Director/PDMR Shareholding

Unite Group PLC
16 January 2006


THE UNITE GROUP PLC


16 January 2006


The UNITE Group plc (the 'Company')


The Company has been informed that Mr Nicholas Porter, Chief Executive Officer
of the Company, gifted 26,882 ordinary shares of 25p each in the capital of the
Company (representing 0.022% of its issued share capital), to Uniaid Foundation
('Uniaid') on 13 January 2006.



Mr Porter gifted the shares to Uniaid (which is a registered charity), for the
purpose of enabling it to move towards the next stage of its development. Uniaid
was set up to help students overcome the financial hurdles to higher education.



The Company has today also been informed that Mr Porter gifted a further 26,882
ordinary shares of 25p each in the capital of the Company (again representing
0.022% of its issued share capital), to the Red Shoes Charitable Trust on 13
January 2006. The Red Shoes Charitable Trust (which is again a registered
charity), was set up for the purpose of helping disadvantaged and disabled
children.



Following the transfer of the above referred to shares, Mr Porter is interested
in 12,117,485 shares in the Company, representing 9.95% 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 children); (b) 253,140 shares held by the Trustees of the Jane Louise
Discretionary Settlement (the beneficiaries of which are, again, Mr Porter's
children); and (c) 147,882 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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