Director Shareholding

    SCHEDULE 11                                  

         NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS          

All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1.  Name of company                      2.   Name of director                 
                                                                               
    Severn Trent Plc                          Mr T D G Arculus                 
                                                                               
3.  Please state whether notification    4.   Name of the registered holder(s) 
    indicates that it is in respect of        and, if more than one holder, the
    holding of the shareholder named in       number of shares held by each of 
    2 above or in respect of a                them (if notified)               
    non-beneficial interest or in the                                          
    case of an individual holder if it                                         
    is a holding of that person's spouse                                       
    or children under the age of 18 or                                         
    in respect of a non-beneficial                                             
    interest                                                                   
                                                                               
    In respect of Director named in (2)       T G Arculus Deceased Trust       
    above who has a beneficial interest                                        
    in the Trust referred to in (4).                                           
                                                                               
5.  Please state whether notification    6.   Please state the nature of the   
    relates to a person(s) connected          transaction. For PEP transactions
    with the director named in 2 above        please indicate whether general/ 
    and identify the connected person(s)      single co PEP and if             
                                              discretionary/non discretionary  
                                                                               
    N/A                                       Purchase of ordinary shares      
                                                                               
7.    Number of       8.  Percentage   9.   Number of       10.  Percentage of 
      shares/amount       of issued         shares/amount        issued class  
      of stock            class             of stock                           
      acquired                              disposed                           
                                                                               
      1,400               0.0004%           N/A                  N/A           
                                                                               
11.    Class of       12.  Price per   13.   Date of        14.  Date company  
       security            share             transaction         informed      
                                                                               
       Ordinary            £7.105            19 January          19 January    
       shares of 655/                        2004                2004          
       19p each                                                                
                                                                               
15.     Total holding following this   16.     Total percentage holding of     
        notification                           issued class following this     
                                               notification                    
                                                                               
        13,297                                 0.0039%                         
                                                                               

If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the
following boxes.

17.  Date of grant                     18.  Period during which or date on     
                                            which options exercisable          
                                                                               
19.  Total amount paid (if any) for    20.  Description of shares or debentures
     grant of the option                    involved: class, number            
                                                                               
21.  Exercise price (if fixed at time  22.  Total number of shares or          
     of grant) or indication that           debentures over which options held 
     price is to be fixed at time of        following this notification        
     exercise                                                                  
                                                                               
23.  Any additional information        24.  Name of contact and telephone      
                                            number for queries                 
                                                                               
25.  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making  
     this notification                                                         
                                                                               
     Peter P Davies (Company Secretary)                                        
                                                                               
     Date of notification ___19 January 2004__________________                 

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