Holding(s) in Company

Financial Services Authority

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                                      
of existing shares to which voting rights are                                           
attached:                                                          Severn Trent Plc     
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):              
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                      Yes    
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may                
result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights               
are attached.                                                                           
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to               
qualifying financial instruments                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Other (please specify):                                                                 
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                             Legal & General Group Plc  
                                                                      (Group)           
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                     Legal & General Investment 
notification obligation:                                     Management Limited (LGIM)  
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                            Legal & General Group Plc (L
                                                                        &G)             
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                               Legal & General Assurance  
 (if different from 3.):                                       (Pensions Management)    
                                                                   Limited (PMC)        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                                  06 August 2009       
reached:                                                                                
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                  07 August 2009       
                                                                                        
                                                                  Below 5% (Group)      
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                                  
reached:                                                                                
                                                                  Below 5% (LGIM)       
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                 From 5% - 4% (L&G)     
                                                                                        


 

8. Notified details:                                                                                       
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                        
                                                                                                           
Class/type          Situation previous             Resulting situation after the triggering transaction    
of                   to the triggering                                                                     
shares                  transaction                                                                        
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
if possible      Number           Number                         Number of voting     % of  voting rights  
using              of               of                                rights                               
the ISIN         Shares           Voting           Number                                                  
CODE                              Rights         of shares                                                 
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
                                                                 Direct    Indirect   Direct    Indirect   
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
GB00B1FH8J72   15,551,013       15,551,013                               Below 5%                          
                                                                                                           
ORD              (LGIM)           (LGIM)                                  (LGIM)                           
                                                                                                           
               14,162,139       14,162,139                                                                 
                                                 9,834,438     9,834,438               4.15                
GBP 0.9789        (L&G)            (L&G)                                                                   
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                        
                                                                                                           
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                       
                                                                                                           
                                                               Number of voting                            
                                                               rights that may be                          
Type of financial   Expiration       Exercise/                 acquired if the             % of voting     
instrument          date             Conversion Period         instrument is               rights          
                                                               exercised/ converted.                       
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                              
Instruments                                                                                                
                                                                                                           
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                       
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
Type of       Exercise price Expiration     Exercise/         Number of voting rights   % of voting rights 
financial                    date           Conversion period instrument refers to                         
instrument                                                                                                 
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
                                                                                        Nominal    Delta    
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
Total (A+B+C)                                                                                              
                                                                                                           
Number of voting rights                            Percentage of voting rights                             
                                                                                                           
                                Below 5% (LGIM)                                                            
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
                    9,834,438 (L&G)                                         4.15 (L&G)                     
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                              
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) (Below 5% =                     
Total Position)                                                                         
                                                                                        
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH)                        
(Direct and Indirect)  (Below 5% = Total Position)                                      
                                                                                        
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) (Below                  
5% = Total Position)                                                                    
                                                                                        
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (9,834,438 - 4.15% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)         
                                                                                        
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited  Legal & General               
(Direct) (LGIMHD) (8,996,022 - 3.80% = PMC)               Insurance Holdings            
                                                          Limited (Direct)              
                                                          (LGIH)                        
                                                                                        
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited   Legal & General               
(PMC) (8,996,022 - 3.80% = PMC)                           Assurance Society             
                                                          Limited  (LGAS &              
                                                          LGPL)                         
                                                                                        
                                                          Legal & General               
                                                          Pensions Limited              
                                                          (Direct)  (LGPL)              
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                       N/A                 
                                                                                        
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                 N/A                 
to hold:                                                                                
                                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                   N/A                 
voting rights:                                                                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                 Notification using the total voting rights figure of   
13. Additional information:                           236,543,480                       
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                  Michelle Woodall                     
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                       0121 722 4840