UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC
PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN
6 AUGUST 2008
The following contingent option awards were granted on 6 August 2008 pursuant
to the performance share plan approved by the shareholders at the Annual
General Meeting on 1 July 2008. 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. 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 paid Price Performance period
/senior manager Ordinary for award payable on
discharging shares £ exercise £
managerial awarded
responsibilities
Philip Green 75,121 nil nil 01/04/2008 to 31/03/2011
Tim Weller 43,185 nil nil 01/04/2008 to 31/03/2011
Charlie Cornish 36,355 nil nil 01/04/2008 to 31/03/2011
Alison Clarke 19,368 nil nil 01/04/2008 to 31/03/2011
Gaynor Kenyon 11,872 nil nil 01/04/2008 to 31/03/2011
Clive Elphick 15,064 nil nil 01/04/2008 to 31/03/2011
Tom Keevil 20,803 nil nil 01/04/2008 to 31/03/2011
Matthew Wright 15,602 nil nil 01/04/2008 to 31/03/2011
Ian McAulay 15,602 nil nil 01/04/2008 to 31/03/2011
UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC
MATCHING SHARE AWARD PLAN
6 AUGUST 2008
The ordinary shares in United Utilities Group PLC in column 1 below were
allotted in the UK after close of the market on 5 August 2008 to the undernoted
directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility at full market
value. These shares will constitute investment shares as defined in the rules
of the United Utilities Group PLC 2008 Matching Share Award Plan (the "Plan")
which was approved by the shareholders at the General Meeting on 1 July 2008.
On 5 August 2008, the trustees of the Plan granted in the UK, matching share
awards as listed in column 2 below. The matching share awards give each
executive an option to acquire up to a maximum number of ordinary shares in
United Utilities Group PLC at nil cost to them subject to the rules of the
Plan. The actual number of ordinary shares which will vest will depend upon the
extent to which the established performance conditions are satisfied over the
performance period. Under the rules, the awards are subject to uplift for
notional dividends made or paid during the performance period.
Column 1 Column 2
Name of director No of Price per No. of Price paid Price Performance
/senior manager investment share Matching for payable period
discharging shares paid on shares matching on
managerial allotted allotment awarded share exercise
responsibilities £ award £ of
matching
share
award £
Charlie Cornish 5,736 £6.97 18,475 nil nil 01/04/2008
to 31/03/
2011
Philip Green 27,711 £6.97 65,755 nil nil 01/04/2008
to 31/03/
2011
Clive Elphick 3,024 £6.97 5,126 nil nil 01/04/2008
to 31/03/
2011
Gaynor Kenyon 3,130 £6.97 5,305 nil nil 01/04/2008
to 31/03/
2011
Tim Weller 17,670 £6.97 41,929 nil nil 01/04/2008
to 31/03/
2011
Tom Keevil 1,818 £6.97 8,273 nil nil 01/04/2008
to 31/03/
2011
Alison Clarke 4,881 £6.97 3,082 nil nil 01/04/2008
to 31/03/
2011
Totals 63,970 147,945 nil nil 01/04/2008
to 31/03/
2011
Further information can be obtained from Antony Taylor, Assistant Company
Secretary on 01925 237251
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".