Acquisition Completed

Severn Trent PLC
22 September 2000


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                              Severn Trent Plc
                                      
                    Completion of acquisition of UK Waste

Severn Trent Plc, parent company of Biffa Waste Services, announces today
that it has completed the acquisition of UK Waste.

The acquisition of UK Waste establishes Biffa as the leading waste business
in the UK with the largest industrial and commercial collection fleet.

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