Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC/THE

Barclays PLC

15 July 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:				14 Jul 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:			4,530,175	0.93%	409,398	0.08%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			478,394	0.10%	4,235,141	0.87%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,008,569	1.02%	4,644,539	0.95%
(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		45,773		8.1200  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		16,188		8.1173  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9,135		8.1199  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,013		8.0970  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,959		8.1159  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,692		8.1179  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,323		8.0804  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,026		8.0620  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,112		8.0874  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,688		8.0597  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,699		8.0811  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,551		8.0634  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,195		8.0715  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		985		8.0789  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		914		8.0636  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		776		8.0450  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		608		8.0527  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		568		8.0803  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		555		8.0458  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		547		8.0920  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		478		8.0779  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		385		8.0856  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		324		8.0900  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		140		8.0850  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		101		8.0616  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		53		8.0933  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		12		8.1100  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		66,288		8.1200  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		52,400		8.1119  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		15,827		8.0768  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,455		8.1195  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,905		8.0761  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,209		8.0845  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,234		8.1028  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,130		8.0818  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,000		8.0585  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,555		8.0564  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,177		8.0615  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,093		8.0654  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		847		8.0964  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		518		8.1029  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		187		8.0779  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		93		8.1198  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		13		8.0900  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		1,555	8.0564  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,000	8.0585  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,177	8.0615  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,093	8.0654  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,905	8.0761  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,827	8.0768  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,130	8.0818  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,280	8.0827  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,209	8.0845  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		847	8.0964  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,234	8.1028  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		45	8.1029  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		473	8.1030  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,455	8.1195  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		93	8.1198  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		91,258	8.1200  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23	7.9800  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100	8.0350  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		776	8.0450  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		425	8.0582  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,688	8.0597  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,026	8.0620  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,551	8.0634  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,195	8.0715  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		507	8.0719  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		141	8.0738  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		568	8.0803  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,323	8.0804  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,699	8.0811  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		385	8.0856  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,112	8.0874  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		547	8.0920  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,013	8.0970  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		825	8.1014  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12	8.1100  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,483	8.1120  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,959	8.1159  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,188	8.1173  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,631	8.1176  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		35,267	8.1200  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,350	8.0763  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		140	8.0852  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,630	8.1016  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:				15 Jul 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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