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):                                                                 
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                    Legal & General Group Plc (L
notification obligation:                                                &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                                 30 November 2009      
reached:                                                                                
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                 2 December 2009       
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                                  
reached:                                                         From 4% - 3% (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                                                                           
                                                                                                            
                 Number          Number                        Number of voting       % of  voting rights   
if possible        of              of                               rights                                  
using            Shares          Voting         Number                                                      
the ISIN                         Rights        of shares                                                    
CODE                                                                                                        
                                                               Direct     Indirect   Direct     Indirect    
                                                                                                            
GB00B1FH8J72                                                                                                
                       9,834,438               9,403,273     9,403,273                3.97                                                                      
ORD                                                                                                         
                                                                                                            
                    (As at 7/08/09)                                                                         
GBP 0.9789                                                                                                  
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
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       instrument refers to                            
instrument                                 period                                                           
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
                                                                                     Nominal      Delta     
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
Total (A+B+C)                                                                                               
                                                                                                            
Number of voting rights                            Percentage of voting rights                              
                                                                                                            
       9,403,273                                                3.97                           
                                                                                                            


 

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)                                                                                 
                                                                                        
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings)                                        
Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)                                                   
                                                                                        
Legal & General Investment Management Limited                                           
(Indirect) (LGIM)                                                                       
                                                                                        
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (9,403,273 -3.97 % = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)         
                                                                                        
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings)  Legal & General Insurance             
Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (8,571,057 -3.62 % =    Holdings Limited (Direct)             
PMC)                                              (LGIH)                                
                                                                                        
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management)   Legal & General Assurance             
Limited  (PMC) (8,571,057 -3.62 % = PMC)          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:                          236,575,900                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                   Aline Campbell                      
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                       0121 722 4414