Transaction in Own Shares

Summary by AI BETAClose X

Unite Group PLC has purchased 1,000,000 ordinary shares on 25 February 2026 as part of its ongoing share buyback programme, with prices ranging from 485.60p to 506.00p and a volume-weighted average price of 496.86p. These shares will be cancelled, reducing the total number of ordinary shares in issue to 540,425,185. Since the programme began on 9 January 2026, Unite has bought back a total of 6,166,082 ordinary shares.

Disclaimer*

Unite Group PLC (The)
26 February 2026
 

26 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:

25 February 2026

Number of Ordinary Shares purchased:

1,000,000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

485.60

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

506.00

Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):

496.8573

 

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 540,425,185 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 6,166,082 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 25 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

497.1289

                                   730,000

486.00

505.50

Chi-X (CXE)

495.9015

                                   100,000

485.80

505.50

BATS (BXE)

496.2533

                                   170,000

485.60

506.00

 

Individual Transactions:

Number of ordinary shares purchased

Transaction price
(GBp share)

Time of transaction (UK Time)

Transaction reference number

Trading venue

2719

500.50

 08:14:47

00079365185TRLO0

XLON

237

500.00

 08:14:48

00079365186TRLO0

XLON

2728

501.00

 08:16:04

00079365265TRLO0

XLON

1469

504.50

 08:20:53

00079365601TRLO0

XLON

1046

504.50

 08:20:53

00079365602TRLO0

XLON

2695

500.50

 08:25:40

00079365841TRLO0

XLON

119

500.50

 08:33:31

00079366286TRLO0

XLON

2725

500.50

 08:33:31

00079366285TRLO0

XLON

1750

502.00

 08:43:20

00079366699TRLO0

CHIX

2472

502.00

 08:43:20

00079366700TRLO0

XLON

2745

505.50

 08:56:17

00079367139TRLO0

XLON

2499

505.00

 08:56:17

00079367141TRLO0

XLON

1829

505.00

 08:56:17

00079367140TRLO0

CHIX

2029

506.00

 08:59:39

00079367295TRLO0

BATE

2494

505.50

 09:03:37

00079367437TRLO0

XLON

1849

505.50

 09:03:37

00079367438TRLO0

CHIX

1919

505.50

 09:03:37

00079367436TRLO0

BATE

1770

504.50

 09:09:44

00079367595TRLO0

BATE

1847

504.00

 09:14:13

00079367826TRLO0

BATE

1879

504.00

 09:14:13

00079367824TRLO0

XLON

578

504.00

 09:14:13

00079367825TRLO0

XLON

2667

504.50

 09:28:30

00079368458TRLO0

XLON

1681

504.00

 09:28:34

00079368463TRLO0

BATE

1686

504.00

 09:28:34

00079368461TRLO0

CHIX

2673

504.00

 09:28:34

00079368462TRLO0

XLON

1670

503.50

 09:28:37

00079368465TRLO0

CHIX

750

504.00

 09:37:23

00079368722TRLO0

XLON

623

503.50

 09:38:43

00079368769TRLO0

BATE

1202

503.50

 09:38:43

00079368770TRLO0

BATE

2810

503.50

 09:38:43

00079368771TRLO0

XLON

1922

503.50

 09:45:23

00079368943TRLO0

CHIX

1805

503.00

 09:49:30

00079369036TRLO0

XLON

797

503.00

 09:53:47

00079369175TRLO0

XLON

1748

503.00

 09:53:47

00079369174TRLO0

BATE

2641

502.50

 09:56:30

00079369238TRLO0

XLON

150000

503.00

 09:59:06

00079369391TRLO0

XLON

1645

502.50

 10:00:10

00079369428TRLO0

CHIX

2493

502.50

 10:06:29

00079369684TRLO0

XLON

1996

502.50

 10:06:29

00079369683TRLO0

BATE

76

501.00

 10:08:35

00079369765TRLO0

XLON

265

501.00

 10:08:35

00079369766TRLO0

XLON

586

501.00

 10:08:35

00079369764TRLO0

XLON

586

501.00

 10:08:35

00079369763TRLO0

XLON

150000

502.00

 10:13:27

00079370009TRLO0

XLON

25

500.00

 10:16:30

00079370075TRLO0

CHIX

1635

500.00

 10:16:30

00079370076TRLO0

BATE

1971

500.00

 10:16:30

00079370077TRLO0

CHIX

2744

500.00

 10:16:30

00079370078TRLO0

XLON

2492

497.60

 10:23:34

00079370185TRLO0

XLON

1829

496.00

 10:26:19

00079370237TRLO0

CHIX

1855

495.80

 10:27:13

00079370272TRLO0

BATE

1701

495.40

 10:30:34

00079370337TRLO0

XLON

2960

494.60

 10:38:20

00079370630TRLO0

XLON

1623

493.80

 10:39:56

00079370729TRLO0

CHIX

1932

493.80

 10:39:56

00079370730TRLO0

BATE

221

494.20

 10:46:46

00079370914TRLO0

CHIX

28

494.20

 10:50:55

00079371005TRLO0

CHIX

2807

494.20

 10:52:07

00079371038TRLO0

XLON

593

494.60

 10:52:07

00079371039TRLO0

CHIX

1403

494.20

 10:52:08

00079371040TRLO0

CHIX

1732

494.20

 10:52:08

00079371041TRLO0

BATE

159

494.00

 10:52:45

00079371059TRLO0

XLON

310

494.00

 10:52:45

00079371060TRLO0

XLON

2479

494.60

 10:59:40

00079371336TRLO0

XLON

91

494.60

 10:59:47

00079371338TRLO0

BATE

1647

494.60

 10:59:55

00079371339TRLO0

BATE

1816

494.20

 11:01:09

00079371369TRLO0

CHIX

2506

493.80

 11:01:09

00079371370TRLO0

BATE

200000

494.00

 11:03:26

00079371479TRLO0

XLON

1636

493.20

 11:03:37

00079371484TRLO0

BATE

2023

491.60

 11:09:38

00079371712TRLO0

CHIX

1999

491.00

 11:09:49

00079371713TRLO0

BATE

1900

489.40

 11:18:59

00079371971TRLO0

BATE

1059

488.80

 11:19:25

00079372043TRLO0

CHIX

1817

490.60

 11:28:37

00079372329TRLO0

CHIX

2579

491.40

 11:35:24

00079372551TRLO0

XLON

2536

490.80

 11:36:35

00079372601TRLO0

BATE

262

490.60

 11:48:38

00079372988TRLO0

CHIX

1430

490.60

 11:48:38

00079372989TRLO0

CHIX

534

490.20

 11:51:00

00079373185TRLO0

CHIX

1651

490.20

 11:51:00

00079373186TRLO0

BATE

336

490.20

 11:51:00

00079373187TRLO0

BATE

1210

490.20

 11:51:00

00079373188TRLO0

CHIX

1715

490.20

 11:51:00

00079373189TRLO0

BATE

2553

490.40

 11:58:07

00079373366TRLO0

XLON

1630

490.40

 12:00:33

00079373529TRLO0

CHIX

1869

490.20

 12:00:33

00079373530TRLO0

BATE

1907

490.20

 12:00:33

00079373531TRLO0

BATE

1704

490.60

 12:12:15

00079374028TRLO0

BATE

1770

490.60

 12:12:15

00079374027TRLO0

CHIX

1686

489.80

 12:18:15

00079374160TRLO0

BATE

1631

489.40

 12:24:49

00079374338TRLO0

CHIX

2974

489.00

 12:27:22

00079374407TRLO0

XLON

697

488.60

 12:27:36

00079374411TRLO0

BATE

1098

488.60

 12:27:36

00079374412TRLO0

BATE

1804

488.20

 12:35:51

00079374654TRLO0

BATE

1924

488.20

 12:35:51

00079374653TRLO0

CHIX

176

487.20

 12:36:16

00079374665TRLO0

BATE

151

485.60

 12:38:57

00079374786TRLO0

BATE

1801

486.00

 12:44:25

00079374996TRLO0

CHIX

1611

485.60

 12:44:35

00079374998TRLO0

BATE

1868

485.60

 12:44:35

00079374999TRLO0

BATE

100000

486.00

 12:47:18

00079375124TRLO0

XLON

75

486.00

 12:56:17

00079375611TRLO0

BATE

92

486.00

 12:56:43

00079375650TRLO0

BATE

106

486.00

 12:56:43

00079375651TRLO0

CHIX

92

486.00

 12:56:53

00079375653TRLO0

CHIX

1918

485.80

 12:57:58

00079375667TRLO0

CHIX

1814

486.80

 12:59:32

00079375727TRLO0

BATE

2736

486.80

 13:03:26

00079375855TRLO0

XLON

1835

486.00

 13:05:56

00079375966TRLO0

BATE

1895

486.80

 13:18:49

00079376559TRLO0

BATE

1892

486.40

 13:19:55

00079376623TRLO0

BATE

519

486.20

 13:20:56

00079376669TRLO0

CHIX

136

486.60

 13:23:00

00079376759TRLO0

CHIX

83

487.00

 13:26:01

00079376980TRLO0

XLON

493

487.00

 13:26:01

00079376979TRLO0

XLON

800

487.00

 13:26:01

00079376978TRLO0

XLON

1434

487.00

 13:26:01

00079376977TRLO0

XLON

1981

487.20

 13:27:46

00079377086TRLO0

CHIX

2406

489.20

 13:32:27

00079377186TRLO0

CHIX

2309

490.00

 13:38:58

00079377450TRLO0

CHIX

3687

491.00

 13:41:49

00079377538TRLO0

BATE

3164

491.00

 13:41:49

00079377539TRLO0

BATE

385

491.20

 13:42:48

00079377596TRLO0

XLON

2962

492.40

 13:43:37

00079377654TRLO0

XLON

2633

494.00

 13:52:42

00079378136TRLO0

XLON

1699

493.80

 13:53:07

00079378147TRLO0

BATE

1744

493.40

 13:53:22

00079378160TRLO0

CHIX

405

493.20

 13:55:08

00079378263TRLO0

BATE

600

493.20

 13:56:18

00079378320TRLO0

BATE

2294

493.20

 13:56:18

00079378321TRLO0

BATE

1808

493.00

 13:56:18

00079378322TRLO0

CHIX

117

493.00

 13:56:19

00079378323TRLO0

CHIX

2469

493.00

 14:03:54

00079378650TRLO0

XLON

149

492.40

 14:13:09

00079378965TRLO0

CHIX

1483

492.40

 14:13:09

00079378964TRLO0

CHIX

1788

492.40

 14:13:09

00079378963TRLO0

CHIX

2666

492.80

 14:17:00

00079379200TRLO0

XLON

1981

493.20

 14:17:06

00079379204TRLO0

BATE

1770

493.20

 14:22:06

00079379373TRLO0

BATE

10

495.20

 14:25:31

00079379487TRLO0

BATE

366

495.20

 14:25:33

00079379489TRLO0

BATE

1354

495.20

 14:25:33

00079379488TRLO0

BATE

1216

496.20

 14:27:05

00079379604TRLO0

XLON

1489

496.20

 14:27:05

00079379605TRLO0

XLON

1685

496.80

 14:32:05

00079380109TRLO0

CHIX

1714

496.20

 14:32:05

00079380115TRLO0

BATE

1739

496.40

 14:32:05

00079380110TRLO0

CHIX

1824

496.20

 14:32:05

00079380112TRLO0

BATE

1866

496.40

 14:32:05

00079380114TRLO0

CHIX

2449

496.20

 14:32:05

00079380113TRLO0

XLON

4015

496.20

 14:32:05

00079380111TRLO0

BATE

1629

496.80

 14:37:10

00079380466TRLO0

BATE

1756

496.80

 14:37:10

00079380464TRLO0

BATE

1898

496.80

 14:37:10

00079380465TRLO0

CHIX

626

495.80

 14:41:05

00079380638TRLO0

CHIX

1393

495.80

 14:41:05

00079380637TRLO0

CHIX

2010

495.80

 14:41:05

00079380636TRLO0

BATE

2623

495.80

 14:41:05

00079380635TRLO0

XLON

195

497.00

 14:50:06

00079381279TRLO0

BATE

2363

497.40

 14:50:13

00079381288TRLO0

BATE

2678

497.20

 14:50:23

00079381290TRLO0

XLON

122

496.80

 14:52:01

00079381373TRLO0

BATE

1791

496.80

 14:52:01

00079381374TRLO0

BATE

2668

497.40

 14:54:05

00079381465TRLO0

XLON

1976

497.40

 14:54:05

00079381466TRLO0

BATE

1959

497.20

 14:54:05

00079381467TRLO0

CHIX

142

497.40

 14:57:51

00079381878TRLO0

BATE

5531

498.40

 14:59:42

00079382029TRLO0

BATE

2894

498.00

 15:00:30

00079382061TRLO0

XLON

2531

498.00

 15:00:30

00079382060TRLO0

CHIX

3375

498.20

 15:00:30

00079382062TRLO0

CHIX

71

499.80

 15:06:22

00079382294TRLO0

XLON

1887

500.00

 15:06:22

00079382296TRLO0

BATE

1908

500.00

 15:06:22

00079382295TRLO0

BATE

100

499.60

 15:07:05

00079382333TRLO0

BATE

747

499.60

 15:07:12

00079382337TRLO0

BATE

1161

499.60

 15:07:12

00079382338TRLO0

BATE

1927

499.60

 15:07:12

00079382339TRLO0

BATE

2884

499.60

 15:07:12

00079382340TRLO0

XLON

1666

500.00

 15:09:57

00079382435TRLO0

CHIX

1820

499.60

 15:10:21

00079382445TRLO0

BATE

1977

499.60

 15:10:21

00079382446TRLO0

BATE

2917

500.50

 15:21:15

00079382864TRLO0

XLON

624

500.50

 15:21:15

00079382863TRLO0

CHIX

1056

500.50

 15:21:15

00079382865TRLO0

CHIX

1251

500.50

 15:21:15

00079382862TRLO0

BATE

1828

500.50

 15:21:15

00079382866TRLO0

CHIX

733

500.50

 15:21:33

00079382876TRLO0

BATE

1090

500.00

 15:22:08

00079382890TRLO0

BATE

579

500.00

 15:22:14

00079382896TRLO0

BATE

1318

500.00

 15:22:14

00079382897TRLO0

BATE

2023

500.00

 15:22:14

00079382898TRLO0

BATE

2467

499.60

 15:25:11

00079383057TRLO0

XLON

1906

498.80

 15:25:28

00079383078TRLO0

CHIX

1857

498.40

 15:25:29

00079383079TRLO0

BATE

2812

500.50

 15:28:12

00079383187TRLO0

BATE

2402

500.00

 15:30:46

00079383295TRLO0

XLON

645

500.00

 15:31:24

00079383314TRLO0

BATE

497

500.00

 15:31:37

00079383326TRLO0

BATE

493

500.00

 15:31:52

00079383341TRLO0

BATE

1937

500.00

 15:31:52

00079383342TRLO0

BATE

1816

499.40

 15:31:57

00079383343TRLO0

CHIX

2589

498.00

 15:38:03

00079383604TRLO0

XLON

64

499.80

 15:41:55

00079383734TRLO0

BATE

1818

499.80

 15:42:23

00079383765TRLO0

BATE

1732

499.40

 15:42:36

00079383768TRLO0

BATE

1871

499.20

 15:42:36

00079383769TRLO0

CHIX

123

499.20

 15:43:40

00079383816TRLO0

XLON

762

499.20

 15:43:40

00079383815TRLO0

XLON

1124

499.20

 15:46:06

00079383878TRLO0

CHIX

131

499.20

 15:46:31

00079383897TRLO0

CHIX

211

499.20

 15:47:06

00079383927TRLO0

XLON

386

499.20

 15:47:06

00079383928TRLO0

CHIX

2834

498.80

 15:47:56

00079383958TRLO0

XLON

50

499.00

 15:47:56

00079383965TRLO0

CHIX

147

499.00

 15:47:56

00079383964TRLO0

CHIX

203

498.80

 15:47:56

00079383959TRLO0

CHIX

295

499.00

 15:47:56

00079383962TRLO0

CHIX

369

499.00

 15:47:56

00079383961TRLO0

CHIX

400

499.00

 15:47:56

00079383963TRLO0

CHIX

517

498.80

 15:47:56

00079383960TRLO0

CHIX

2015

498.80

 15:47:56

00079383957TRLO0

BATE

1765

498.40

 15:47:56

00079384004TRLO0

BATE

2670

498.40

 15:47:56

00079384003TRLO0

BATE

1821

498.00

 15:50:42

00079384242TRLO0

BATE

1011

498.20

 15:57:06

00079384471TRLO0

CHIX

825

498.20

 15:57:06

00079384472TRLO0

CHIX

2820

498.00

 15:57:11

00079384477TRLO0

XLON

1795

497.80

 15:57:11

00079384478TRLO0

CHIX

34

497.80

 15:57:48

00079384491TRLO0

BATE

282

498.00

 15:57:48

00079384494TRLO0

BATE

516

498.00

 15:57:48

00079384493TRLO0

BATE

1134

497.80

 15:57:48

00079384492TRLO0

BATE

1820

497.40

 15:57:48

00079384490TRLO0

BATE

612

497.80

 16:02:13

00079384720TRLO0

XLON

2176

497.80

 16:02:13

00079384721TRLO0

XLON

494

498.00

 16:04:52

00079384848TRLO0

BATE

1992

498.00

 16:04:52

00079384847TRLO0

BATE

1939

498.00

 16:04:58

00079384857TRLO0

CHIX

335

498.00

 16:04:58

00079384859TRLO0

BATE

1178

498.00

 16:04:58

00079384858TRLO0

BATE

1857

497.40

 16:05:18

00079384875TRLO0

BATE

1886

497.40

 16:05:18

00079384874TRLO0

BATE

1760

498.60

 16:08:51

00079385242TRLO0

XLON

933

498.60

 16:08:52

00079385250TRLO0

XLON

305

498.80

 16:09:50

00079385336TRLO0

CHIX

1594

498.80

 16:10:00

00079385344TRLO0

CHIX

1619

498.80

 16:10:16

00079385361TRLO0

BATE

2004

498.00

 16:11:01

00079385448TRLO0

CHIX

968

497.80

 16:12:16

00079385516TRLO0

BATE

1

497.80

 16:13:52

00079385590TRLO0

BATE

568

497.80

 16:13:52

00079385591TRLO0

BATE

188

497.80

 16:14:00

00079385602TRLO0

BATE

90

497.80

 16:14:00

00079385603TRLO0

BATE

385

497.80

 16:14:01

00079385604TRLO0

XLON

820

497.80

 16:14:09

00079385608TRLO0

BATE

1983

497.80

 16:14:09

00079385609TRLO0

BATE

336

497.40

 16:14:41

00079385627TRLO0

BATE

534

497.40

 16:14:42

00079385628TRLO0

BATE

806

497.40

 16:14:42

00079385629TRLO0

BATE

1655

497.40

 16:14:42

00079385630TRLO0

BATE

1518

497.20

 16:14:42

00079385631TRLO0

XLON

1546

497.60

 16:15:32

00079385687TRLO0

XLON

1999

499.00

 16:17:59

00079385832TRLO0

BATE

2305

499.00

 16:17:59

00079385833TRLO0

CHIX

1254

501.00

 16:21:58

00079386511TRLO0

CHIX

1843

501.00

 16:22:10

00079386543TRLO0

BATE

1944

501.00

 16:22:10

00079386546TRLO0

BATE

147

501.00

 16:22:51

00079386614TRLO0

BATE

1766

501.00

 16:22:51

00079386615TRLO0

BATE

 

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