14 Jan 2016 17:32

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SEVERN TRENT PLC
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TRANSACTION IN OWN SECURITIES
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Severn Trent Plc ("Severn Trent") announces today that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 97 17/19 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") on the London Stock Exchange from Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC. Such purchase was effected pursuant to irrevocable instructions issued by Severn Trent to Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC on 30 November 2015, as announced on the same day:
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Ordinary Shares
Date of purchase: 14 January 2016
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Number of Ordinary Shares purchased: 54,292
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Price per Ordinary Share: £21.1055
The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.
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Following the above transaction, Severn Trent holds a total of 3,858,838 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 235,484,837 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
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Contact:
David Lloyd-Seed
Head of Investor Relations
02477 715000
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This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.
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