Key corporate dates 2013

United Utilities Group PLC

8 January 2013

                 United Utilities key corporate dates for 2013                 

United Utilities expects to announce its full year results for the year ending
31 March 2013 on Thursday 23 May 2013. The key corporate dates are expected to
be:

Interim management statement for the period from 1      30 January 2013   
October 2012                                                              
                                                                          
Payment of 2012/13 interim dividend to shareholders     1 February 2013   
                                                                          
Pre-close trading update                                21 March 2013     
                                                                          
Announcement of full year results for the year ending   23 May 2013       
31 March 2013                                                             
                                                                          
Ex-dividend date for 2012/13 final dividend             19 June 2013      
                                                                          
Record date for 2012/13 final dividend                  21 June 2013      
                                                                          
Interim management statement for the period from 1      26 July 2013      
April 2013                                                                
                                                                          
Annual General Meeting                                  26 July 2013      
                                                                          
Payment of 2012/13 final dividend to shareholders       2 August 2013     
                                                                          
Pre-close trading update (provisional)                  19 September 2013 
                                                                          
Announcement of half year results for the six months    27 November 2013  
ending                                                                    
                                                                          
30 September 2013 (provisional)                                           
                                                                          
Ex-dividend date for 2013/14 interim dividend           18 December 2013  
(provisional)                                                             
                                                                          
Record date for 2013/14 interim dividend (provisional)  20 December 2013  
                                                                          
Payment of 2013/14 interim dividend to shareholders     3 February 2014   
(provisional)                                                             

Further information can be obtained from:

Jane Gilmore, Deputy Company Secretary [phone]

Darren Jameson, Head of Investor Relations [phone]

United Utilities 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".