Severn Trent PLC

AGM Information • Jul 19, 2012

The Companies Act 2006

A Company Limited By Shares

SEVERN TRENT PLC

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 18 July 2012, at The International Convention Centre, Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2EA, the following resolutions, not concerning the ordinary business of the Annual General Meeting, were passed:-

1. (Resolution 3)

To approve the Directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 March 2012.

2. (Resolution 17)

To authorise, generally and unconditionally, the Company and all companies which are subsidiaries of the Company during the period when this Resolution 17 has effect, in accordance with sections 366 and 367 of the Companies Act 2006 (the '2006 Act') to:

• i) make political donations to political parties or independent election candidates not exceeding £50,000 in total;
• ii) make political donations to political organisations other than political parties not exceeding £50,000 in total; and
• iii) incur political expenditure not exceeding £50,000 in total,

(as such terms are defined in the 2006 Act) during the period beginning with the date of the passing of this resolution and expiring at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company provided that the authorised sums referred to in paragraphs i), ii) and iii) above, may be comprised of one or more amounts in different currencies which, for the purposes of calculating the said sums, shall be converted into pounds sterling at the exchange rate published in the London edition of the Financial Times on the date on which the relevant donation is made or expenditure incurred (or the first business day thereafter) or, if earlier, on the day on which the Company enters into any contract or undertaking in relation to the same.

3. (Resolution 18)

To authorise, generally and unconditionally, the directors in accordance with section 551 of the 2006 Act to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company and to grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert any security into, shares in the Company ('Rights'):

i) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £77,726,968; and

ii) up to a further aggregate nominal amount of £77,726,968 provided that a) they are equity securities (within the meaning of section 560(1) of the 2006 Act) and b) they are offered by way of a rights issue to holders of ordinary shares on the register of members of the Company at such record date(s) as the directors may determine where the equity securities respectively attributable to the interests of the ordinary shareholders are proportionate (as nearly as may be practicable) to the respective numbers of ordinary shares held by them on any such record date, subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the directors may deem necessary or expedient to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements or legal or practical problems arising under the laws of any overseas territory or the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange or any other matter whatsoever,

provided that this authority shall expire on the date of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company, save that the Company shall be entitled to make offers or agreements before the expiry of such authority which would or might require shares to be allotted or Rights to be granted after such expiry and the directors shall be entitled to allot shares and grant Rights pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if this authority had not expired; and all unexercised authorities previously granted to the directors to allot shares and grant Rights be and are hereby revoked.

1. (Resolution 19)

To empower the directors pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the 2006 Act to allot equity securities (within the meaning of section 560 of the 2006 Act) for cash either pursuant to the authority conferred by Resolution 18 above or by way of a sale of treasury shares as if section 561(1) of the 2006 Act did not apply to any such allotment provided that this power shall be limited to:

• i) the allotment of equity securities in connection with an offer of securities (but in the case of the authority granted under subparagraph ii) of Resolution 18 above by way of rights issue only) in favour of the holders of ordinary shares in the Company on the register of members of the Company at such record date(s) as the directors may determine where the equity securities respectively attributable to the interests of the ordinary shareholders are proportionate (as nearly as may be practicable) to the respective numbers of ordinary shares held by them on any such record date(s), subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the directors may deem necessary or expedient to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements or legal or practical problems arising under the laws of any overseas territory or the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange or any other matter whatsoever; and
• ii) the allotment (otherwise than pursuant to subparagraph i) of this Resolution 19) to any person or persons of equity securities up to an aggregate nominal amount of £11,659,044,

and shall expire upon the expiry of the general authority conferred by Resolution 18 above, save that the Company shall be entitled to make offers or agreements before the expiry of such power which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the directors shall be entitled to allot equity securities pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if this power had not expired.

5. (Resolution 20)

To authorise, generally and unconditionally, the Company to make market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the 2006 Act) of its ordinary shares, on such terms and in such manner as the directors may from time to time determine provided that:

• i) the Company may not purchase more than 23,819,555 ordinary shares;
• ii) the Company may not pay less than 9717∕19 pence for each ordinary share; and
• iii) the Company may not pay, in respect of each ordinary share, more than 5% over the average of the middle market price of an ordinary share based on the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List, for the five business days immediately before the day on which the Company agrees to buy such ordinary share,

and this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company, save that the Company may make a contract, before this authority ends, to purchase ordinary shares where the purchase is or may be completed (fully or partly) after this authority ends and may purchase its ordinary shares pursuant to any such contract.

6. (Resolution 21)

To authorise general meetings of the Company, other than annual general meetings, to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.

7. (Resolution 22)

To declare a special dividend of 63.0 pence for each ordinary share of 9717∕19 pence.

8. (Resolution 23)

To approve the rules of the Severn Trent Share Incentive Plan ('SIP'), the principal terms of which are summarised in the Explanatory Notes to this Notice and to authorise directors to make such modifications to the rules of the SIP as they may consider necessary to take account of any requirements of HM Revenue & Customs or any regulatory matter and to adopt and operate the SIP as so modified.