MANAGEMENT REPORT This Directors’ Report together with the Strategic Report and other sections from the Annual Report forms the Management Report for the purposes of DTR 4.1.8 R. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Company’s registered office at 1st Floor, Welcome Building, Avon Street, Bristol, BS2 0PS at 9.30am on 15 May 2026. We request that shareholders who do wish to attend in person preregister their intention to attend to help us manage numbers. Shareholders are encouraged to monitor our website at www.unitegroup.com/investors/agm and London Stock Exchange announcements for any updates regarding the Annual General Meeting arrangements. Company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Parent Company and enable them to ensure that its financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They have general responsibility for taking such steps as are reasonably open to them to safeguard the assets of the Group and to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities. Under applicable law and regulations, the Directors are also responsible for preparing a Directors’ Report, Directors’ Remuneration Report and Corporate Governance statement that comply with that law and those regulations. The Directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the Company’s website. Legislation in the UK governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions. The Directors confirm that: • the financial statements, prepared in accordance with the applicable set of accounting standards, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole • the Directors’ Report includes a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the issuer and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that they face. J J Lister M J Burt Director Director 24 February 2026 The Directors are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and Accounts and the Group and Parent Company financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations. Company law requires the Directors to prepare Group and Parent Company financial statements for each financial year. Under that law, they are required to prepare the Group financial statements in accordance with IFRS as adopted by the UK (Adopted IFRS) and applicable law and have elected to prepare the Parent Company financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including FRS 101 – Reduced Disclosure Framework (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Practice). Under company law, the Directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Group and Parent Company and of their profit or loss for that period. In preparing each of the Group and Parent Company financial statements, the Directors are required to: • select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently • make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent • state whether they have been prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the UK (or in accordance with UK Generally Accepted Practice) • prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Group and the Parent Company will continue in business. The Directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Parent STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES Formal notice of the meeting is given separately and will be available on the Company’s website at: unitegroup.com/investors This report was approved by the Board on 24 February 2026 and signed on its behalf by: Christopher Szpojnarowicz Company Secretary 24 February 2026 THE UNITE GROUP PLC Annual Report and Accounts 2025 135