Director/PDMR Shareholding

UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PDMR's OR CONNECTED PERSONS

8 JULY 2014

United Utilities Group PLC (the company) hereby announces in accordance with
DTR 3.1.4R, after notification by the independent Trustee of the United
Utilities Employee Share Trust, the transfer by the Trustee to participants of
the beneficial ownership of ordinary shares of 5p each in the company following
the exercise of awards (as detailed below) in the Performance Share Plan (PSP)
and in the Matching Share Award Plan (MSAP), both of which related to the
performance period 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2014. The awards were exercised by
the participants detailed below (at nil cost) on 7 July 2014, following the
achievement of performance criteria as determined by the company's Remuneration
Committee. All transactions took place in England. Shares were sold at £8.915
per share.

Name of  No. of shares PSP - No. No. of      MSAP -    No. of      No of shares
director held before   of shares shares sold No. of    shares sold held after  
/PDMR    transactions  exercised to cover    shares    to cover    transaction 
         and (% of               tax, NI     exercised tax, NI     (s) and % of
         issued share            liability,            liability,  share       
         capital)                and dealing           and dealing capital     
                                                                               
Russ     72,700        49,883    23,504      22,841    10,763      111,157     
Houlden  (0.015%)                                                  (0.016%)    

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Further information can be obtained from:

Jane Gilmore, Deputy Company Secretary [phone]

United Utilities Group's ordinary shares trade on the London Stock Exchange and
its ADRs, each equal to two ordinary shares, trade over the counter under the
Trading Symbol "UUGRY".