Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5610N

Severn Trent PLC

18 May 2015

 



SEVERN TRENT PLC

TRANSACTION IN OWN SECURITIES

Severn Trent Plc ("Severn Trent") announces today that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 97 17/19 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") on the London Stock Exchange from Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC. Such purchase was effected pursuant to irrevocable instructions issued by Severn Trent to Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC on 13 February 2015, as announced on the same day:

Ordinary Shares

Date of purchase:                                          16 May 2015

Number of Ordinary Shares purchased:       25,327

Price per Ordinary Share:                             £21.7189

The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.

Following the above transaction, Severn Trent holds a total of 759,273 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 237,882,435 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

Contact:

John Crosse

Head of Investor Relations

02477 715000

This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.

 

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