Financial Services Authority
TR1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached: United Utilities Group Plc
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are
attached.
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to
qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the Norges Bank
notification obligation:
4. Full name of shareholder(s) N/A
(if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or 26 April 2011
reached:
6. Date on which issuer notified: 27 April 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: 4%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
of to the triggering
shares transaction
Number Number Number of voting % of voting rights
if possible of of rights
using Shares Voting Number
the ISIN Rights of shares
CODE
Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
Ordinary GBP
27,442,574 26,837,311 26,837,311 3.94%
GB00B39J2M42
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of voting
rights that may be
Type of Expiration Exercise/ acquired if the % of voting
financial date Conversion Period instrument is rights
instrument exercised/ converted.
n/a
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial
Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting rights
financial price date Conversion rights
instrument period instrument
refers to
Nominal Delta
n/a
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
26,837,311 3.94%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
N/A
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder: Norges Bank
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease N/A
to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold N/A
voting rights:
None
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name: Joanna Mazurczyk
15. Contact telephone number: +47 24 07 31 29
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