Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC, THE

Barclays PLC

16 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:				15 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:			6,390,961	1.31%	5,768,574	1.18%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				5,256,042	1.07%	5,956,931	1.22%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			11,647,003	2.38%	11,725,505	2.39%
(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		107,320		5.7614  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		63,734		5.7757  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		57,190		5.7761  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		35,979		5.7900  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		27,858		5.7774  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		27,267		5.7902  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		26,175		5.7871  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		20,764		5.7704  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		17,570		5.7830  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		16,836		5.7812  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		14,718		5.7854  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		11,017		5.7784  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,984		5.7901  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,785		5.7735  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,749		5.7632  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,545		5.7885  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,851		5.7773  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,227		5.7705  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,121		5.7892  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,580		5.7650  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,356		5.7725  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,252		5.7832  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		998		5.7800  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		914		5.7591  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		753		5.7138  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		689		5.7801  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		659		5.7700  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		542		5.7695  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		500		5.7740  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		430		5.7605  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		423		5.7850  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		101		5.7797  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		66		5.7746  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		157,543		5.7900  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		79,621		5.7875  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		52,350		5.7871  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		43,229		5.7897  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		27,007		5.7631  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		21,991		5.7733  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		16,954		5.7817  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		15,938		5.7772  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10,748		5.7716  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,154		5.7884  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,796		5.7666  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,454		5.7705  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,117		5.7879  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,080		5.7698  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,080		5.7673  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,000		5.7804  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,746		5.7846  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,028		5.7541  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,160		5.7650  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,113		5.7950  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,097		5.7400  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,822		5.7808  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,777		5.7820  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,549		5.7794  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,222		5.7707  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,461		5.7710  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,101		5.7720  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,039		5.7738  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,034		5.7926  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		959		5.7676  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		948		5.7576  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		888		5.7672  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		817		5.7593  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		809		5.7700  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		757		5.7798  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		637		5.7732  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		602		5.7895  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		568		5.7655  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		556		5.7230  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		479		5.7775  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		412		5.7850  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		136		5.7160  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		94		5.7494  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		72		5.7000  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		63		5.7818  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		39		5.7800  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1		5.7150  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		7,732	5.7716  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		15,938	5.7772  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		378	5.7150  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		136	5.7160  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		512	5.7199  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		94	5.7494  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,028	5.7541  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27,007	5.7631  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,080	5.7698  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,117	5.7731  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		637	5.7732  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,991	5.7733  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,808	5.7769  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,552	5.7770  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8	5.7772  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		790	5.7798  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,000	5.7804  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		63	5.7818  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,746	5.7846  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		602	5.7895  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		45,396	5.7897  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29,459	5.7898  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,376	5.7899  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		70,013	5.7900  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		753	5.7138  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		914	5.7591  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,467	5.7598  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		542	5.7695  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,764	5.7704  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,356	5.7725  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		57,508	5.7757  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,851	5.7773  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,858	5.7774  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		101	5.7796  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		213	5.7800  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		689	5.7801  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,141	5.7807  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,509	5.7820  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,336	5.7826  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,570	5.7830  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,385	5.7848  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,936	5.7854  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,759	5.7861  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,572	5.7866  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,804	5.7879  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,094	5.7892  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,285	5.7900  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,984	5.7901  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,267	5.7902  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,633	5.7622  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,519	5.7796  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		51,333	5.7809  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,472	5.7898  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		33,646	5.7664  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		4,626	5.7671  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		87	5.7904  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:				16 Jan 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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