Financial Services Authority
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached: Severn Trent Plc
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may
result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights
are attached.
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to
qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
Legal & General Group Plc
(Group)
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the Legal & General Investment
notification obligation: Management Limited (LGIM)
Legal & General Group Plc (L
&G)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) Legal & General Assurance
(if different from 3.): (Pensions Management)
Limited (PMC)
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or 06 August 2009
reached:
6. Date on which issuer notified: 07 August 2009
Below 5% (Group)
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:
Below 5% (LGIM)
From 5% - 4% (L&G)
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
of to the triggering
shares transaction
if possible Number Number Number of voting % of voting rights
using of of rights
the ISIN Shares Voting Number
CODE Rights of shares
Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
GB00B1FH8J72 15,551,013 15,551,013 Below 5%
ORD (LGIM) (LGIM) (LGIM)
14,162,139 14,162,139
9,834,438 9,834,438 4.15
GBP 0.9789 (L&G) (L&G)
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of voting
rights that may be
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ acquired if the % of voting
instrument date Conversion Period instrument is rights
exercised/ converted.
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial
Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of Exercise price Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights % of voting rights
financial date Conversion period instrument refers to
instrument
Nominal Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
Below 5% (LGIM)
9,834,438 (L&G) 4.15 (L&G)
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) (Below 5% =
Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH)
(Direct and Indirect) (Below 5% = Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) (Below
5% = Total Position)
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (9,834,438 - 4.15% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited Legal & General
(Direct) (LGIMHD) (8,996,022 - 3.80% = PMC) Insurance Holdings
Limited (Direct)
(LGIH)
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited Legal & General
(PMC) (8,996,022 - 3.80% = PMC) Assurance Society
Limited (LGAS &
LGPL)
Legal & General
Pensions Limited
(Direct) (LGPL)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease N/A
to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold N/A
voting rights:
Notification using the total voting rights figure of
13. Additional information: 236,543,480
14. Contact name: Michelle Woodall
15. Contact telephone number: 0121 722 4840