AMP5 Framework Position Secur

Renew Holdings plc              

("Renew")

AMP5 Framework Position Secured                                                        

The Board is pleased to announce that Seymour (Civil Engineering Contractors) Limited, Renew's principal operating subsidiary in the Water sector, has been appointed as a framework contractor by Northumbrian Water Limited ("NWL") for its future investment programme.

This programme will provide the opportunity to the selected contractors and consultants to win work to an estimated total value of £1.5 billion.  The new framework agreement will come into effect from 1^st April 2011 and last for up to ten years.

This appointment provides Seymour with a successful continuation of their long relationship with NWL, for whom they have worked under all 4 of the previous AMP programmes.

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