Holding in Company

Severn Trent PLC
20 March 2001


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Severn Trent Plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Legal & General Investment Management Limited

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18:
In respect of the shareholder named in 2 above.

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775210  -      80,000 shares
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775180  -      79,000 shares
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775229  -      83,607 shares
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 886603  -   1,149,058 shares
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775245  -   1,540,731 shares
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 361602  -      23,426 shares
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 252605  -     637,304 shares
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 360509  -     182,488 shares
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 357206  -   6,215,301 shares
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 130007  -     159,142 shares
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 866203  -     256,000 shares

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
136,645

6   Percentage of issued class:
0.0398

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
N/A

8   Percentage of issued class:
N/A

9   Class of security:
Ordinary shares of 65 5/19 pence each

10  Date of transaction:
14th March 2001

11  Date company informed:
20th March 2001

12  Total holding following this notification:
10,376,057

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
3.02%

14  Contact name for queries:
David Chettle

15 Contact telephone number:
0121 722 4543

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Peter P Davies

17  Date of notification:
20th March 2001

Additional Information: