Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC/THE

Barclays PLC

27 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:				26 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:			4,647,777	0.95%	638,151	0.13%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			568,721	0.12%	4,364,517	0.89%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,216,498	1.07%	5,002,668	1.02%
(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		101,353		8.5200  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		32,158		8.5212  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		23,116		8.5208  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		10,904		8.5490  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		10,252		8.5201  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9,347		8.5017  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,021		8.5083  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,500		8.4517  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,010		8.5176  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,815		8.5080  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,723		8.5216  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,119		8.5015  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,099		8.4587  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,933		8.5057  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,922		8.5218  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,165		8.5241  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,800		8.5038  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,137		8.5025  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,789		8.5400  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,731		8.5487  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,465		8.5297  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,460		8.5543  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,330		8.5123  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,068		8.4877  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,051		8.5300  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,008		8.5032  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,005		8.5406  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		889		8.4950  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		767		8.4550  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		764		8.5600  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		763		8.4450  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		755		8.5500  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		753		8.5000  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		742		8.5151  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		733		8.5146  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		716		8.5402  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		693		8.5150  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		652		8.5450  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		624		8.5307  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		519		8.4892  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		512		8.4300  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		485		8.5465  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		463		8.5399  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		462		8.5285  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		412		8.4750  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		406		8.5250  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		376		8.5075  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		327		8.4700  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		314		8.5050  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		298		8.4250  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		291		8.5375  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		286		8.4924  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		282		8.5175  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		274		8.5350  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		251		8.5225  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		239		8.5475  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		55		8.4814  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		10		8.5480  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		130,772		8.5296  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		67,865		8.5165  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		59,042		8.5200  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		32,718		8.5199  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		28,725		8.5123  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		23,901		8.5195  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		17,714		8.5204  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		15,230		8.5290  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,413		8.5243  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,189		8.4955  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,400		8.5189  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,150		8.5276  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,018		8.5253  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,324		8.5217  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,680		8.5355  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,246		8.5301  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,900		8.5078  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,651		8.5265  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,400		8.5337  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,157		8.5553  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,121		8.4419  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,935		8.4521  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,877		8.5148  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,852		8.4450  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,341		8.4731  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,336		8.5150  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,102		8.5255  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,092		8.5498  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,086		8.4550  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,070		8.4950  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,051		8.5300  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		932		8.4598  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		880		8.5319  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		869		8.4833  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		797		8.5000  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		778		8.5209  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		763		8.5500  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		744		8.5126  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		742		8.4348  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		707		8.5400  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		652		8.5450  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		585		8.5600  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		561		8.5517  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		538		8.4426  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		524		8.4474  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		520		8.4300  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		513		8.4501  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		509		8.4423  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		487		8.4475  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		467		8.5050  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		429		8.5250  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		383		8.4500  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		376		8.5075  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		327		8.4700  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		303		8.5158  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		298		8.4250  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		292		8.4425  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		291		8.5375  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		282		8.5175  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		273		8.4431  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		268		8.4600  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		256		8.4650  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		239		8.5475  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		225		8.5271  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		157		8.5275  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		154		8.5128  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		150		8.5168  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		132		8.4595  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		102		8.5176  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		55		8.5226  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		38		8.5206  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		23		8.5086  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		23		8.5443  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		19		8.5350  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		15		8.5162  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		742	8.4348  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		132	8.4595  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		932	8.4598  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,189	8.4955  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		384	8.5007  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,900	8.5078  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,725	8.5123  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		744	8.5126  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		303	8.5158  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15	8.5162  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		150	8.5167  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,672	8.5176  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,380	8.5179  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		23,901	8.5195  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,678	8.5200  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,714	8.5204  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,324	8.5217  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,413	8.5243  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		69	8.5250  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		225	8.5271  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		157	8.5275  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,230	8.5290  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,756	8.5298  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,023	8.5310  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		880	8.5319  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		49	8.5393  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3	8.5398  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		23	8.5443  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8	8.5498  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,157	8.5553  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		219	8.4550  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		55	8.4814  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,890	8.4917  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,137	8.5025  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,933	8.5057  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,502	8.5123  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		742	8.5151  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,563	8.5176  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,317	8.5200  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,252	8.5201  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,116	8.5212  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,723	8.5216  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,452	8.5233  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		42	8.5248  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		208	8.5279  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		795	8.5288  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		624	8.5307  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	8.5401  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10	8.5481  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		179	8.5600  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,929	8.4739  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,962	8.5193  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		23,231	8.5200  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:				27 Jun 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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