LTIP Award 2002

Severn Trent PLC
07 October 2002

On 4 October 2002, Severn Trent Plc was informed that the Trustees of the Severn
Trent Plc Employee Share Ownership Trust (the 'Trust') had acquired, on that
day, 313,172 Ordinary shares of 65 5/19 pence each in Severn Trent Plc (the
'Company') at a price of £6.43 per share. The shares were acquired for use in
connection with the Severn Trent Plc Long Term Incentive Plan (the 'Plan'). As
beneficiaries of the Trust and participants in the Plan, the Executive
Directors, J K Banyard, M J Bettington, B Duckworth, A S Perelman and R M Walker
have an interest in the shares for the purposes of Section 324 of the Companies
Act 1985.



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