As filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on June 4, 2013
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
 
FORM F-6
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 FOR AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES EVIDENCED BY
AMERICAN DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS
 
UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC
(Exact name of issuer of deposited securities as specified in its charter)
 
n/a
(Translation of issuer’s name into English)
 
England
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of issuer)
 
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
(Exact name of depositary as specified in its charter )
 
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
(212) 250-9100
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of depositary’s principal executive offices)
 
Depositary Management Corporation
570 Lexington Avenue, 44th Floor
New York, NY 10022
 (212) 319-4800
 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
 
Copies to:
 
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
(212) 250-9100
 
It is proposed that this filing become effective under Rule 466
 
    o immediately upon filing   o on (Date) at (Time)
                                                              
If a separate registration statement has been filed to register the deposited shares, check the following box. o
 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of
Securities to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Price Per Unit*
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price**
Amount of
Registration Fee
American Depositary Shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts, each American Depositary Share representing two ordinary shares of United Utilities Group PLC
50,000,000
$0.05
$2,500,000
$341
*
Each unit represents one American Depositary Share.
**
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.  Pursuant to Rule 457(k), such estimate is computed on the basis of the maximum aggregate fees or charges to be imposed in connection with the issuance of receipts evidencing American Depositary Shares.
 
 
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
 
 
 
 
 
This Registration Statement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
 
 
 
 
 
PART I
 
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
PROSPECTUS
 
The Prospectus consists of the proposed form of American Depositary Receipt, included as Exhibit A to the Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement filed as Exhibit (a) to this Registration Statement and incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 1.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED
 
CROSS REFERENCE SHEET
 
Item 1.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED
 
 
Item Number and Caption
 
Location in Form of American Depositary
Receipt Filed Herewith as Prospectus
       
       
(1)
Name and address of Depositary
 
Introductory paragraph
       
(2)
Title of American Depositary Receipts and identity of deposited securities
 
Face of American Depositary Receipt, top centre
       
 
Terms of Deposit:
   
         
  (i)
Amount of deposited securities represented by one unit of American Depositary Shares
 
Face of American Depositary Receipt, upper right corner
         
  (ii)
Procedure for voting, if any, the deposited securities
 
Paragraphs 15 and 16
         
  (iii)
Collection and distribution of dividends
 
Paragraphs 12, 13 and 15
         
  (iv) Transmission of notices, reports and proxy soliciting material  
Paragraphs 11, 15 and 16
         
  (v)
Sale or exercise of rights
 
Paragraph 14
         
  (vi)
Deposit or sale of securities resulting from dividends, splits or plans of reorganization
 
Paragraphs 12 and 17
         
  (vii)
Amendment, extension or termination of the Deposit Agreement
 
Paragraphs 20 and 21
         
  (viii)
Rights of holders of receipts to inspect the transfer books of the Depositary and the list of Holders of receipts
 
Paragraph 11
         
  (ix)
Restrictions upon the right to deposit or withdraw the underlying securities
 
Paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8
         
  (x)     
Limitation upon the liability of the Depositary
 
Paragraphs 14 and 18
         
(3)
Fees and Charges
 
Paragraph 7
 
 
 
 
 
I te m 2.          AVAILABLE INFORMATION
 
 
 
 
Item Number and Caption
 
Location in Form of American Depositary
Receipt Filed Herewith as Prospectus
       
(b)
Statement that United Utilities Group PLC publishes on its web site ( www.unitedutilities.com ) on an ongoing basis, or otherwise furnishes the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") with, certain public reports and documents required by foreign law or otherwise under Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
Paragraph (11)
 
 
 
 
 
PART II
 
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
Item 3.
EXHIBITS
 
(a)
Form of Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement, dated as of      , 2013, by and among United Utilities Group PLC, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as depositary (the “ Depositary ”), and all Owners and holders from time to time of American Depositary Receipts issued thereunder (including the form of American Depositary Receipt to be issued thereunder, attached as Exhibit A thereto). – Filed herewith as Exhibit (a).
 
(b)
Any other agreement to which the Depositary is a party relating to the issuance of the American Depositary Shares registered hereunder or the custody of the deposited securities represented thereby. – Not Applicable.
 
(c)
Every material contract relating to the deposited securities between the Depositary and the Company in effect at any time within the last three years. – Not Applicable.
 
(d)
Opinion of counsel to the Depositary as to the legality of the securities being registered. – Filed herewith as Exhibit (d).
 
(e)           Certification under Rule 466. – Not Applicable.
 
(f)
Powers of Attorney for certain officers and directors and the authorized representative of the Company. – Set forth on the signature pages hereto.
 
Item 4.
UNDERTAKINGS
 
(a)
The Depositary hereby undertakes to make available at the principal office of the Depositary in the United States, for inspection by holders of the American Depositary Receipts, any reports and communications received from the issuer of the deposited securities which are both (1) received by the Depositary as the holder of the deposited securities and (2) made generally available to the holders of the underlying securities by the issuer.
 
(b)
If the amounts of fees charged are not disclosed in the prospectus, the Depositary under­takes to prepare a separate document stating the amount of any fee charged and describing the service for which it is charged and to deliver promptly a copy of such fee schedule without charge to anyone upon request.  The Depositary under­takes to notify each registered holder of an American Depositary Receipt 30 days before any change in the fee schedule.
 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, on behalf of the legal entity created by the Deposit Agreement, by and among United Utilities Group PLC, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as depositary, and all Owners and holders from time to time of American Depositary Receipts issued thereunder, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that all the requirements for filing on Form F-6 are met and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form F-6 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on June 4, 2013.
 
 
Legal entity created by the Deposit Agreement for the issuance of American Depositary Receipts evidencing American Depositary Shares, each representing two ordinary shares of United Utilities Group PLC
 
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, solely in its capacity as Depositary
 
       
 
By:
/s/ James Kelly  
    Name: James Kelly  
    Title: Vice President  
       
 
By:
/s/ Christopher Konopelko  
    Name: Christopher Konopelko  
    Title: Director  
 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, United Utilities Group PLC certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that all the requirements for filing on Form F-6 are met and has duly caused this registration statement or amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in England on June 4, 2013.
 
 
United Utilities Group PLC
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Steve Mogford  
 
Name:  Steve Mogford
 
 
Title:    Chief Executive Officer
 
       
 
Know all persons by these presents that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Steve Mogford and Russ Houlden, jointly and severally, his or her true lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution for and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments and supplements to this registration statement and any registration statements pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as they or he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
 
 
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement or amendment has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 4, 2013.
 
Signatures
 
Capacity
     
     
/s/Steve Mogford
 
Chief Executive Officer and Director
  Steve Mogford    
     
     
/s/Russ Houlden   
Chief Financial Officer and Director
Russ Houlden
 
 
     
     
/s/Dr. John McAdam   
Independent Non-Executive Chairman
Dr John McAdam
   
     
     
/s/Dr. Catherine Bell     
Independent Non-Executive Director
Dr Catherine Bell
   
     
     
/s/Paul Heiden
 
Independent Non-Executive Director
Paul Heiden
 
 
     
     
/s/Brian May
 
Independent Non-Executive Director
Brian May
   
     
     
   
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Nick Salmon
 
 
     
     
      Independent Non-Executive Director
Sara Weller
 
 
     
     
/s/George Boychuk  
Authorized Representative in the United States
George Boychuk
 
 
     
 
 
 
 
 
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
 
Exhibit Number
 
 
(a)  Form of Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement
 
(d)  Opinion of counsel to the Depositary
 

 
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