if applicable                              
                                                                                
Full name                                               Newton Investment  
                                                        Management Ltd     
                                                                                
Contact address                                         Mellon Financial  
                                                        Centre             
                                                                                
                                                        160 Queen Victoria 
                                                        Street             
                                                                                
                                                        London EC4V 4LA   
                                                                                
Phone number                                            [phone]               
                                                                                
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with  Discretionary    
the person or legal entity subject to the notification       Investment         
obligation)                                                  Manager            
 

C:         Additional information