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:

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