UU. United Utilities Group Plc

                          UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC

                                 30 JULY 2013

                      AWARDS GRANTED UNDER LONG TERM PLAN

The following conditional awards were granted in the UK on 29 July 2013,
(calculated using the market price at the close of trading on the London Stock
Exchange on 26 July 2013 of £7.165 per ordinary share), to the undernoted
directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility pursuant to the
rules of the United Utilities Group 2013 Long Term Plan as approved by the
shareholders at the general meeting on 26 July 2013. 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. Executive directors are
subject to a further two-year holding 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      Price         Performance period
        PDMR         Ordinary paid for  payable on
                      shares  award £   exercise £
                     awarded

Sue Amies-King         15,631   nil        nil       01/04/2013 to 31/03/2016

Sally Cabrini          22,958   nil        nil       01/04/2013 to 31/03/2016

Neil Colman            16,022   nil        nil       01/04/2013 to 31/03/2016

Anthony Conway          9,613   nil        nil       01/04/2013 to 31/03/2016

Gary Dixon             15,631   nil        nil       01/04/2013 to 31/03/2016

Steven Fraser          25,694   nil        nil       01/04/2013 to 31/03/2016

Simon Gardiner         20,516   nil        nil       01/04/2013 to 31/03/2016

Jonathan Hodgkin       16,608   nil        nil       01/04/2013 to 31/03/2016

Russ Houlden *         76,203   nil        nil       01/04/2013 to 31/03/2016

Gaynor Kenyon          17,859   nil        nil       01/04/2013 to 31/03/2016

Steven Mogford *      120,746   nil        nil       01/04/2013 to 31/03/2016

Janice Smethurst        7,257   nil        nil       01/04/2013 to 31/03/2016

Paula Steer             6,699   nil        nil       01/04/2013 to 31/03/2016

Total                 371,437

* Denotes Executive Director subject to additional 2 year holding period.

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Further information can be obtained from Jane Gilmore, Deputy Company Secretary
on 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".