Performance and Matching Share Plan Awards

UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC                           

                            PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN                             

                                 6 AUGUST 2008                                 

The following contingent option awards were granted on 6 August 2008 pursuant
to the performance share plan approved by the shareholders at the Annual
General Meeting on 1 July 2008. The figures reflect the maximum number of
shares over which the option might be exercised. The actual number will depend
upon the extent to which the established performance conditions are satisfied
over the performance period. Under the rules, the awards are subject to uplift
for notional dividends made or paid during the performance period.

Name of director  No. of   Price paid    Price            Performance period
/senior manager  Ordinary  for award   payable on                           
discharging       shares       £       exercise £                           
managerial        awarded                                                   
responsibilities                                                            
                                                                            
Philip Green        75,121    nil         nil      01/04/2008 to 31/03/2011 
                                                                            
Tim Weller          43,185    nil         nil      01/04/2008 to 31/03/2011 
                                                                            
Charlie Cornish     36,355    nil         nil      01/04/2008 to 31/03/2011 
                                                                            
Alison Clarke       19,368    nil         nil      01/04/2008 to 31/03/2011 
                                                                            
Gaynor Kenyon       11,872    nil         nil      01/04/2008 to 31/03/2011 
                                                                            
Clive Elphick       15,064    nil         nil      01/04/2008 to 31/03/2011 
                                                                            
Tom Keevil          20,803    nil         nil      01/04/2008 to 31/03/2011 
                                                                            
Matthew Wright      15,602    nil         nil      01/04/2008 to 31/03/2011 
                                                                            
Ian McAulay         15,602    nil         nil      01/04/2008 to 31/03/2011 
                                                                            

                          UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC                           

                           MATCHING SHARE AWARD PLAN                           

                                 6 AUGUST 2008                                 

The ordinary shares in United Utilities Group PLC in column 1 below were
allotted in the UK after close of the market on 5 August 2008 to the undernoted
directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility at full market
value. These shares will constitute investment shares as defined in the rules
of the United Utilities Group PLC 2008 Matching Share Award Plan (the "Plan")
which was approved by the shareholders at the General Meeting on 1 July 2008.

On 5 August 2008, the trustees of the Plan granted in the UK, matching share
awards as listed in column 2 below. The matching share awards give each
executive an option to acquire up to a maximum number of ordinary shares in
United Utilities Group PLC at nil cost to them subject to the rules of the
Plan. The actual number of ordinary shares which will vest will depend upon the
extent to which the established performance conditions are satisfied over the
performance period. Under the rules, the awards are subject to uplift for
notional dividends made or paid during the performance period.

                   Column 1           Column 2                                  
                                                                                
Name of director      No of Price per   No. of Price paid   Price    Performance
/senior manager  investment     share Matching    for      payable        period
discharging          shares   paid on   shares  matching     on                 
managerial         allotted allotment  awarded   share    exercise              
responsibilities                    £           award £      of                 
                                                          matching              
                                                            share               
                                                           award £              
                                                                                
Charlie Cornish       5,736     £6.97   18,475    nil        nil      01/04/2008
                                                                       to 31/03/
                                                                            2011
                                                                                
Philip Green         27,711     £6.97   65,755    nil        nil      01/04/2008
                                                                       to 31/03/
                                                                            2011
                                                                                
Clive Elphick         3,024     £6.97    5,126    nil        nil      01/04/2008
                                                                       to 31/03/
                                                                            2011
                                                                                
Gaynor Kenyon         3,130     £6.97    5,305    nil        nil      01/04/2008
                                                                       to 31/03/
                                                                            2011
                                                                                
Tim Weller           17,670     £6.97   41,929    nil        nil      01/04/2008
                                                                       to 31/03/
                                                                            2011
                                                                                
Tom Keevil            1,818     £6.97    8,273    nil        nil      01/04/2008
                                                                       to 31/03/
                                                                            2011
                                                                                
Alison Clarke         4,881     £6.97    3,082    nil        nil      01/04/2008
                                                                       to 31/03/
                                                                            2011
                                                                                
Totals               63,970            147,945    nil        nil     01/04/2008 
                                                                     to 31/03/  
                                                                        2011    

Further information can be obtained from Antony Taylor, Assistant Company
Secretary on 01925 237251

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".