United Utilities Group PLC

Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement • Jun 18, 2021

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We are holding our annual general meeting on Friday 23 July 2021 in the Exchange Rooms at Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Manchester M2 3GX. It will start at 11.00 am. appointed multiple proxies, you may give photocopies to your proxy holders. If you have appointed a proxy (other than the chairman of the meeting) please tick the box marked 'proxy' below and give it to your proxy to hand in when they arrive at the meeting. If you have

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meeting for the full text of the resolutions.

Please hand the form in AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

For Against Withheld

Resolutions

1

To receive the financial statements and the reports

for the year ended 31 March 2021

For Against Withheld

Resolutions

13

14

To reappoint KPMG LLP as the auditor

To authorise the audit committee of the board to

Please mark the appropriate box 'for', 'against' or 'withheld' for each resolution in black ink

and sign the form where indicated. Please refer to the notice of annual general

POLL CARD FOR USE AT THE MEETING ONLY

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name of proxy	I/We hereby appoint the chairman of the meeting or: disregarded if you have sold your shareholding.	to act as my/our proxy at the company's annual general meeting to be held in the Exchange Rooms at the Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Manchester M2 3GX at 11.00 am on Friday 23 July 2021 and at any adjournment. Please refer to the notice of annual general meeting for the full text of the resolutions. This personalised proxy form is not transferable and should be	multiple proxies	number of shares			re C, gu Fri da lat y 2 or y i 3 J nfo uly rm 20 ati 21							r th e	ry sh are
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1		To receive the financial statements and the reports for the year ended 31 March 2021					rvi ce
2		To declare a final dividend of 28.83p per ordinary share					an
3		To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 March 2021					d w ill
4	To reappoint Sir David Higgins as a director						be m
5	To reappoint Steve Mogford as a director						ad e a
6	To elect Phil Aspin as a director						va ila		21	20	19	18	17 16	15
7	To reappoint Mark Clare as a director						ble		To on	To	To	its To	To To	To	se
8	To reappoint Stephen Carter as a director						on th		au no	au	ad ow	au	au sa	di au	t t he
9	To elect Kath Cates as a director						e c		tho ris ss	tho t le ris	op n s t n	tho ris ha	tho pp ris	tho ris	au
	10 To reappoint Alison Goligher as a director						om pa		e p oli	e t tha he	ew r es ar	e t he	ly s e s tat pe	e t he	dit or
	11 To reappoint Paulette Rowe as a director						ny		n 1 tic 4 c	di	tic les	co	uto cif ry	di	's r em
	12 To elect Doug Webb as a director						's w eb		al do	rec lea to	of	mp an	ic p pre ow	rec to	un
	13 To reappoint KPMG LLP as the auditor						sit		na tio a ys'	rs t r d o c	as so	y t o m	-em er to	rs t o a	era tio
		14 To authorise the audit committee of the board to set the auditor's remuneration					e a t		ns no an	all ge	cia tio	ak	pti dis on	llo t s	n
	15 To authorise the directors to allot shares						un ite		tic d p e	ne	n	e m	ap rig ply	ha
	16 To disapply statutory pre-emption rights						du til		oli tic	ral m		ark et	pr	hts res
		17 To authorise specific power to disapply pre-emption rights					itie		al ex	ee tin		pu rch	e-e mp
		18 To authorise the company to make market purchases of its own shares					s.c om		pe nd	gs		ase	tio
	19 To adopt new articles of association						/c or		itu re			s o f	n r igh
		20 To authorise the directors to call general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice					po						ts
		21 To authorise political donations and political expenditure					rat e

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Notice of availability

The company's annual report and accounts for the financial year ended 31 March 2021 and the notice of annual general meeting are available to view or download from the investors section of the company's website at unitedutilities.com/corporate. The results of the poll will be announced through a regulatory information service and will be available on the company's website.

Electronic communications

We're encouraging our shareholders to receive their shareholder information by email and via our website. Not only is this a quicker way for you to receive information, it helps us to be more sustainable by reducing paper and printing materials and lowering postage costs. Registering for electronic shareholder communications is very straightforward, and is done online via shareview.co.uk which is a website provided by our registrar, Equiniti.

Log on to shareview.co.uk and you can:

• Set up electronic shareholder communication;
• View your shareholdings;
• Update your address details if you change your address; and
• Get your dividends paid directly into your bank account.

You can view or download the full annual report and financial statements from unitedutilities.com/corporate.

Please do not use any electronic address provided in this document to communicate with the company for any purposes other than those expressly stated.

Dividends paid direct to your bank account

Make life easy and have your dividends paid straight into your bank account

• The dividend goes directly into your bank account and is available straight away;
• No need to pay dividend cheques into your bank account;
• No risk of losing cheques in the post;
• No risk of having to replace spoiled or out-of-date cheques; and
• It's cost effective for your company.

To take advantage of this method of payment, please contact our registrar, Equiniti, via the contact details below, log on to shareview.co.uk or, alternatively, complete the dividend mandate form that you will receive with your next dividend cheque.

If you choose to have your dividend paid directly into your bank account you will receive one tax voucher each year. This will be issued with the interim dividend normally paid in February and will contain details of all the dividends paid in that tax year. If you would like to receive a tax voucher with each dividend payment, please contact our registrar, Equiniti.

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Please detach and return proxy by post

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Live broadcast – If you would like to observe the live broadcast of the meeting, this can be done by accessing the following AGM website https://web.lumiagm.com. You will need the following: meeting ID 125-883-286, your shareholder reference number (SRN), and PIN. Your PIN is the first two and last two digits of your SRN. Instructions can be found in the notice of meeting.

How to fill in the proxy form – Whether or not you can attend the annual general meeting, we recommend that you appoint the chairman of the meeting, or another person of your choice, as your proxy, to attend and vote you shares in accordance with your instructions. To appoint someone other than the chairman, you should cross out the words 'the chairman of the meeting' and write in the name and address of the person you want to appoint as your proxy. A proxy need not be a shareholder. A proxy is entitled to exercise all or any of a shareholder's rights to attend, speak and vote at the meeting

Voting less than your entitlement – Please enter in the box the number of shares you are authorising the proxy to vote. If left blank, your proxy will be deemed to be authorised in respect of your full entitlement.

Multiple proxies – If you want to appoint more than one proxy please tick the 'multiple proxies' box. Additional proxy forms may be obtained by contacting the company's registrar, Equiniti, on 0371 384 2041 or you may photocopy this form. Please indicate in the box next to the proxy holder's name the number of shares in relation to which they are authorised to act as your proxy and return all proxy forms in the same envelope to the address shown overleaf. (Lines are open 8.30 am to 5.30 pm, Monday to Friday excluding public holidays in England and Wales.) Overseas shareholders should contact Equiniti on +44 (0) 121 415 7048.

Recording your votes – Please mark the appropriate box overleaf 'for', 'against' or 'withheld' for each resolution in black ink like this: x . Your proxy will have discretion to vote on any resolution where you have not given a specific instruction how to vote or on any other business which may properly come before the meeting. A 'withheld' vote is not a vote in law and will not be counted in the proportion of shares for or against any resolution.

Please sign and date the form, initial any alterations, tear it off and post it (postage paid) or take a photograph of your completed form and email it to proxyvotes@equiniti.com.

Deadline for submission – To be valid, your proxy instructions must be received no later than 11.00 am on Wednesday 21 July 2021. Details of the resolutions are set out in the notice calling the meeting. You can submit your proxy instructions electronically at sharevote.co.uk. To do this, you will need your voting reference numbers (the three numbers quoted overleaf). CREST members can use the CREST electronic proxy voting service.

Voting by poll – Voting on all substantive resolutions will take place by poll. On a poll, holders of ordinary shares shall have one vote for every share held. If, having submitted a proxy form, you attend the meeting in person, a further poll card will need to be completed if you wish to change your voting instructions. If the form is signed by someone else on your behalf, evidence of their authority to sign the form must be sent with the form.

Joint holders – In the case of joint holders, only one need sign the form. In the case of a corporation, the form must be signed as a deed or be appropriately signed by a duly authorised official or officials whose capacity should be stated. The appropriate power of attorney or other authority should be sent with the form.

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