Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC, THE

Barclays PLC

06 November 2025

 

FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.				KEY INFORMATION
(a)	Full name of discloser:				Barclays PLC.
(b)	Owner or controller of interest and short
	positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				UNITE GROUP PLC, THE
	relevant securities this form relates:
(d)	If an exempt fund manager connected with an
	offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
	offeror/offeree:
(e)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				05 Nov 2025
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				YES:
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?				EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC
2.				POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree
	to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any)
Class of relevant security:				25p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			8,460,652	1.73%	1,696,713	0.35%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,456,701	0.30%	8,440,234	1.72%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			9,917,353	2.02%	10,136,947	2.07%
(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive
	options)
Class of relevant security in relation to
which subscription right exists
Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages:
3.				DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
25p ordinary		Purchase		181,748		5.6000  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		179,211		5.5982  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		155,810		5.6001  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		60,602		5.5994  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		43,613		5.5949  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		24,702		5.6200  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		22,071		5.5985  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		12,800		5.5870  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9,868		5.6130  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,024		5.6011  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,621		5.6064  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,323		5.6005  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,553		5.5989  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,685		5.6013  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,500		5.5939  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,229		5.6123  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,639		5.5974  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,257		5.5912  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,150		5.5926  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,707		5.5977  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,143		5.6119  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,123		5.5950  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,951		5.6051  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,667		5.5976  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,458		5.6081  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,871		5.5889  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,762		5.6027  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,585		5.6050  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,433		5.5928  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,056		5.6105  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,025		5.6090  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,009		5.6057  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		875		5.6018  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		287		5.6150  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		262		5.5800  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		257		5.5970  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		186		5.6100  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		160		5.5875  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		130		5.5907  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		33		5.6103  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		157,160		5.6004  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		87,476		5.6006  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		82,896		5.6000  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		36,733		5.5997  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		33,185		5.6206  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		27,788		5.6003  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		22,675		5.5749  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		21,589		5.6063  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		14,330		5.5991  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,077		5.5789  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,371		5.5995  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,996		5.5973  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,823		5.6030  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,802		5.5992  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,745		5.5950  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,479		5.6144  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,364		5.6050  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,251		5.6091  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,041		5.6100  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		801		5.6018  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		556		5.5927  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		500		5.6320  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		349		5.6095  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		262		5.5800  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		95		5.5898  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		35		5.5925  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10		5.5650  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7		5.5600  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3		5.5700  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24,154	5.5773  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		95	5.5898  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		35	5.5923  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14	5.5950  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,996	5.5973  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,290	5.5981  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,132	5.5991  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		39,086	5.5997  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		96,648	5.6000  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,777	5.6003  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		681	5.6019  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,823	5.6030  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,701	5.6085  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		349	5.6095  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		969	5.6100  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,176	5.6108  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,800	5.5870  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,824	5.5885  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,871	5.5889  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,591	5.5898  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		130	5.5907  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,257	5.5912  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,150	5.5925  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		368	5.5933  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,500	5.5939  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		43,613	5.5949  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		257	5.5970  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,639	5.5974  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,667	5.5976  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,071	5.5985  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,553	5.5989  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		45,450	5.5994  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		252,080	5.6000  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,102	5.6005  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,496	5.6011  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,281	5.6034  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,621	5.6064  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		186	5.6100  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,056	5.6105  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,710	5.6106  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,363	5.5913  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,082	5.6112  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		6,076	5.5889  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		33,013	5.5998  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates
(ii)	Exercise
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						applicable)
4.				OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,
formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal
or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party
to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
NONE
(b)	Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between
the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:
(i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				06 Nov 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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