Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC/THE

Barclays PLC

20 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:				19 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:			4,398,731	0.90%	682,838	0.14%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			635,151	0.13%	4,109,129	0.84%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,033,882	1.03%	4,791,967	0.98%
(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		84,163		8.5050  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		14,667		8.5051  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		14,453		8.5054  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		13,351		8.5074  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9,054		8.5107  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,172		8.5176  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,129		8.5146  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,486		8.5135  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,198		8.4933  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,477		8.5032  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,199		8.5210  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		749		8.5231  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		366		8.5100  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		336		8.4950  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		330		8.5025  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		291		8.5450  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		288		8.5036  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		262		8.5069  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		204		8.5198  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		141		8.5377  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		22		8.5150  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		20		8.5350  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		13		8.5300  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1		8.5200  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		118,536		8.5050  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		13,416		8.5251  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10,423		8.5115  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,238		8.5121  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,108		8.5129  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,503		8.5104  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,491		8.5219  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,960		8.5222  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,950		8.5075  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,523		8.5207  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,177		8.5127  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,592		8.5044  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,359		8.5232  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,063		8.5081  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		996		8.5108  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		989		8.5162  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		939		8.5208  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		881		8.5070  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		858		8.5173  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		827		8.5144  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		621		8.5174  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		552		8.5048  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		533		8.5150  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		366		8.5100  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		333		8.5292  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		323		8.4950  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		225		8.5448  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		180		8.5000  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		140		8.5300  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		107		8.5260  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		67		8.5350  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		33		8.5250  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		22		8.5152  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		20		8.5358  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		14		8.4900  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		12		8.5243  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3		8.5425  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3		8.5200  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		14	8.4900  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,592	8.5044  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		102,220	8.5050  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		277	8.5062  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		199	8.5067  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,063	8.5081  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		74	8.5093  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,429	8.5105  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		996	8.5108  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,423	8.5115  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		184	8.5125  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,177	8.5127  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,108	8.5129  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		827	8.5144  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		511	8.5150  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		621	8.5174  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		512	8.5200  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,523	8.5207  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,153	8.5210  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,960	8.5222  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,662	8.5238  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12	8.5243  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,416	8.5251  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		107	8.5260  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		49	8.5289  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		333	8.5292  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		44	8.5343  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		289	8.5425  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		225	8.5448  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		35,823	8.5050  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,667	8.5051  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,453	8.5054  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,803	8.5056  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,054	8.5107  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,486	8.5135  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,129	8.5146  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	8.5150  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,172	8.5176  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		204	8.5198  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,199	8.5210  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		749	8.5231  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13	8.5300  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		141	8.5377  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		291	8.5450  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		7,390	8.5043  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,108	8.5041  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:				20 Jun 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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