Director/PDMR Shareholding

UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC DIRECTORS' AND PDMR INTERESTS IN SHARES United Utilities Group PLC ("the Company") announces that it receivednotification on 20 January 2014 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 January 2014,to be held in accordance with the rules of the Company's HMRC approved shareincentive plan. The shares were purchased at a price of 686.67 pence per share. Director/PDMR No. of Shares purchased Sue Amies-King 23 Neil Colman 22 Tony Conway 22 Gary Dixon 23 Steve Fraser 22 Simon Gardiner 21 Russ Houlden 22 Gaynor Kenyon 22 Steve Mogford 22 Janice Smethurst 23 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".