Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC/THE

Barclays PLC

13 June 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:				12 Jun 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:			4,600,401	0.94%	646,467	0.13%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			551,972	0.11%	4,274,713	0.87%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,152,373	1.05%	4,921,180	1.01%
(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
25p ordinary		Purchase		198,847		8.4200  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		111,307		8.4214  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		74,802		8.4269  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		34,889		8.4292  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		28,922		8.4194  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		19,927		8.4171  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		17,692		8.4169  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		15,038		8.4189  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		13,722		8.4266  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9,575		8.4198  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,988		8.4110  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,878		8.4239  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,271		8.4258  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,142		8.4153  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,132		8.4265  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,912		8.4240  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,570		8.4322  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,016		8.4362  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,851		8.4051  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,982		8.4204  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,846		8.4217  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,476		8.4029  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,431		8.4220  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,992		8.4437  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,952		8.4250  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,700		8.4367  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,696		8.4114  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,359		8.4212  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,194		8.4100  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,184		8.4447  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		985		8.4288  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		875		8.4228  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		664		8.3964  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		632		8.4520  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		563		8.4199  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		558		8.4206  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		541		8.4176  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		535		8.4524  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		456		8.4125  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		389		8.4400  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		388		8.4261  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		296		8.4151  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		236		8.3825  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		224		8.3850  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		153		8.3900  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		87		8.4150  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		81		8.4191  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		30		8.4226  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1		8.3800  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		101,640		8.4200  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		61,629		8.4212  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		48,185		8.4164  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		45,025		8.4066  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		41,594		8.4193  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		32,762		8.4229  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		26,468		8.4295  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		26,415		8.4183  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		19,927		8.4171  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10,712		8.4228  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10,667		8.3941  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,771		8.4198  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,954		8.4220  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,368		8.4195  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,502		8.4188  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,232		8.4215  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,655		8.4204  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,820		8.3750  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,238		8.4029  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,126		8.4199  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		995		8.4191  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		935		8.4214  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		878		8.4256  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		813		8.4100  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		761		8.3926  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		756		8.4250  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		739		8.4300  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		707		8.4050  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		673		8.4034  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		665		8.4150  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		636		8.4153  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		609		8.4399  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		592		8.4447  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		509		8.4406  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		388		8.4402  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		388		8.4400  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		251		8.3900  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		127		8.4154  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		45		8.4039  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1		8.4000  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		10,667	8.3941  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	8.4000  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		108	8.4100  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		636	8.4153  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		127	8.4154  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		995	8.4191  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33,053	8.4195  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		196	8.4198  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		83,935	8.4200  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		935	8.4214  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,954	8.4220  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		32,762	8.4229  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		609	8.4399  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		509	8.4406  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	8.3800  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		664	8.3964  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,696	8.4114  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		87	8.4150  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,692	8.4169  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,219	8.4189  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28,922	8.4194  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		113,823	8.4200  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,359	8.4212  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,846	8.4217  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,431	8.4220  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,662	8.4221  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30	8.4228  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,878	8.4239  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		46	8.4243  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,219	8.4246  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		388	8.4261  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,502	8.4262  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,132	8.4265  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		74,802	8.4269  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		985	8.4288  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		31,243	8.4292  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,992	8.4437  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		294	8.3944  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		45	8.4100  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		237	8.4150  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		10,516	8.4193  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		93	8.4200  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		51,022	8.4200  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		5,584	8.4311  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		4,261	8.4359  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)	Exercising
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:				13 Jun 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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