27th Apr 2006 10:25
Unite Group PLC27 April 2006 THE UNITE GROUP PLC 27 APRIL 2006 The UNITE Group plc (the "Company") The Company was informed on 26 April 2006 of the sale, on that date, of 72,000ordinary shares of 25p each in the capital of the Company (representing 0.058%of its current issued share capital) by the trustees of the Jane LouiseDiscretionary Settlement Trust, the beneficiaries of which include the childrenof Mr Nicholas Porter, Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Such shares weresold at a price of 418p per share. Following the transaction referred to above, Mr Porter is interested in12,072,367 shares in the Company, representing 9.85% of its current issued sharecapital. Included in those interests are (a) 966,000 shares held by the trusteesof The Porter Family Discretionary Trust (the beneficiaries of which are MrPorter's children); (b) the 181,140 shares that continue to be held by thetrustees of the Jane Louise Discretionary Settlement Trust (the beneficiaries ofwhich, as stated above, include Mr Porter's children); and (c) 125,000 sharesheld by the trustees of The Red Shoes Charitable Trust (one of whom is HeatherPorter, Mr Porter's wife). END. Andrew ReidCompany SecretaryThe UNITE Group plc Tel 0117 302 7000 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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