Director/PDMR Shareholding

UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC                           

                      DIRECTORS' AND PDMR'S SHAREHOLDINGS                      

                                 15 April 2009                                 

Directors' and persons disclosing managerial responsibility redeemed the
following B Shares on 14 April 2009 (pursuant to the Scheme of Arrangement):

Director/PDMR              B Shares   B Shares  
                                      held in   
                                      SIP       
                                                
Philip Green               121,756    -         
                                                
Timothy Weller             48,277     -         
                                                
Martin Bradbury            -          207       
                                                
Charlie Cornish            4,308      -         
                                                
Clive Elphick              9,958      272       
                                                
Tom Keevil                 15,050     -         
                                                
Gaynor Kenyon              2,866      -         

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Further information can be obtained from Jane Gilmore, Deputy Company Secretary
44 1 925 237052

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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".