Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC, THE

Barclays PLC

23 December 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:				22 Dec 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:			7,229,795	1.48%	4,740,377	0.97%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				4,504,893	0.92%	7,029,771	1.43%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			11,734,688	2.40%	11,770,148	2.40%
(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		595,316		5.4900  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		86,574		5.4868  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		31,377		5.4566  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		27,967		5.4671  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		24,430		5.4820  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		23,290		5.4432  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		15,659		5.4908  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		11,134		5.4426  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		10,031		5.4865  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,188		5.4523  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,300		5.4897  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,917		5.4457  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,734		5.4469  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,012		5.4448  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,908		5.4550  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,500		5.4297  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,323		5.4483  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,532		5.4400  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,440		5.4863  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,092		5.4616  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,089		5.4525  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		951		5.4414  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		927		5.4455  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		657		5.4270  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		625		5.4500  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		543		5.4490  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		535		5.4530  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		526		5.4625  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		512		5.4476  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		499		5.4379  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		358		5.4375  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		268		5.4600  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		263		5.4350  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		183		5.4443  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		135		5.4450  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		86		5.4700  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		242,633		5.4876  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		181,203		5.4900  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		112,439		5.4898  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		50,952		5.4756  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		43,287		5.4868  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		42,477		5.4897  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		35,757		5.4578  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		29,773		5.4746  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		23,618		5.4404  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		23,591		5.4526  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		21,008		5.4763  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		19,230		5.4881  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		14,957		5.4427  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		14,402		5.4688  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		12,429		5.4879  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		12,162		5.4437  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,501		5.4491  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,298		5.4809  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,049		5.4669  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,042		5.4467  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,981		5.4512  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,400		5.4488  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,790		5.4520  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,577		5.4510  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,382		5.4527  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,483		5.4544  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,189		5.4518  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,097		5.4529  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,955		5.4462  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,572		5.4500  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,471		5.4449  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,206		5.4519  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,128		5.4395  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,913		5.4497  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,836		5.4460  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,771		5.4446  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,398		5.4508  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,253		5.4444  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,700		5.4506  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,689		5.4350  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,684		5.4456  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,611		5.4495  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,544		5.4550  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,536		5.4450  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,196		5.4552  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,159		5.4672  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		853		5.4405  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		786		5.4895  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		695		5.4465  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		660		5.4400  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		562		5.4451  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		552		5.4300  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		461		5.4295  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		426		5.4316  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		312		5.4274  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		304		5.4625  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		282		5.4600  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		270		5.4425  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		268		5.4325  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		123		5.4416  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		110		5.4575  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		86		5.4700  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		19		5.4525  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10		5.4835  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		312	5.4274  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		461	5.4295  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		545	5.4300  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		426	5.4316  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		836	5.4344  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		23,618	5.4404  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		123	5.4416  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		296	5.4417  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		36	5.4427  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,162	5.4437  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,951	5.4449  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,777	5.4451  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		850	5.4462  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		966	5.4463  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		695	5.4465  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,590	5.4466  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		722	5.4475  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		347	5.4477  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,575	5.4490  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		68	5.4491  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		109	5.4503  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		144	5.4505  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,700	5.4506  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,577	5.4510  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,379	5.4512  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,743	5.4513  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24	5.4514  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		97	5.4522  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,986	5.4523  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		35	5.4525  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		23,591	5.4526  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,382	5.4527  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,232	5.4537  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		225	5.4541  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		132	5.4544  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		193	5.4549  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,823	5.4554  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		35,757	5.4578  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,919	5.4585  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		226	5.4586  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		874	5.4602  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,159	5.4672  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,402	5.4688  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50,952	5.4756  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,008	5.4763  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		115	5.4788  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,150	5.4790  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,298	5.4809  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10	5.4830  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,117	5.4856  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,429	5.4879  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,230	5.4881  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		786	5.4895  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		42,477	5.4897  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		90,629	5.4898  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		112,069	5.4899  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		164,519	5.4900  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		657	5.4270  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,500	5.4297  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		759	5.4412  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,134	5.4426  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,290	5.4432  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		183	5.4443  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		927	5.4455  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,917	5.4457  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		722	5.4475  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		512	5.4476  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,323	5.4483  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		543	5.4490  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34	5.4500  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		841	5.4550  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,967	5.4671  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,430	5.4820  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,440	5.4863  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,031	5.4865  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,840	5.4868  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,300	5.4897  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		82,669	5.4900  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,691	5.4902  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,659	5.4908  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		818	5.4230  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		14,957	5.4427  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,265	5.4641  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		274	5.4895  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		76,953	5.4900  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		23,375	5.4481  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,662	5.4549  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		53,306	5.4805  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		408,170	5.4900  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:				23 Dec 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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