Result of AGM

UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC                           

                     ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - POLL RESULT                      

At the annual general meeting held on 27 July 2012 at the Midland Hotel,
Manchester, the following resolutions were duly passed and the result of the
poll is shown below. At the record date for the meeting the total number of
voting rights in the company stood at 681,884,870 and the total ordinary shares
in issue were 681,884,870.

No. Resolution              Votes For     % Votes Against       %         Votes
                                                                       withheld
                         Representing        Representing                      
                               shares              shares          Representing
                                                                         shares
                                                                               
 1  Receiving the report  356,969,357 99.97       118,830    0.03       634,144
    and accounts                                                               
                                                                               
 2  Declaring a final     356,603,778 99.99        33,707    0.01     1,084,296
    dividend                                                                   
                                                                               
 3  Approving the         347,176,070 98.37     5,758,083    1.63     4,787,009
    directors'                                                                 
    remuneration report                                                        
                                                                               
 4  Reappointing Dr John  351,333,149 98.72     4,538,615    1.28     1,850,509
    McAdam                                                                     
                                                                               
 5  Reappointing Steve    337,853,035 94.66    19,054,743    5.34       814,495
    Mogford                                                                    
                                                                               
 6  Reappointing Russ     355,730,021 99.67     1,170,389    0.33       821,863
    Houlden                                                                    
                                                                               
 7  Reappointing Dr       355,779,425 99.69     1,117,390    0.31       825,458
    Catherine Bell                                                             
                                                                               
 8  Reappointing Paul     355,905,470 99.73       974,048    0.27       842,755
    Heiden                                                                     
                                                                               
 9  Reappointing Nick     355,879,776 99.71     1,025,381    0.29       817,116
    Salmon                                                                     
                                                                               
10  Electing Sara Weller  355,684,824 99.66     1,197,426    0.34       839,911
                                                                               
11  Reappointing the      353,531,054 99.50     1,762,221    0.50     2,428,944
    auditor                                                                    
                                                                               
12  Remunerating the      354,909,912 99.42     2,060,727    0.58       751,580
    auditor                                                                    
                                                                               
13  Authorising the       336,810,861 96.18    13,369,590    3.82     7,540,662
    directors to allot                                                         
    shares                                                                     
                                                                               
14  Disapplying           349,591,868 97.99     7,165,404    2.01       963,841
    statutory                                                                  
    pre-emption rights                                                         
                                                                               
15  Authorising market    355,633,865 99.62     1,353,772    0.38       733,476
    purchases of its own                                                       
    shares by the                                                              
    company                                                                    
                                                                               
16  Notice period for     318,900,186 89.31    38,179,772   10.69       711,394
    general meetings                                                           
                                                                               
17  Authorising           346,654,264 97.36     9,388,984    2.64     1,677,865
    political donations                                                        

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                  Jane Gilmore, Deputy Secretary 01925 237052                  

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".