Result of AGM

Severn Trent Plc (the "Company")                        

Summary of the Annual General Meeting held on 25 July 2006 at the International
                         Convention Centre, 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 22 June 2006.

The Meeting was attended by 215 shareholders.

All of the Resolutions were passed at the Meeting on a show of hands but,
detailed below, are the proxy votes that were received from shareholders prior
to the meeting. In total, 50.40% of the issued share capital was voted and the
percentages shown below are rounded to two decimal places.

Resolutions 1 to 11 and 14 to 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions and
resolutions 12 and 13 were passed as special resolutions.

Resolution 1 To receive the Report of the Directors and the audited accounts
for the year ended 31 March 2006.

For:                Against:            Discretion          Vote Withheld      
                                                                               
169,287,098 shares  1,960,853 shares    1,066,545 shares    3,710,673 shares   
                                                                               
96.17%              1.11%               0.61%               2.11%              

Resolution 2 To approve the remuneration report for the year ended 31 March
2006.

For:                Against:            Discretion          Vote Withheld      
                                                                               
172,143,477 shares  2,271,962 shares    1,086,371 shares    523,359 shares     
                                                                               
97.79%              1.29%               0.62%               0.30%              

Resolution 3 To declare a final dividend in respect of the year ended 31 March
2006 of 31.97 pence net for each ordinary share of 65 5/19 pence.

For:                Against:            Discretion          Vote Withheld      
                                                                               
174,934,751 shares  14,385 shares       1,062,208 shares    13,375 shares      
                                                                               
99.38%              0.01%               0.60%               0.01%              

Resolution 4 To re-appoint Bernard Bulkin as a Director.

For:                Against:            Discretion          Vote Withheld      
                                                                               
174,166,684 shares  579,055 shares      1,141,842 shares    137,588 shares     
                                                                               
98.94%              0.33%               0.65%               0.08%              

Resolution 5 To re-appoint Richard Davey as a Director.

For:                Against:            Discretion          Vote Withheld      
                                                                               
174,123,905 shares  650,841 shares      1,127,784 shares    122,639 shares     
                                                                               
98.92%              0.37%               0.64%               0.07%              

Resolution 6 To re-appoint Martin Houston as a Director.

For:                Against:            Discretion          Votes Withheld     
                                                                               
174,016,620 shares  753,072 shares      1,129,700 shares    125,777 shares     
                                                                               
98.86%              0.43%               0.64%               0.07%              

Resolution 7 To re-appoint Colin Matthews as a Director.

For:                Against:            Discretion:         Votes Withheld:    
                                                                               
172,071,106 shares  1,823,494 shares    1,134,653 shares    995,916 shares     
                                                                               
97.75%              1.04%               0.65%               0.56%              

Resolution 8 To re-appoint Michael McKeon as a Director.

For:                Against:            Discretion:         Votes Withheld:    
                                                                               
172,756,475         1,129,278 shares    1,134,843 shares    1,004,573 shares   
                                                                               
98.15%              0.64%               0.64%               0.57%              

Resolution 9 To re-appoint John Smith as a Director.

For:                Against:            Discretion:         Votes Withheld:    
                                                                               
174,005,319 shares  752,176 shares      1,138,339 shares    129,335 shares     
                                                                               
98.85%              0.43%               0.65%               0.07%              

Resolution 10 To appoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as auditors of the Company, and
to authorise the Directors to determine their remuneration.

For:                Against:            Discretion:         Votes Withheld:    
                                                                               
169,589,753 shares  2,799,584 shares    1,138,823 shares    2,497,009 shares   
                                                                               
96.34%              1.59%               0.65%               1.42%              

Resolution 11 To authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities under
section 80 of the Companies Act 1985.

For:                Against:            Discretion          Vote Withheld:     
                                                                               
173,361,257 shares  1,413,676 shares    1,119,530 shares    130,706 shares     
                                                                               
98.49%              0.80%               0.63%               0.08%              

Resolution 12To disapply the pre-emption provisions of section 89 of the
Companies Act 1985.

For:                Against:            Discretion          Vote Withheld:     
                                                                               
174,321,388 shares  343,593 shares      1,162,105 shares    198,083 shares     
                                                                               
99.03%              0.20%               0.66%               0.11%              

Resolution 13 To authorise the Company to make market purchases of it ordinary
shares.

For:                Against:            Discretion          Vote Withheld:     
                                                                               
174,516,829 shares  240,800 shares      1,148,113 shares    119,427 shares     
                                                                               
99.14%              0.14%               0.65%               0.07%              

Resolution 14 To authorise the Company to make donations to EU political
organisations and to incur EU political expenditure.

For:                Against:            Discretion:         Votes Withheld:    
                                                                               
168,494,691 shares  3,460,892 shares    1,127,074 shares    2,942,512 shares   
                                                                               
95.72%              1.97%               0.64%               1.67%              

Resolution 15 To authorise the Company's subsidiary, Severn Trent Water
Limited, to make donations to EU political organisations and to incur EU
political expenditure.

For:                Against:            Discretion          Votes Withheld:    
                                                                               
168,692,238 shares  3,246,917 shares    1,134,748 shares    2,951,266 shares   
                                                                               
95.84%              1.84%               0.64%               1.68%              

Resolution 16 To authorise the Company's subsidiary Biffa Waste Services
Limited, to make donations to EU political organisations and to incur EU
political expenditure.

For:                Against:            Discretion          Votes Withheld:    
                                                                               
168,666,550 shares  3,253,747 shares    1,153,075 shares    2,951,797 shares   
                                                                               
95.82%              1.85%               0.65%               1.68%              

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