Financial Services Authority
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying United Utilities Group Plc
issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached:
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may
result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are
attached.
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to
qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please
specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)
notification obligation:
4. Full name of shareholder(s) Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management)
(if different from 3.): Limited (PMC)
5. Date of the transaction and date on 2 November 2009
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:
6. Date on which issuer notified: 4 November 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or 3% (L&G)
reached:
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation
shares to the triggering after the triggering
transaction transaction
if possible
using
the ISIN CODE
Number Number Number Number % of voting
of Shares of Voting of shares of voting rights
Rights rights
Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
Ordinary Shares 35,472,365 35,472,365 27,122,970 27,122,970 3.97
GB00B39J2M42
Previous disclosure under
United Utilities Plc October
2007
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
instrument date Conversion Period rights that may be rights
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights % of voting
instrument price date Conversion instrument refers to rights
period
Nominal Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
27,122,970 3.97
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and
Indirect)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (27,122,970 -3.97 % = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct)
(LGIMHD) (24,740,894 -3.63 % = PMC) (LGIH)
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS &
(24,740,894 -3.63 % = PMC) LGPL)
Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease N/A
to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold N/A
voting rights:
Notification using the
13. Additional information: total voting rights figure
of 681,536,032
14. Contact name: Helen Lewis (LGIM)
15. Contact telephone number: 020 3124 3851