Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC, THE

Barclays PLC

12 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:				11 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:			8,453,660	1.73%	1,627,936	0.33%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,364,436	0.28%	8,425,645	1.72%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			9,818,096	2.00%	10,053,581	2.05%
(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		329,283		5.6700  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		171,871		5.6663  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		47,237		5.6688  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		25,014		5.5950  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		23,373		5.5885  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		23,199		5.6004  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		22,600		5.6134  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		11,036		5.6211  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		10,973		5.6204  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,464		5.6132  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,189		5.5750  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,032		5.6702  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,252		5.6106  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,554		5.6001  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,274		5.6300  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,191		5.5837  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,378		5.6022  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,372		5.6393  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,547		5.5874  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,512		5.6316  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,300		5.5689  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,272		5.6412  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		997		5.6119  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		978		5.6500  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		900		5.6298  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		839		5.6251  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		787		5.6000  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		708		5.6548  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		708		5.6550  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		706		5.5955  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		701		5.6350  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		698		5.5893  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		394		5.6078  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		356		5.5850  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		219		5.5650  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		183		5.6450  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		170		5.6430  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		154		5.5900  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		133		5.6050  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		126		5.5965  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		39		5.5975  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		11		5.6400  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7		5.6425  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		414,121		5.5900  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		227,104		5.6700  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		44,022		5.6630  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		42,102		5.6560  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		26,795		5.5950  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		22,252		5.6426  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		18,389		5.6375  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		12,746		5.6680  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,874		5.6549  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,704		5.5945  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,283		5.6422  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,058		5.6697  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,657		5.5909  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,476		5.6541  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,195		5.5929  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,102		5.6444  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,784		5.5902  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,567		5.6237  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,404		5.5925  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,217		5.5998  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,878		5.6533  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,706		5.6606  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,173		5.5835  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,087		5.6045  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,919		5.6030  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,373		5.5934  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,276		5.6011  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,267		5.6008  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,249		5.5750  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,072		5.6050  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		878		5.6692  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		834		5.5851  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		804		5.6300  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		708		5.6550  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		680		5.6350  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		554		5.5853  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		453		5.6075  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		437		5.6500  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		436		5.5970  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		433		5.6200  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		390		5.5825  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		356		5.5850  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		329		5.6691  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		308		5.6078  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		220		5.5650  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		219		5.5651  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		56		5.6000  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		44		5.6450  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		11		5.6400  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7		5.6425  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		370,000	5.5900  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,792	5.5924  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,704	5.5945  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		316	5.5973  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		105	5.6000  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,919	5.6030  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,087	5.6045  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		939	5.6050  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		101	5.6062  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		279	5.6130  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,059	5.6394  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,130	5.6421  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,283	5.6422  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,252	5.6426  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,102	5.6444  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		437	5.6500  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,878	5.6533  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,879	5.6548  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,874	5.6549  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,706	5.6606  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		44,022	5.6630  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,746	5.6680  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,207	5.6691  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		62	5.6696  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,058	5.6697  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		88,761	5.6700  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,191	5.5837  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,547	5.5874  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,718	5.5885  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		698	5.5893  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,199	5.6004  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,378	5.6022  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,522	5.6111  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,917	5.6126  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,600	5.6134  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,973	5.6204  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,036	5.6211  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,561	5.6236  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		740	5.6300  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,272	5.6412  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		170	5.6430  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,452	5.6666  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		239,423	5.6700  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,032	5.6702  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		42,800	5.5900  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2,973	5.6059  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,461	5.6347  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		731	5.6000  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		394	5.6078  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,635	5.6383  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		112,340	5.6700  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:				12 Nov 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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