Severn Trent Capital Markets Day

Today Severn Trent are hosting a Capital Markets Day to bring to life our ambitious plans for AMP8 and beyond following acceptance of the PR24 Final Determination in January.

We are confident we can deliver a third consecutive AMP¹ of sector-leading operational performance, including reducing leakage by over 30% in the decade to 2030², and following our installation of 1,500 interventions on storm overflows in the last year, we are well on our way to delivering our ambition of halving spills by 2030.

As a result, we are guiding to net operational outperformance in AMP8 of over £300m in nominal prices³. This includes up to £50m in Price Control Deliverables (PCDs), with the rest derived from ODI⁴ rewards. We anticipate outperformance rewards to be concentrated towards the later stages of the AMP, therefore we are guiding to at least £25m in ODI rewards for FY26.

As we grow our business, we are committed to driving efficiency to protect customer bills and enable strategic reinvestment of totex. We are utilising AI to produce better, greener, more efficient designs and our unique Plug and Play programme is helping to deliver capital works faster and cheaper together with our culture of working smarter, which we bring to life at the event.

This gives us confidence we will deliver our programme within our totex allowance with the flexibility to absorb unexpected costs and reinvest in strategic initiatives that will further improve performance, including:

Looking beyond AMP8, we see this as the beginning of a multi-decade investment cycle. In addition to the real RCV⁵ growth of 45% in AMP8, our Long Term Delivery Strategy (LTDS) indicates an RCV growth rate of around 20% on average each AMP over the next 25 years, underpinned by investment to mitigate and adapt to climate change, population growth and tightening environmental standards.

Virtual options

For those unable to join us in person today, videos from the day will be made available on our website (severntrent.com) as soon as practicable after the event.

Footnotes

Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements

This document contains statements that are, or may be deemed to be, 'forward-looking statements' with respect to Severn Trent's financial condition, results of operations and business and certain of Severn Trent's plans and objectives with respect to these items.

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Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and no assurances can be given that the forward-looking statements in this document will be realised. There are a number of factors, many of which are beyond Severn Trent's control that could cause actual results, performance and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These factors include but are not limited to: the Principal Risks disclosed in our latest Annual Report and Accounts (which have not been updated since the date of its publication); changes in the economies and markets in which the group operates; changes in the regulatory and competition frameworks in which the group operates; the impact of legal or other proceedings against or which affect the group; and changes in interest and exchange rates.

All written or verbal forward-looking statements, made in this document or made subsequently, which are attributable to Severn Trent or any other member of the group or persons acting on their behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the factors referred to above. The final PR24 Business Plan determination may be subject to further clarification or verification by Severn Trent or Ofwat. This document speaks as at the date of publication. Save as required by applicable laws and regulations, Severn Trent does not intend to update any forward-looking statements and does not undertake any obligation to do so. Past performance of securities of Severn Trent Plc cannot be relied upon as a guide to the future performance of securities of Severn Trent Plc.

Nothing in this document should be regarded as a profit forecast.

Certain information contained herein is based on management estimates, interpretation and Severn Trent's own internal research. Management estimates have been made in good faith and represent the current beliefs of applicable members of Severn Trent's management. While those management members believe that such estimates, interpretation and research are reasonable and reliable, they, and their underlying methodology and assumptions, have not been verified by any independent source for accuracy or completeness and are subject to change without notice, and, by their nature, estimates may not be correct or complete. Accordingly, no representation or warranty (express or implied) is given to any recipient of this document that such estimates are correct or complete.

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