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  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
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  UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC
  001-10864
  UNITEDHEALTH GROUP CENTER
  9900 BREN ROAD EAST
  MINNEAPOLIS
  MN
  55343
  9529361300
  HEMSLEY STEPHEN J
  Director
  Common
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  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  66081
  36370193.47
  924925293
  12/05/2023
  NYSE
  Common
  12/05/2023
  Option Granted - 02/10/2015
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  12/05/2023
  Cash
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  UnitedHealth Group Center
  9900 Bren Road East
  Minnetonka
  MN
  55343
  Common
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  UnitedHealth Group Center
  9900 Bren Road East
  Minnetonka
  MN
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  Common
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  UnitedHealth Group Center
  9900 Bren Road East
  Minnetonka
  MN
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  For the Securities Sold During the past 3 months section: in regards to sales from Cloverfield Foundation and Clover Field Preservation Foundation on 11/09/2023, Stephen Hemsley is an account stakeholder.
  12/05/2023
  /s/ Courtney Broxterman, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Stephen Hemsley