Severn Trent increases its 2015 full year dividend by 5.6%

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Severn Trent increases its 2015 full year dividend by 5.6%

Highlights

·     Good financial performance:

Adjusted EPS up 15.9% year on year

Underlying group PBIT £540.3 million, up 3.2% year on year

Reported group PBIT up 2.6% year on year

·     Focus on operational improvement

Improved or stable performance on 12 out of 14 Ofwat KPIs year on year

Achieved target of 10% reduction in leakage over AMP5

·     Invested a further £547.4 million to complete AMP5 programme of £2.6 billion; RCV £7.7 billion at April 2015

·     Customer bills remain the lowest in Britain at an average combined bill of £329 for 2015/16

·     Severn Trent Services re-focused - disposal of Water Purification business (US$ 81.2 million)

·     Industry leader in renewable energy - self generation equivalent to 28% of Severn Trent Water's energy needs

·     Reported group PBT £148.2 million, reflecting fair value losses on financial instruments

·     Well positioned for AMP6

Largest investment programme ever - £3.3 billion capital investment

New organisational structure and management team

£300 million of £372 million target efficiencies already locked in

Focused on outperformance

2015/16 dividend 80.66 pence, followed by annual growth of no less than RPI until 2020

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