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Severn Trent PLC

Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement Jun 16, 2014

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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement

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2014 Form of Proxy

For use by members of Severn Trent Plc

Voting I.D. Task I.D. Shareholder Reference Number

You may submit your proxy electronically at www.sharevote.co.uk using the above numbers

I/We appoint the Chairman of the Meeting or the following person

(see note 4(a) overleaf) as my/our proxy to exercise all or any of my/our rights to attend, speak and vote in respect of my/our voting entitlement on my/our behalf at the Annual General Meeting of Severn Trent Plc to be held at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham on 16 July 2014 at 11am and at any adjournment. This form of proxy relates to the Resolutions listed below and any other business transacted at the Meeting or any adjournment. I/We wish my/our proxy to vote on the Resolutions proposed at the meeting as instructed on this form.

The proxy will vote, or abstain from voting, at his or her discretion on any Resolution listed below if no instruction is given regarding that Resolution and on any other business transacted at the Meeting or any adjournment.

Please tick here if this proxy appointment is one of multiple proxy appointments being made.

For the appointment of more than one proxy, please refer to note 4(b) on the back of the form.

The 'Withheld' option is provided to enable you to instruct the proxy not to vote on any particular Resolution. A vote withheld is not a vote and will not therefore be counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a Resolution.

Please indicate your instructions by marking the 'For', 'Against' or 'Withheld' boxes in black ink like this x

For Against Withheld For Against Withheld
1. Receive the Report and Accounts 12. Reappoint Martin Kane
2. Approve the directors' 13. Reappoint Martin Lamb
remuneration report, other than
the directors' remuneration policy
14. Reappoint Michael McKeon
3. Approve the directors'
remuneration policy
15. Appoint Philip Remnant
4. Adopt and establish the 16. Reappoint Andy Smith
Severn Trent Plc Long Term
Incentive Plan 2014
17. Appoint Dr Angela Strank
5. Declare a final dividend 18. Reappoint auditors
6. Reappoint Tony Ballance 19. Authorise directors to determine
auditors' remuneration
7. Appoint John Coghlan 20. Authorise political donations
8. Reappoint Richard Davey 21. Authorise allotment of shares
9. Reappoint Andrew Duff 22. Disapply pre-emption rights†
10. Reappoint Gordon Fryett 23. Authorise purchase of
11. Appoint Liv Garfield own shares†
24. Reduce notice period for
general meetings†

Special resolutions

Please tick this box if signing on behalf of the shareholder as Power of Attorney, Receiver or Third Party. The appropriate authority should be returned with this form.

Detailed explanations and the full text of the Resolutions are set out in the Notice of Meeting and Explanatory Notes accompanying this form.

Once completed please detach this form and return it in the envelope provided. Please allow seven days before the deadline to ensure your envelope arrives in time. Signature Date

Attendance card for the 2014 Annual General Meeting

Meeting arrangements

Please bring this card if you come to the Severn Trent Plc Annual General Meeting which will be held at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham on 16 July 2014 at 11am.

Doors to the meeting will open at 10am. Admittance will not be allowed before this time. Coffee, tea and biscuits will be available before the Meeting and there will be a light lunch available after the Meeting.

Please see overleaf for directions.

Please let us know if you have a disability or impairment so that we can try to make suitable arrangements at the Meeting.

Intention to attend the Meeting

If you wish to attend the Severn Trent Plc Annual General Meeting on 16 July 2014, you may use the website www.sharevote.co.uk to register your intention to attend the Meeting using the reference numbers on the form of proxy.

You may, if you wish, complete and return the attached form of proxy in case you find you are unable to attend the Meeting. If you do then attend and vote at the Meeting, your voting instructions on the attached form of proxy will be superseded.

How to find the International Convention Centre (ICC) The Meeting will be held at the ICC, which is situated on Broad Street in Birmingham city centre.

From the North

From the M6, exit at junction 6 and follow the A38(M) towards the city centre. Join Great Charles Street Queensway to Paradise Circus Queensway. Now see 'Next directions'.

From the South

From the M5, exit at junction 4 on the A38 towards the city centre. Join Suffolk Street Queensway to Paradise Circus Queensway. Now see 'Next directions'.

From Coventry (East)

Leave Coventry heading west on the A45 towards Birmingham city centre. Join Moor Street Queensway turning left onto The Priory Queensway and then left onto Corporation Street. Follow the one way system onto Stephenson Street and Navigation Street. Turn right onto Hill Street to join Paradise Circus Queensway. Now see 'Next directions'.

Next directions

Turn left onto Broad Street (A456) go past Centenary Square and the ICC is on the right.

Car parks

There are several public car parks near the ICC and these are shown on the above map. There are a small number of disabled car parking spaces on the ICC complex for Blue Badge holders only. To book one of these spaces please contact the ICC direct on 0121 644 6006. Such spaces will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Further disabled spaces are located around the ICC car parks.

By rail

Alight at either Birmingham New Street or Snow Hill railway stations. The ICC is within walking distance (approximately 15 minutes) and pedestrian routes are signposted.

Arrival and refreshments

Doors will open at 10am. Severn Trent marshals will be available to deal with queries and to show shareholders into the registration and exhibition areas. Shareholders will have the opportunity to meet the directors prior to the Meeting.

Coffee, tea and biscuits will be available before the Meeting and there will be a light lunch available after the Meeting. Unfortunately, we are not able to offer facilities for young children.

Disabled persons

Special arrangements have been made to offer assistance at the Meeting to disabled shareholders. If you are disabled, please make yourself known to a Severn Trent marshal on arrival. If you have a companion to assist you, he/she will be admitted to the meeting. Guide dogs will also be allowed into the Meeting. If you are deaf or hard of hearing, headsets will be provided. There will also be sign language interpreters in attendance.

Notes to Form of Proxy

    1. If you cannot attend the Meeting but wish to vote on the Resolutions you are entitled to appoint someone else, a 'proxy', to attend and vote in your place. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company.
    1. If you wish to register your proxy appointment electronically through the internet, please use www.sharevote.co.uk, where full details of the procedure are given. You will have to enter the voting ID, task ID and shareholder reference number shown on this form. Please read the terms and conditions very carefully. If you return both paper and electronic voting instructions then, in the absence of other evidence, those received last by our registrar, Equiniti, will take precedence.
    1. CREST members should please refer to the Notice of Meeting for instructions regarding CREST electronic proxy appointment services.
    1. If you wish to register your proxy appointment in paper form, please comply with the following notes:
  • (a) You may, if you wish, delete the words 'Chairman of the Meeting' and insert the name of a proxy of your choice in the box, who need not be a member. Please initial any alteration. Your proxy card may be invalid if your instructions are not clear. If the proxy is being appointed in relation to less than your full voting entitlement, please enter in the box next to the proxy holder's name the number of shares in relation to which they are authorised to act as your proxy. If left blank your proxy will be deemed to be authorised in respect of your full voting entitlement (or if this proxy form has been issued in respect of a designated account for a shareholder, the full voting entitlement for that designated account).
  • (b) To appoint more than one proxy, additional proxy forms may be obtained by contacting our registrar, Equiniti Limited, on 0871 384 2967* (+44 121 415 7044 if calling from overseas) or you may copy this form. Please indicate in the box next to the proxy holder's name the number of shares in relation to which the proxy is authorised to act as your proxy. Please also indicate, by ticking the box provided, if the proxy appointment is one of multiple appointments made. All forms must be signed and should be returned together in the same envelope.
  • (c) The form of proxy and, if relevant, the power of attorney or other authority under which it is signed, or a certified copy of that power or authority, must be received by our registrar, Equiniti Limited, by 11am two days before the Meeting.
  • (d) If the member is a corporation, the form of proxy must be executed either under seal or in any other manner having the same effect or under the hand of an officer or the person duly authorised in writing stating their capacity (e.g. director, secretary, duly authorised attorney).
  • (e) For joint holders, the signature of any one of them will suffice. The instructions of the senior joint holder will be accepted to the exclusion of those of the other joint holders and for this purpose seniority will be determined by the order in which the names stand in the register of members for the joint holding.
  • (f) The address shown overleaf is that appearing in the register of members. The form of proxy and attendance card are not transferable.
    1. To be entitled to vote at the Meeting (and for the purpose of determining the number of votes that may be cast), shareholders' names must be entered in the register of members at 6pm two days before the Meeting.
    1. Full details of the Resolutions to be proposed at the Meeting, with explanatory notes, are set out in the notice of Annual General Meeting.
    1. Full biographical details of the directors, including membership of board and management committees, may be found on pages 42 and 43 of the Annual Report and Accounts.
  • * Calls to this number are charged at 8 pence per minute plus network extras. Lines are open 8.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday, excluding UK bank holidays.

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