Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC/THE

Barclays PLC

16 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:				13 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:			4,694,973	0.96%	554,204	0.11%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			470,059	0.10%	4,360,096	0.89%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,165,032	1.06%	4,914,300	1.00%
(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		176,132		8.3070  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		114,193		8.2550  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		69,809		8.2601  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		31,762		8.2914  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		25,933		8.2916  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		23,383		8.3050  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		14,396		8.2695  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		10,910		8.2896  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9,523		8.2657  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,155		8.2709  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,849		8.2671  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,573		8.2721  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,243		8.2554  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,387		8.2753  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,379		8.2975  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,055		8.3121  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,042		8.2857  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,026		8.2597  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,942		8.2762  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,566		8.2919  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,335		8.2935  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,050		8.2964  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		961		8.2920  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		952		8.2548  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		790		8.3012  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		536		8.3088  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		490		8.2850  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		445		8.3250  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		444		8.2551  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		442		8.2900  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		434		8.2710  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		390		8.2998  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		351		8.3122  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		298		8.2758  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		280		8.2725  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		277		8.2800  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		243		8.2939  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		241		8.2861  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		159		8.3059  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		151		8.2972  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		101		8.3024  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		76		8.2958  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		19		8.2810  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		15		8.2700  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		200,932		8.3080  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		42,314		8.2550  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		27,798		8.2703  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		16,811		8.2749  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,849		8.2671  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,839		8.2992  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,742		8.3022  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,258		8.2888  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,132		8.2919  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,690		8.2914  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,497		8.3056  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,305		8.2964  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,272		8.2887  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,037		8.2950  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,008		8.2913  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,922		8.2920  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,774		8.2770  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,752		8.2819  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,368		8.2946  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,344		8.2588  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,280		8.2915  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,087		8.3025  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		744		8.2922  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		630		8.2841  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		618		8.2850  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		500		8.2875  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		319		8.3021  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		277		8.2800  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		276		8.2899  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		226		8.2842  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		122		8.2897  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		96		8.3051  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		41		8.2548  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		16		8.3125  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		15		8.2700  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		12		8.3029  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 Long		6,388	8.2738  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		41	8.2548  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24,784	8.2550  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,266	8.2554  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,344	8.2588  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		287	8.2590  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		114	8.2609  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,753	8.2725  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,067	8.2729  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,774	8.2770  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		276	8.2899  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,008	8.2913  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,280	8.2915  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		744	8.2922  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,368	8.2946  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		319	8.3021  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,742	8.3022  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,086	8.3025  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,497	8.3056  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		37	8.3400  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		135,715	8.2550  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,243	8.2554  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,026	8.2597  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,523	8.2657  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,396	8.2695  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,155	8.2709  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		434	8.2710  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,573	8.2721  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,387	8.2753  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,942	8.2762  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		591	8.2785  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19	8.2813  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		241	8.2861  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,880	8.2898  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	8.2900  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,144	8.2912  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,796	8.2914  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,933	8.2916  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		243	8.2939  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		390	8.2998  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,749	8.3020  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		631	8.3050  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		839	8.3184  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,434	8.2550  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		10,516	8.2728  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		14,856	8.2852  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,304	8.2950  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,306	8.2550  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		7,605	8.2556  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,248	8.2843  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,795	8.2965  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?				YES
Date of disclosure:				16 Jun 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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