UUGRY United Utilities Group PLC (PK)

United Utilities Group PLC

9 July 2014

                        United Utilities - Nick Salmon

In accordance with LR 9.6.14(2) Nick Salmon, non-executive director and senior
independent director of United Utilities Group PLC has been appointed as a
non-executive director of Interserve Plc with effect from 1 August 2014.

Nick Salmon is no longer a director of Asia Resource Minerals plc.

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Further information can be obtained from:

Jane Gilmore, Deputy Company Secretary +44 1925 237052

Darren Jameson, Head of Investor Relations +44 1925 237033

United Utilities 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".