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05/01/2016 07:11

RNS Number : 8219K
Severn Trent PLC
05 January 2016
SEVERN TRENT PLC
TRANSACTION IN OWN SECURITIES
Severn Trent Plc ("Severn Trent") announces today that it yesterday 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:
Ordinary Shares
 
Date of purchase: 4 January 2016
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased:  21,780
Price per Ordinary Share: 21.5092

The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.
Following the above transaction, Severn Trent holds a total of 3,610,075 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 235,733,164 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
Contact:
David Lloyd-Seed
Head of Investor Relations
02477 715000
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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