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Severn Trent PLC

Capital/Financing Update May 10, 2020

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Capital/Financing Update

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08 August 2007

Severn Trent Utilities Finance Plc

Issue of GBP 50,000,000 1.5225 per cent. Index-Linked Notes due August 2058 Guaranteed by Severn Trent Water Limited under the €3,500,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme

PART A-CONTRACTUAL TERMS

Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the Terms and Conditions set forth in the Prospectus dated 03 August 2007 which constitutes a base prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive (Directive 2003/71/EC) (the Prospectus Directive). This document constitutes the Final Terms of the Notes described herein for the purposes of Article 5.4 of the Prospectus Directive and must be read in conjunction with the Prospectus. Full information on the Issuer and the offer of the Notes is only available on the basis of the combination of these Final Terms and the Prospectus is available for viewing at http://www.rnspdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3261h_-2006-8-7.pdf and copies may be obtained from the registered office of the Issuer at 2297 Coventry Road, Birmingham B26 3PU, United Kingdom.

1. (i)
Issuer:
Severn Trent Utilities Finance Plc
(ii)
Guarantor:
Severn Trent Water Limited
2. (i)
Series Number:
92
(ii)
Tranche Number:
1
3. Specified Currency or Currencies: Pounds sterling (GBP) /
4. Aggregate Nominal Amount:
(i)
Series:
GBP 50,000,000
(ii)
Tranche:
GBP 50,000,000
5. Issue Price: 100.00 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal
Amount of the Tranche
6. Specified Denominations: GBP 50,000
7. Issue Date and Interest
Commencement Date:
10 August 2007
8. Maturity Date: 01 August 2058
9. Interest Basis: Index Linked Interest
(further particulars specified below)
10. Redemption/Payment Basis: Index Linked Redemption
(see Appendix)
11. Change of Interest Basis or
Redemption/Payment Basis:
Not Applicable
12. Put/Call Options: Not Applicable
13. (i)
Status of the Notes:
Senior
Status of the Guarantee:
(II)
Senior
14. Method of distribution: Non-syndicated

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PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE

15. Fixed Rate Note Provisions Not Applicable
16. Floating Rate Note Provisions Not Applicable
17. Zero Coupon Note Provisions Not Applicable
18. Index Linked Interest Note
Provisions
Applicable
(i) Index/Formula: See Appendix
(ii) Calculation Agent
responsible for calculating
the interest due:
HSBC Bank plc
(iii) Provisions for determining
Coupon where calculation by
reference to Index and/or
Formula is impossible or
impracticable:
See Appendix
(iv) Specified Period(s)/Specified
Interest Payment Dates:
there will be a short first Interest Period. Semi-annually in arrear on 01 February and
01 August in each year, commencing on 01
February 2008 up to and including the
Maturity Date. For the avoidance of doubt
(v) Business Day Convention: Following Business Day Convention
(vi) Additional Business
Centre(s):
Not Applicable
(vii) Minimum Rate of Interest: Not Applicable
(viii) Maximum Rate of Interest: Not Applicable
(ix) Day Count Fraction: See Appendix
19. Provisions Dual Currency Interest Note Not Applicable

PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION

20. Issuer Call: Not Applicable
21. Investor Put: Not Applicable
22. Final Redemption Amount Nominal Amount, subject in the case of
Condition 6(a) to indexation as provided in
Condition 4(f)(i) - see Appendix
23. Early Redemption Amount
payable on redemption for taxation
reasons or on event of default and/ or
the method of calculating the same (if Appendix.
required or if different from that set
out in Condition 6(f)):
Nominal Amount, subject in the case of
Condition 6(b) and Condition 9 to indexation
as provided in Condition 4(f)(i) - see
24. Put Event: Applicable. For the purposes of Condition
6(e), the Event Put Amount shall be the
Nominal Amount subject to indexation as
provided in Condition 4(f)(i) - see Appendix

GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES

25. (a) Form of Notes: Temporary Global Note exchangeable for a
Global
Permanent
Note which
IS
exchangeable for Definitive Notes only upon
an Exchange Event
(b) New Global Note: No
26. Dates: Additional Financial Centre(s) or other Not Applicable
special provisions relating to Payment
27. to be attached to Definitive Notes
(and dates on which such Talons
mature):
Talons for future Coupons or Receipts Yes. Each Talon shall be deemed to mature
on the Interest Payment Date on which the
final Coupon comprised in the relevant
Coupon sheet matures
28. Details relating to Partly Paid Notes:
amount of each payment comprising
the Issue Price and date on which
each payment is to be made and
consequences of failure to pay,
including any right of the Issuer to
forfeit the Notes and interest due on
late payment:
Not Applicable
Details relating to Instalment Notes: Not Applicable
(i) Instalment Amount(s): Not Applicable
(ii) Instalment Date(s): Not Applicable
30. Redenomination applicable: Redenomination not applicable
31. Other terms or special conditions: See Appendix below
DISTRIBUTION
32. (i) If syndicated, names of
Managers:
Not Applicable
(ii) Stabilising Manager (if any): Not Applicable
33. If non-syndicated, name of relevant
Dealer:
Dresdner Bank AG London Branch
34. Whether TEFRA D or TEFRA C rules
applicable or TEFRA rules not
applicable:
TEFRA D rules apply
35. Additional selling restrictions: Not Applicable

LISTING AND ADMISSION TO TRADING APPLICATION

These Final Terms comprise the final terms required to list and have admitted to trading the issue of Notes described herein pursuant to the €3,500,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme of Severn Trent Plc and Severn Trent Water Utilities Finance Plc.

RESPONSIBILITY

The Issuer and the Guarantor accept responsibility for the information contained in these Final Terms.

Signed on behalf of the Issuer:

Signed on behalf of the Guarantor:

By: .......................................................................................................................................................................... Duly authorised

By: ........... Duly authorised

PART B - OTHER INFORMATION

1. LISTING

(i) Listing: London (ii) Admission to trading: Application has been made for the Notes to be admitted to trading on the Gilt-Edged and Fixed Interest Market of the London Stock Exchange with effect from 10 August 2007. (iii) Estimate of total expenses GBP 1,918.50 (GBP 1,532.50 for admission of related to admission to trading: Notes to trading on the London Stock Exchange plc, GBP 100 listing fee payable to United Kingdom Listing Authority and GBP 286 of VAT). RATINGS Ratings: The Notes to be issued have been rated:

S & P: A A2 Moody's:

3. NOTIFICATION

2.

Not Applicable

4. INTERESTS OF NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE ISSUE

Save as described in "Subscription and Sale" and for any fees payable to the Dealer, so far as the Issuer and the Guarantor is aware, no person involved in the issue of the Notes has an interest material to the offer.

5. REASONS FOR THE OFFER, ESTIMATED NET PROCEEDS AND TOTAL EXPENSES

(i) Reasons for the offer See "Use of Proceeds" wording in Prospectus
(ii) Estimated net proceeds: GBP 50,000,000
(iii) Estimated total expenses: Not Applicable
  1. YIELD (Fixed Rate Notes Only)

Indication of yield:

Not Applicable

7. PERFORMANCE OF INDEX/FORMULA, EXPLANATION OF EFFECT ON VALUE OF INVESTMENT AND ASSOCIATED RISKS AND OTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE UNDERLYING (Index-Linked Notes Only)

Information on the UK Retail Price Index can be found on Bloomberg Page UKRPI.

8. PERFORMANCE OF RATE[S] OF EXCHANGE AND EXPLANATION OF EFFECT ON VALUE OF INVESTMENT (Dual Currency Notes Only)

Not Applicable

OPERATIONAL INFORMATION 9.

  • (i) ISIN Code: XS031 429 595 6
  • (ii) Common Code: 031 429 595
  • (iii) Any clearing system(s) other Not Applicable than Euroclear Bank SA/NV and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme and the relevant identification number(s):
  • (iv) Delivery:
  • Names and addresses of (v) additional Paying Agent(s) (if any):
  • Intended to be held in a manner No (vi) which would allow Eurosystem eligibility:

Delivery against payment

Not Applicable

APPENDIX

(This Appendix shall form part of the Final Terms to which it is attached)

    1. Paragraphs (ii), (ii) and (iv) of Condition 4(b) are deleted. The following shall be deemed to be inserted as a new paragraph (ii) in Condition 4(b) and paragraphs (v), (vi) and (vii) of Condition 4(b) will be renumbered (ii), (iv) and (v) respectively and amended accordingly:
    2. "(ii) Determination of Rate of Interest and calculation of Interest Amounts

The Calculation Agent will, at or as soon as practicable after each time at which the Rate of Interest is capable of being determined, determine the applicable Rate of Interest and notify the Agent of the Rate of Interest as soon as practicable after calculating the same.

The amount of interest payable on each Note for any Interest Period (the Interest Amount) will be calculated by the Calculation Agent by (A) applying the Rate of Interest (as notified to the Agent by the Calculation Agent in accordance with the preceding paragraph) to the Specified Denomination of such Note, (B) multiplying the resulting amount by the Day Count Fraction and (C) rounding the resulting figure to the nearest one penny (half a penny being rounded upwards).

The Day Count Fraction is a fraction (a) the numerator of which is the number of days from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date (or Issue Date if such period is before the first scheduled Interest Payment Date) to but excluding the next Interest Payment Date or, if earlier the date of payment; and (b) the denominator of which is two times the number of days (including the first and excluding the last) in the Interest Period."

    1. Condition 4(b)(iv) (renumbered as provided above) shall be deleted and the following paragraph shall be inserted in place thereof as a new Condition 4(b)(iv):
    2. "(iv) Determination or Calculation by Trustee

If for any reason the Calculation Agent at any time after the Issue Date defaults in its obligation to determine or calculate:

  • (A) the Rate of Interest;
  • (B) any Interest Amount in accordance with paragraph (ii) above;
  • (C) the Final Redemption Amount (as defined below);
  • (D) the Early Redemption Amount (as defined below); or
  • (E) the Event Put Amount (as defined below),

the Trustee shall determine or calculate the same, in its absolute discretion (having such regard as it shall think fit to the foregoing provisions of this Condition 4 and Conditions 6 and 9), and in such manner as it shall deem fair and reasonable in all the circumstances and each such determination or calculation shall be deemed to

have been made by the Calculation Agent (and, where practicable, in accordance with this Condition 4)."

  • က် A new Condition 4(f) shall be inserted as follows:
    • "(4) Indexation
    • (i) Indexation of principal

The Final Redemption Amount payable pursuant to Condition 6(a), the Early Redemption Amount payable pursuant to Conditions 6(b) or 9 and the Event Put Amount payable pursuant to Condition 6(e) shall be the nominal amount of the Notes multiplied by the Index Ratio applicable to the date on which the Final Redemption Amount or the Early Redemption Amount or the Event Put Amount (as the case may be) becomes payable.

The Calculation Agent will calculate such Final Redemption Amount or Early Redemption Amount or Event Put Amount (as the case may be) as soon as practicable after each time such amount is capable of being determined and will notify the Agent thereof as soon as practicable after calculating the same. The Agent will as soon as practicable thereafter notify the Issuer and any stock exchange on which the Notes are for the time being listed thereof and cause notice thereof to be published in accordance with Condition 13.

Definitions (ii)

For the purposes of these Conditions:

Base Index Figure means 206.51935, being the Index Figure applicable to 10 August 2007;

Calculation Date means any date when an Interest Amount falls due;

Expert means an independent investment bank or other expert in London appointed by the Issuer and approved by the Trustee acting reasonably or (failing such appointment within 10 days after the Trustee shall have requested such appointment (provided such request is reasonable)) appointed by the Trustee;

Index means, in relation to any Calculation Date, subject as provided in Conditions 4(g) and 6(l) below, the United Kingdom General Index of Retail Prices (for all items) as published by the Office for National Statistics (January 1987=100) as published by HM Government (currently contained in the Monthly Digest of Statistics) and applicable to that Calculation Date or, if that index is not published for any Calculation Date, any substituted index or index figures published by the Office for National Statistics or the comparable index which replaces the United Kingdom General Index of Retail Prices (for all items) for the purpose of calculating the amount payable on repayment of the Reference Gilt;

Any reference to the Index Figure applicable to a particular Calculation Date shall, subject as provided in Condition 4(g) below, be calculated in accordance with the following formula:

RPI m3 + (Day of Calculation Date - 1)_ x (RPI m-2 - RPI m-2 - RPI m-3) (Days in month of Calculation Date)

and rounded to five decimal places (0.000005 being rounded upwards) and where:

  • RPI ma means the Index Figure for the first day of the month that is three months prior to the month in which the payment falls due; and
  • RPI m-2 means the Index Figure for the first day of the month that is two months prior to the month in which the payment falls due;

Index Ratio applicable to any Calculation Date means the Index Figure applicable to such date divided by the Base Index Figure and rounded to five decimal places (0.000005 being rounded upwards);

the Rate of Interest applicable to any amount payable in respect of interest shall be 1.5225 per cent. per annum multiplied by the Index Ratio applicable to the date on which such amount falls due and rounded to six decimal places (0.0000005 being rounded upwards); and

Reference Gilt means the 1.25 per cent. Index-Linked Treasury Stock due November 2055 (or, if such stock is not in existence, such other index-linked stock issued by or on behalf of HM Government as the Issuer, on the advice of three brokers and/or gilt edged market makers (or such other three persons operating in the gilt edged market as the Issuer, after consultation with the Trustee, may select), may consider to be the most appropriate reference government stock for the Notes)."

    1. A new Condition 4(g) shall be inserted as follows:
    2. "(g) = Changes in circumstances affecting the Index
    3. (i) Change in base

If at any time the Index is changed by the substitution of a new base for it, then with effect from (and including) the date from and including that on which such substitution takes effect:

  • (A) the definition of Index in Condition 4(f) shall be deemed to refer to the new date in substitution for January 1987 (or, as the case may be, for such other date or month as may have been substituted for it); and
  • (B) the definition of Base Index Figure in Condition 4(f) shall be amended to mean the product of the then applicable Base Index Figure and the Index immediately following such substitution, divided by the Index immediately prior to such substitution.
  • (ii) Delay in publication of the Index
    • (A) in relation to a particular Interest Period or to the redemption of all or some only of the Notes and otherwise than in circumstances which the Issuer certifies to the Trustee may fall within Condition 4(g)(iii) or 6(l) (notwithstanding that the Issuer may subsequently be advised that they do not fall within Condition 4(g)(iii) or 6(l)), the Index Figure relating to any month (the "calculation month") which is required to be taken into account for the purposes of the determination of the Index Figure for any date is not published on or before the fourteenth day before the date on which such payment is due (the "date for payment"), the Index Figure for the relevant

calculation month shall be the substitute index figure (if any) as is published by the Bank of England or the United Kingdom Debt Management Office (or such other United Kingdom authority as may be appropriate) for the purposes of indexation of payments on the Reference Gilt or, failing such publication, on any one or more of HM Government's index-linked stocks, as determined by the Expert; or

(B) if no such determination is made by the Expert within seven days, the Index Figure last published before the date for payment.

Where the provisions of this Condition 4(g)(ii) apply, the certificate of the Issuer, acting on the advice of an Expert, as to the Index Figure applicable to the date for payment falls shall be conclusive and binding upon the Issuer, the Trustee and the Noteholders. If a substitute index is published as specified in (A) above, a determination made based on that index shall be final and no further payment by way of adjustment shall be made, notwithstanding that the Index Figure applicable to the date for payment may subsequently be published. If no substitute index is so published and the Index relating to the date for payment is subsequently published then:

  • (C) in the case of any Note not falling due for redemption on the date for payment, if the Index so subsequently published (if published while that Note remains outstanding) is greater or less than the Index applicable by virtue of (B) above, the interest payable on that Note on the Interest Payment Date next succeeding the date of such subsequent publication shall be increased or reduced to reflect the amount by which the interest payable on that Note on the date for payment on the basis of the Index applicable by virtue of (B) above fell short of, or (as the case may be) exceeded the interest which would have been payable on that Note if the Index subsequently published had been published on or before the second business day before the date for payment; or
  • (D) in the case of any Note falling due for final redemption on the date for payment, no subsequent adjustment to amounts paid will be made.
  • (iii) Cessation of or fundamental changes to the Index

If the Index ceases to be published or any changes are made to it which, in the opinion of an Expert, constitute a fundamental change in the rules governing the Index and the change would, in the opinion of the Expert, be detrimental to the interests of the Issuer or the Noteholders and if, within 30 days after its appointment (or such longer period as the Trustee may consider reasonable), the Expert recommends for the purposes of the Notes one or more adjustments to the Index or a substitute index (with or without adjustments), then provided that such adjustments or substitute index (as the case may be) are not materially detrimental (in the opinion of the Expert) either to the interests of the Issuer or the interests of the Noteholders, as compared to the interests of the Issuer and the Noteholders (as the case may be) as they would have been had the Index continued to be published or such fundamental change in the rules governing the Index not been made, the Index shall be adjusted as so recommended or (as the case may be) shall be replaced by the substitute index so recommended (as so adjusted, if so recommended) and references in these Conditions to the Index shall be construed accordingly and the Issuer shall notify the Noteholders of the adjustments to the Introduction of the substitute index (with or without adjustments) in accordance with Condition 13.

If any payment in respect of the Notes is due to be made after the cessation or changes referred to in the preceding paragraph but before any such adjustment to, or replacement of, the Index takes effect, the Issuer shall (if the Index Figure applicable (or deemed applicable) to the date for payment is not available in accordance with the provisions of Condition 4(f)) make a provisional payment on the basis that the Index Figure applicable to the date for payment is the Index last published. In that event or in the event of any payment on the Notes having been made on the basis of an Index deemed applicable under Condition 4(g)(ii)(A) above (also referred to below as a provisional payment) and of the Trustee on the advice of the Expert subsequently determining that the relevant circumstances fall within this Condition 4(g)(iii), then:

  • (A) except in the case of a payment on redemption of the Notes, if the sum which would have been payable if such adjustments or such substitute index had been in effect on the due date for such provisional payment is greater or less than the amount of such provisional payment, the interest payable on the Notes on the Interest Payment Date next succeeding the last date by which the Issuer and Trustee receive such recommendation shall be increased or reduced to reflect the amount by which such provisional payment of interest fell short of, or (as the case may be) exceeded, the interest which would have been payable on the Notes if such adjustments or such substituted index had been in effect on that date; or
  • (B) in the case of a payment of principal or interest on redemption of the Notes, no subsequent adjustment to amounts paid will be made.
  • (iv) Trustee

The Trustee shall be entitled to assume that no cessation of or change to the Index has occurred until informed otherwise by the Issuer and will not be responsible for identifying or appointing an Expert save as provided in these Conditions."

    1. A new Condition 6(1) shall be inserted as follows:
    2. "(1) Redemption for Indexation reasons
    3. (i) If the Index ceases to be published or any changes are made to it which, in the opinion of an Expert, constitute a fundamental change in the rules governing the Index and the change would, in the opinion of the Expert, be detrimental to the interests of the Noteholders and if the Expert fails within 30 days after its appointment (or such longer period as the Trustee considers reasonable), or states to the Issuer and the Trustee that it is unable, to recommend for the purposes of the Notes any adjustments to the Index or any substitute index (with or without adjustments) as described in Condition 4(g)(ii), the Issuer shall, within 14 days after the expiry of such period or (as the case may be) after the date of such statement, give notice (which shall be irrevocable and shall state the date fixed for redemption which shall be not more than 15 days after the date on which the notice is given) to redeem the Notes then outstanding, at a price equal to their nominal amount multiplied by the Index Ratio applicable to the date on which the date fixed for redemption falls, together with accrued interest.
    4. (ii) If the Index ceases to be published or any changes are made to it which, in the opinion of an Expert, constitute a fundamental change in the rules governing the Index and the change would, in the opinion of the Expert, be detrimental to the interests of the Issuer and if the Expert fails within 30 days after its appointment (or

such longer period as the Trustee considers reasonable), or states to the Issuer and the Trustee that it is unable to recommend for the purposes of the Notes any adjustments to the Index or any substitute index (with or without adjustments) as described in Condition 4(g)(ii), the Issuer may at its option, within 14 days after the expiry of such period or (as the case may be) after the date of such statement, give notice (which shall be irrevocable and shall state the date fixed for redemption which shall be not more than 15 days after the date on which the notice is given) to redeem the Notes then outstanding, at a price equal to their nominal amount multiplied by the Index Ratio applicable to the date on which the date fixed for redemption falls, together with accrued interest."

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