Replacement Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9451P

United Utilities Group PLC

11 June 2015

 



UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC

A number of non material typographical changes have been made to the announcement

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

released on 29 May 2015 at 16.55 hrs under RNS No 7128O. The changes in the table are identified with an asterisk (*).

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 2012 to 31 March 2015. The awards were exercised by the participants detailed below (at nil cost) on 28 May 2015, following the achievement of performance criteria as determined by the company's Remuneration Committee. All transactions took place in England. Shares were sold at 1000.07 pence per share. Total number of shares sold includes those to cover cost of income tax, NI and dealing costs.

Name of director/PDMR	No. of shares held before transactions and (% of issued share capital)	PSP - No. of shares exercised	Total No. of shares sold	MSAP - No. of shares exercised	Total No. of shares sold	No of shares held after transaction(s) and (% of issued share capital)
Sue Amies-King	805 (0.00012%)	10,424	5,512*	n/a	n/a	6,317* (0.0009%)
Sally Cabrini	32,494 (0.0048%)	17,604	8,295	7,327	3,453	45,677 (0.0067%)
Gary Dixon	22,332 (0.0033%)	12,498	12,498	2,242	2,242	22,332 (0.0033%)
Steven Fraser	20,259* (0.0030%)	20,470	20,470	8,263	8,263	20,259* (0.0030%)
Simon Gardiner	23,011 (0.0034%)	16,375	12,728	5,144	2,424	29,378 (0.0043%)
Jonathan Hodgkin	263 (0.000039%)	13,919	6,559	n/a	n/a	7,623 (0.0011%)
Russ Houlden	72,972 (0.0107%)	47,005	47,005	33,082	33,082	72,972 (0.0107%)
Gaynor Kenyon	18,603 (0.0027%)	14,615	14,615	2,773	2,773	18,603 (0.0027%)
Steven Mogford	171,371 (0.025%)	74,524	35,115	53,667	25,287	239,160 (0.035%)

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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".

 

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