Transaction in Own Shares

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Unite Group PLC has purchased 150,000 ordinary shares on 23 February 2026 as part of its ongoing share buyback programme, with the volume weighted average price paid being 579.98 pence per share, and the lowest and highest prices paid being 576.50 pence and 582.00 pence respectively. These shares will be cancelled, reducing the total number of ordinary shares in issue to 541,775,185. Since the programme began on 9 January 2026, Unite has repurchased a total of 4,816,082 ordinary shares for cancellation.

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Unite Group PLC (The)

24 February 2026

THE UNITE GROUP PLC

('Unite' or the 'Company')

Transaction in Own Shares

Unite announces that, in accordance with the terms of the share buyback programme (the 'Buyback Programme') announced on 9 January 2026, the Company has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 25 pence each (the 'Ordinary Shares') through Deutsche Bank AG, London branch:

Date of purchase:	23 February 2026
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased:	150,000
Lowest price paid per share (GBp):	576.50
Highest price paid per share (GBp):	582.00
Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):	579.9778

The purchased Ordinary Shares will be cancelled.

Following settlement of the above purchases and cancellation of the purchased Ordinary Shares, the Company's total number of Ordinary Shares in issue shall be 541,775,185 Ordinary Shares. This information may be used by shareholders to determine whether they are required to notify their interest, or a change to their interest, in the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Since the announcement of the Buyback Programme on 9 January 2026, Unite has purchased 4,816,082 Ordinary Shares in aggregate for cancellation.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as it applies in the UK (the Market Abuse Regulation), the table below contains detailed information of the individual trades made by Deutsche Bank AG, London branch on behalf of Unite on 23 February 2026 as part of the Buyback Programme.

For further information, please contact:

Unite Students

Joe Lister / Mike Burt / Saxon Ridley Tel: +44 117 302 7005

Aggregated information of Ordinary Shares purchased according to each trading venue:

Trading Venue	Volume Weighted Average Price (pence per share)	Aggregated Volume	Lowest price paid per share (pence)	Highest price paid per share (pence)
London Stock Exchange	580.2896	90,000	577.00	582.00
Chi-X (CXE)	579.5187	30,000	577.00	581.50
BATS (BXE)	579.5017	30,000	576.50	581.50

Individual Transactions:

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price per share (pence)	Time of transaction	Transaction Reference Number	Trading Venue
2524	578.50	08:30:30	00079316996TRLO0	XLON
25000	582.00	08:59:57	00079318053TRLO0	XLON
2597	582.00	09:00:16	00079318083TRLO0	XLON
223	581.50	09:09:13	00079318434TRLO0	CHIX
2541	581.50	09:24:43	00079318920TRLO0	XLON
1723	581.50	09:24:43	00079318919TRLO0	CHIX
1002	581.00	09:26:55	00079318984TRLO0	BATE
739	581.00	09:26:55	00079318985TRLO0	BATE
2387	580.50	09:31:46	00079319257TRLO0	XLON
646	580.00	09:40:33	00079319626TRLO0	XLON
385	580.00	09:40:33	00079319627TRLO0	XLON
1646	580.00	09:40:33	00079319628TRLO0	XLON
329	579.50	09:49:27	00079319842TRLO0	BATE
1434	579.50	09:53:33	00079319944TRLO0	BATE
1879	579.50	09:53:33	00079319945TRLO0	CHIX
2234	578.00	10:09:33	00079320387TRLO0	XLON
353	576.50	10:14:55	00079320701TRLO0	BATE
113	576.50	10:14:57	00079320702TRLO0	BATE
1190	576.50	10:15:20	00079320725TRLO0	BATE
2581	577.00	10:26:14	00079321115TRLO0	XLON
402	577.50	10:35:41	00079321534TRLO0	CHIX
1357	577.50	10:35:41	00079321535TRLO0	CHIX
1816	578.00	10:58:06	00079322163TRLO0	CHIX
2476	578.00	11:01:54	00079322236TRLO0	XLON
1825	577.50	11:03:05	00079322260TRLO0	BATE
1622	579.00	11:30:33	00079323110TRLO0	BATE
2349	579.00	11:37:46	00079323382TRLO0	XLON
1665	579.00	11:37:46	00079323381TRLO0	CHIX
1693	578.50	11:57:11	00079323872TRLO0	BATE
850	579.00	11:57:15	00079323874TRLO0	XLON
1410	579.00	11:57:15	00079323875TRLO0	XLON
2390	579.00	11:58:44	00079323928TRLO0	XLON
2376	580.00	12:06:17	00079324161TRLO0	XLON
2232	579.50	12:19:52	00079324457TRLO0	XLON
1777	579.50	12:19:52	00079324456TRLO0	CHIX
2531	578.50	12:38:30	00079324848TRLO0	XLON
1766	578.50	12:38:30	00079324847TRLO0	BATE
1685	578.00	12:45:32	00079325015TRLO0	CHIX
2548	580.00	13:42:24	00079326652TRLO0	XLON
2402	580.00	13:42:24	00079326653TRLO0	BATE
455	580.00	13:42:24	00079326654TRLO0	CHIX
1490	580.00	13:42:24	00079326655TRLO0	CHIX
2628	579.50	13:45:22	00079326807TRLO0	XLON
1733	580.00	13:52:49	00079327197TRLO0	BATE
1783	580.00	13:52:49	00079327195TRLO0	CHIX
2325	581.00	14:14:53	00079328207TRLO0	XLON
1726	581.00	14:20:11	00079328387TRLO0	BATE
1900	581.00	14:20:11	00079328386TRLO0	CHIX
2621	580.50	14:30:30	00079328845TRLO0	XLON
1761	581.00	14:35:44	00079329278TRLO0	BATE
1526	580.50	14:40:00	00079329632TRLO0	CHIX
470	580.50	14:40:00	00079329635TRLO0	CHIX
2257	581.00	14:55:28	00079330568TRLO0	XLON
1855	581.00	14:55:28	00079330567TRLO0	BATE
1756	581.00	14:55:28	00079330569TRLO0	CHIX
2429	581.00	15:01:44	00079330925TRLO0	XLON
2546	582.00	15:13:13	00079331489TRLO0	XLON
502	581.50	15:22:24	00079331830TRLO0	XLON
1810	581.50	15:22:24	00079331831TRLO0	XLON
1673	581.50	15:22:24	00079331828TRLO0	BATE
1951	581.50	15:22:24	00079331829TRLO0	CHIX
149	581.00	15:33:37	00079332203TRLO0	BATE
1715	581.00	15:33:37	00079332204TRLO0	BATE
2301	580.50	15:38:05	00079332383TRLO0	XLON
257	580.50	15:38:05	00079332384TRLO0	CHIX
640	580.50	15:38:05	00079332385TRLO0	CHIX
1090	580.50	15:38:05	00079332391TRLO0	CHIX
2630	579.00	15:51:28	00079333020TRLO0	XLON
559	579.00	15:51:39	00079333025TRLO0	BATE
1245	579.00	15:51:39	00079333026TRLO0	BATE
1419	577.50	15:59:17	00079333561TRLO0	XLON
1787	577.50	15:59:17	00079333560TRLO0	CHIX
1806	578.00	16:05:29	00079334123TRLO0	BATE
2668	578.00	16:05:51	00079334141TRLO0	XLON
1061	577.50	16:08:46	00079334418TRLO0	CHIX
1307	577.00	16:16:04	00079335049TRLO0	CHIX
2161	577.00	16:16:04	00079335050TRLO0	XLON
319	577.00	16:16:09	00079335053TRLO0	BATE
991	578.00	16:22:23	00079335423TRLO0	BATE

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