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United Utilities Group PLC

27 July 2018

UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - POLL RESULT

At the annual general meeting held on 27 July 2018 at the Lowry Hotel, Manchester, the following resolutions

were duly passed and the result of the poll is shown below. At the record date for the meeting the total number

of voting rights in the company stood at 681,888,418 and the total ordinary shares in issue were 681,888,418.

 
 No.    Resolution                  Votes for                 Votes against            % of       Votes withheld 
                                                                                        Issued 
                                                      %                         %       share 
                                                                                        capital 
                                                                                        voted 
        Receiving the 
   1     report and accounts          444,444,029     99.99     64,642          0.01     65.19      328,242 
       --------------------------  --------------  --------  --------------  -------  ---------  --------------- 
        Declaring a final 
   2     dividend                     444,750,460     99.99     31,276          0.01     65.23      58,638 
       --------------------------  --------------  --------  --------------  -------  ---------  --------------- 
 
          Approving the 
          directors' remuneration 
   3      report                      438,000,676     98.64     6,060,476       1.36     65.12      779,222 
       --------------------------  --------------  --------  --------------  -------  ---------  --------------- 
        Reappointing Dr 
   4     John McAdam                  440,271,006     99.09     4,023,632       0.91     65.16      544,721 
       --------------------------  --------------  --------  --------------  -------  ---------  --------------- 
        Reappointing Steve 
   5     Mogford                      443,468,312     99.73     1,199,432       0.27     65.21      172,630 
       --------------------------  --------------  --------  --------------  -------  ---------  --------------- 
        Reappointing Russ 
   6     Houlden                      441,511,224     99.29     3,141,120       0.71     65.21      187,016 
       --------------------------  --------------  --------  --------------  -------  ---------  --------------- 
        Electing Steve 
   7     Fraser                       442,659,531     99.55     1,990,459       0.45     65.21      190,384 
       --------------------------  --------------  --------  --------------  -------  ---------  --------------- 
        Reappointing Stephen 
   8     Carter                       443,475,504     99.74     1,155,890       0.26     65.21      207,966 
       --------------------------  --------------  --------  --------------  -------  ---------  --------------- 
        Reappointing Mark 
   9     Clare                        443,421,521     99.73     1,215,366       0.27     65.21      202,473 
       --------------------------  --------------  --------  --------------  -------  ---------  --------------- 
        Reappointing Alison 
   10    Goligher                     443,405,838     99.72     1,228,153       0.28     65.21      205,369 
       --------------------------  --------------  --------  --------------  -------  ---------  --------------- 
        Reappointing Brian 
   11    May                          441,483,055     99.72     1,260,348       0.28     64.93      2,095,955 
       --------------------------  --------------  --------  --------------  -------  ---------  --------------- 
        Reappointing Paulette 
   12    Rowe                         443,454,564     99.74     1,165,135       0.26     65.20      219,661 
       --------------------------  --------------  --------  --------------  -------  ---------  --------------- 
        Reappointing Sara 
   13    Weller                       442,446,315     99.51     2,179,438       0.49     65.21      214,621 
       --------------------------  --------------  --------  --------------  -------  ---------  --------------- 
        Reappointing the 
   14    auditor                      442,263,327     99.47     2,367,650       0.53     65.21      206,016 
       --------------------------  --------------  --------  --------------  -------  ---------  --------------- 
        Remunerating the 
   15    auditor                      444,308,653     99.92     362,924         0.08     65.21      168,797 
       --------------------------  --------------  --------  --------------  -------  ---------  --------------- 
        Authorising the 
         directors to allot 
   16    shares                       436,848,151     98.24     7,838,587       1.76     65.21      153,636 
       --------------------------  --------------  --------  --------------  -------  ---------  --------------- 
        Disapplying statutory 
   17    pre-emption rights           443,859,076     99.84     730,451         0.16     65.20      250,577 
       --------------------------  --------------  --------  --------------  -------  ---------  --------------- 
 
          Authorising specific 
          power to disapply 
          statutory pre-emption 
   18     rights                      428,856,358     96.46     15,737,932      3.54     65.20      246,083 
       --------------------------  --------------  --------  --------------  -------  ---------  --------------- 
        Authorising market 
         purchases of its 
         own shares by 
   19    the company                  442,647,562     99.54     2,037,754       0.46     65.21      155,057 
       --------------------------  --------------  --------  --------------  -------  ---------  --------------- 
 
        Notice period 
   20    for general meetings       413,347,698       92.95     31,372,457      7.05     65.22      120,218 
       --------------------------  --------------  --------  --------------  -------  ---------  --------------- 
 
        Authorising political 
   21    donations                    439,630,589     98.90     4,878,079       1.10     65.19      330,468 
       --------------------------  --------------  --------  --------------  -------  ---------  --------------- 
 

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Classification - Result of AGM

Jane Gilmore, Deputy Secretary 01925 237052

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".

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