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United Utilities Group PLC
22 July 2016
UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - POLL RESULT 
At the annual general meeting held on 22 July 2016 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 Issued share capital voted
Votes withheld
1
Receiving the report and accounts
420,226,419
99.95
209,640
0.05
61.66
316,013
2
Declaring a final dividend
420,003,301
99.99
35,324
0.01
61.60
713,576
3
Approving the directors' remuneration report (other than the part containing the abridged directors' remuneration policy)
415,175,128
99.47
2,194,497
0.53
61.21
3,381,948
4
Reappointing Dr John McAdam
410,001,032
97.49
10,572,961
2.51
61.68
181,080
5
Reappointing Steve Mogford
419,731,674
99.80
832,357
0.20
61.68
191,042
6
Reappointing Stephen Carter
418,943,009
99.62
1,599,792
0.38
61.67
211,815
7
Reappointing Mark Clare
419,016,351
99.63
1,548,665
0.37
61.68
188,359
8
Reappointing Russ Houlden
418,295,996
99.46
2,253,729
0.54
61.67
205,348
9
Reappointing Brian May
418,662,720
99.55
1,889,980
0.45
61.67
198,128
10
Reappointing Sara Weller
418,962,382
99.62
1,603,593
0.38
61.68
184,853
11
Reappointing the auditor
408,994,191
97.27
11,494,338
2.73
61.67
258,617
12
Remunerating the auditor
412,840,565
98.17
7,707,572
1.83
61.67
194,242
13
Authorising the directors to allot shares
397,972,400
94.93
21,256,285
5.07
61.48
1,519,271
14
Disapplying statutory pre-emption rights
419,769,399
99.83
708,997
0.17
61.66
269,179
15
Authorising market purchases of its own shares by the company
413,084,855
98.95
4,377,511
1.05
61.22
3,285,590
16
Notice period for general meetings
375,397,795
89.92
42,086,490
10.08
61.22
3,282,670
17
Authorising political donations
412,572,316
98.89
4,637,706
1.11
61.18
3,537,719
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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