Director Shareholding

Unite Group PLC
01 July 2004

THE UNITE GROUP PLC

1 JULY 2004





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



The Company has today been informed that Nicholas Anthony Porter gifted 100,000
ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the Company (representing 0.09 per cent of
the issued share capital of the Company), to Clifton College on 30 June 2004.



Mr Porter, who is a governor of Clifton College (which is a registered charity),
has gifted the shares to establish a scholarship aimed at assisting pupils who
would, for financial reasons, otherwise be unable to attend the College.



Following the transfer of the above referred to shares, Mr Porter is interested
in 13,374,367 ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the Company, representing
12.33 per cent of its issued share capital.



Included in Mr Porter's interests are (i) 1,146,000 ordinary shares held by the
trustees of The Porter Family Discretionary Trust, the beneficiaries of which
are Mr Porter's two children; (ii) 253,140 ordinary shares held by the trustees
of the Jane Louise Discretionary Trust, the beneficiaries of which are again Mr
Porter's two children; and (iii) 125,000 ordinary shares held by the trustees of
The Red Shoes Charitable Trust, one of whom is Mr Porter.







CONTACTS:



Andrew Reid

Company Secretary, The UNITE Group plc                  0117 907 8100



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