Holding(s) in Company

Financial Services Authority

 

TR1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares                                           
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                                      
of existing shares to which voting rights are                                           
attached:                                                     United Utilities Group Plc
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):              
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                          Yes
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result         
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are                  
attached.                                                                               
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to               
qualifying financial instruments                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Other (please specify):                                                                 
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                            Norges Bank         
notification obligation:                                                                
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                          N/A             
 (if different from 3.):                                                                
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                                 19 November 2010      
reached:                                                                                
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                 22 November 2010      
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                                  
reached:                                                                 3%             
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        


 

8. Notified details:                                                                           
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                            
                                                                                               
Class/type    Situation previous       Resulting situation after the triggering transaction    
of             to the triggering                                                               
shares            transaction                                                                  
                                                                                               
               Number     Number                   Number of voting       % of  voting rights  
if possible      of         of                          rights                                 
using          Shares     Voting     Number                                                    
the ISIN                  Rights    of shares                                                  
CODE                                                                                           
                                                    Direct      Indirect  Direct    Indirect   
                                                                                               
Ordinary GBP                                                                                   
                   19,885,201       21,085,201    21,085,201              3.09%                
GB00B39J2M42                                                                                   
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                            
                                                                                               
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                           
                                                                                               
                                                         Number of voting                      
                                                         rights that may be                    
Type of         Expiration        Exercise/              acquired if the         % of voting   
financial       date              Conversion Period      instrument is           rights        
instrument                                               exercised/ converted.                 
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                  
Instruments                                                                                    
                                                                                               
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                           
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
Type of       Exercise     Expiration    Exercise/      Number of voting  % of voting rights   
financial     price        date          Conversion     rights instrument                      
instrument                               period         refers to                              
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                          Nominal     Delta    
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
Total (A+B+C)                                                                                  
                                                                                               
Number of voting rights                     Percentage of voting rights                        
                                                                                               
                 21,085,201                                        3.09%                       
                                                                                               


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                              
                                                                                        
N/A                                                                                     
                                                                                        
Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                           Norges Bank     
                                                                                        
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                         N/A         
to hold:                                                                                
                                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                           N/A         
voting rights:                                                                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                            None                        
13. Additional information:                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                                 Joanna Mazurczyk      
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                                     [phone]