Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC, THE

Barclays PLC

06 January 2026

 

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 Jan 2026
(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:			6,985,531	1.43%	6,292,759	1.28%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				5,932,321	1.21%	6,714,649	1.37%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			12,917,852	2.64%	13,007,408	2.65%
(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		104,498		5.5500  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		87,198		5.5100  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		85,136		5.5441  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		53,850		5.5421  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		53,566		5.5500  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		48,187		5.5445  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		38,519		5.5424  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		37,445		5.5080  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		32,069		5.5461  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		10,860		5.5215  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		10,805		5.5245  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		10,550		5.5502  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		10,500		5.5413  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,751		5.5318  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,516		5.5191  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,718		5.5501  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,333		5.5195  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,794		5.4872  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,815		5.5073  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,506		5.5212  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,413		5.5246  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,052		5.5383  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,524		5.5194  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,397		5.5223  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,368		5.5134  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,757		5.5200  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,650		5.5000  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,618		5.5447  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,347		5.5261  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,132		5.5289  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,036		5.5450  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		926		5.5400  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		894		5.5252  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		873		5.5150  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		826		5.5050  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		686		5.5300  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		679		5.5425  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		640		5.5225  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		615		5.5240  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		542		5.5341  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		533		5.4999  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		272		5.4950  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		247		5.4717  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		240		5.5098  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		62		5.5275  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		33		5.5350  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9		5.4800  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8		5.4825  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6		5.5250  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2		5.4850  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		625,480		5.5500  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		139,884		5.5437  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		129,715		5.5365  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		96,374		5.5445  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		68,000		5.5060  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		42,568		5.5441  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		21,702		5.5331  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		15,445		5.5499  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		14,567		5.5482  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10,395		5.4981  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,794		5.5223  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,565		5.4955  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,274		5.5222  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,647		5.5487  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,015		5.5497  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,469		5.5100  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,200		5.5204  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,010		5.5400  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,936		5.5488  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,788		5.5252  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,753		5.5212  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,421		5.5050  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,419		5.5196  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,148		5.5075  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,107		5.5098  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		715		5.5139  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		557		5.4949  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		335		5.5300  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		272		5.4950  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		205		5.5496  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		176		5.5200  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		64		5.5298  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		43		5.5000  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		42		5.5150  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9		5.4800  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6		5.5250  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4		5.5450  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4		5.4850  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		Increasing Long		68,000	5.5060  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		264,219	5.5949  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		505	5.4912  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,395	5.4981  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22	5.4986  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3	5.5100  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		715	5.5139  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		32	5.5168  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		55	5.5263  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		43	5.5298  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,702	5.5331  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		43,557	5.5351  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30,514	5.5352  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33,500	5.5353  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,325	5.5408  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		65	5.5412  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,386	5.5414  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,015	5.5487  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,936	5.5488  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		205	5.5496  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,015	5.5497  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,445	5.5499  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		124,542	5.5500  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		247	5.4717  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8	5.4829  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,794	5.4872  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,607	5.5000  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	5.5050  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37,445	5.5080  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		83,760	5.5100  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		492	5.5130  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,127	5.5190  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34	5.5201  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,860	5.5215  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,841	5.5244  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		62	5.5275  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,732	5.5500  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,550	5.5502  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		696	5.4978  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,107	5.5098  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1	5.5100  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,046	5.5103  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		7,133	5.5124  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		354,212	5.5500  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,833	5.5064  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,368	5.5134  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		399	5.5401  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		49,942	5.5413  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 Jan 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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