Notification of Board Changes

26 May 2016

Severn Trent Plc - Notification of Board Changes

The Board of Severn Trent plc, the UK's leading provider of water and waste water services, today announces the following Board and Board Committee changes.

With effect from the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company on 20 July 2016 two of our Non-Executive Directors, Martin Lamb and Gordon Fryett will be stepping down from the Board, having served eight years and seven years respectively. Martin is the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director and Gordon is Chair of the Corporate Responsibility Committee. Martin and Gordon will therefore not be submitting themselves for re-appointment at the AGM, but resolutions will be put to the AGM in respect of their successors, Kevin Beeston and Dominique Reiniche, as detailed below.

Kevin Beeston will join the Board as a Non-Executive Director and will become a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nominations Committees with effect from 1 June 2016. He will succeed Martin as the Senior Independent Director on 20 July 2016. Kevin is Chairman of Taylor Wimpey plc and Equiniti plc and also a Non-Executive Director of The Football Association Premier League Limited. He has previously been Chairman of Serco Group plc, Domestic & General Limited and Partnerships in Care Limited and a Non-Executive Director of IMI plc.

Dominique Reiniche will join the Board as a Non-Executive Director and will become a member of the Corporate Responsibility and Nominations Committees with effect from 20 July 2016. Dominique is Independent Vice Chairman of CHR Hansen Holdings A/S and also a Non-Executive Director of Mondi Plc, Paypal (Europe) and AXA SA. After holding senior roles with Procter & Gamble and Kraft-Jacobs Suchard, she has previously been President - Western Europe of Coca-Cola Enterprises, President - Europe and Chairman - Europe of Coca-Cola Company, a Non-Executive Director of Peugeot-Citroen SA and Vice Chairman of FoodDrinkEurope.

Dr. Angela Strank will succeed Gordon as Chair of the Corporate Responsibility Committee on 20 July 2016.

Andrew Duff, Chairman said:

"I would like to thank both Martin and Gordon for their extremely valuable contribution and commitment to the Board during their tenure.  I am delighted that Kevin and Dominique have agreed to join the Board as Non-Executive Directors.  Their wide ranging experience will be a complementary addition to the Board's existing skill set."

The Company confirms that there is no information about Kevin Beeston or Dominique Reiniche requiring disclosure under paragraph 9.6.13 (1) to (6) of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority.

For further information please contact:

Ruban Chandran, Head of Investor Relations:

-     07957 166 615

-     ruban.chandran@severntrent.co.uk

David Lloyd-Seed / Jonathan Sibun, Tulchan Communications:

-     0207 353 4200