Director Shareholding

Unite Group PLC
25 May 2005



THE UNITE GROUP PLC


25 MAY 2005


The UNITE Group plc ('UNITE' or the 'Company')


DIRECTOR'S SHAREHOLDING


The Company has been informed that Uniaid Foundation ('Uniaid'), a registered
charity set up with the aim of helping students overcome the financial hurdles
to higher education and of which Mr Nicholas Porter, Chief Executive Officer of
the Company ('Mr Porter') is a trustee, yesterday sold 50,000 shares of 25p each
in the Company (the 'Shares') (representing 0.044% of its issued share capital)
at a price of 296.5p per share.

The Shares were originally acquired by Uniaid following a gift from Mr Porter in
November 2004 for the purpose of enabling the charity to move towards the next
stage of its development.

Following the sale of the Shares by Uniaid, Mr Porter is interested in
12,144,367 shares in the Company, representing 10.9% of its issued share
capital. Included in those interests are (a) 966,000 shares held by the trustees
of The Porter Family Discretionary Trust (the beneficiaries of which are Mr
Porter's two children); (b) 253,140 shares held by the trustees of the Jane
Louise Discretionary Settlement Trust (the beneficiaries of which are, again, Mr
Porter's two children); and (c) 125,000 shares held by the trustees of The Red
Shoes Charitable Trust (one of whom is Heather Porter, Mr Porter's wife).


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Andrew Reid
Company Secretary
The UNITE Group plc

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