Director/PDMR Shareholding

UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC DIRECTORS' AND PDMR INTERESTS IN SHARES United Utilities Group PLC ("the Company") announces that it receivednotification on 19 September 2013 that the Trustee, Equiniti Share PlanTrustees Limited, purchased ordinary shares of 5p each on behalf of thefollowing directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility on 17September 2013, to be held in accordance with the rules of the Company's HMRCapproved share incentive plan. The shares were purchased at a price of 693.5pence per share. Director/PDMR No. of Shares purchased Sue Amies-King 21 Neil Colman 21 Steve Fraser 21 Russ Houlden 21 Gaynor Kenyon 21 Steve Mogford 21 Janice Smethurst 21 Paula Steer 22 __________________________________________________________________________ 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".