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 December 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 December2013, to be held in accordance with the rules of the Company's HMRC approvedshare incentive plan. The shares were purchased at a price of 669.96 pence pershare. Director/PDMR No. of Shares purchased Sue Amies-King 21 Neil Colman 21 Tony Conway 22 Gary Dixon 22 Steve Fraser 23 Simon Gardiner 23 Russ Houlden 22 Gaynor Kenyon 23 Steve Mogford 22 Janice Smethurst 21 Paula Steer 23 __________________________________________________________________________ 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".