Director/PDMR Shareholding

UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC DIRECTORS' AND PDMR INTERESTS IN SHARES United Utilities Group PLC ("the Company") announces that it receivednotification on 18 October 2013 that the Trustee, Equiniti Share Plan TrusteesLimited, purchased ordinary shares of 5p each on behalf of the followingdirectors and persons discharging managerial responsibility on 17 October 2013,to be held in accordance with the rules of the Company's HMRC approved shareincentive plan. The shares were purchased at a price of 703.53 pence per share. Director/PDMR No. of Shares purchased Sue Amies-King 22 Sally Cabrini 256 Neil Colman 22 Tony Conway 20 Gary Dixon 43 Steve Fraser 21 Simon Gardiner 42 Russ Houlden 22 Gaynor Kenyon 22 Steve Mogford 22 Janice Smethurst 22 Paula Steer 21 __________________________________________________________________________ Further information can be obtained from Jane Gilmore, Deputy Company Secretary44 1 925 237052 - United Utilities Group's ordinary shares trade on the London Stock Exchange andits ADRs, each equal to two ordinary shares, trade over the counter under theTrading Symbol "UUGRY".