Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC/THE

Barclays PLC

31 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:				30 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:			4,682,416	0.96%	520,135	0.11%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			373,082	0.08%	4,367,726	0.89%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,055,498	1.03%	4,887,861	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		216,233		7.5350  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		56,211		7.5425  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		54,624		7.5422  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		45,804		7.5444  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		30,996		7.5450  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		29,708		7.5611  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		27,974		7.5513  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		27,379		7.5412  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		19,002		7.5250  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		18,780		7.5357  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		18,750		7.5592  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		14,331		7.5505  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		11,198		7.5300  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9,791		7.5443  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9,438		7.5445  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,281		7.5851  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,965		7.5587  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,855		7.5343  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,496		7.5459  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,924		7.5390  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,437		7.5353  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,181		7.5928  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,666		7.5771  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,453		7.5335  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,374		7.5303  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,491		7.5607  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,321		7.5500  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,243		7.5624  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,216		7.5248  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,134		7.5818  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,997		7.5848  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,787		7.5871  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,483		7.6028  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,448		7.5309  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,369		7.5150  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,276		7.6278  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,133		7.5400  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,100		7.6229  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,031		7.6150  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,027		7.5050  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		715		7.5713  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		646		7.5650  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		626		7.5857  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		620		7.5668  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		596		7.5175  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		578		7.5240  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		467		7.5875  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		436		7.5825  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		425		7.5800  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		393		7.6000  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		382		7.6275  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		355		7.5575  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		322		7.5475  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		309		7.5325  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		302		7.6200  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		298		7.5600  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		297		7.5870  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		288		7.6100  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		250		7.5550  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		242		7.5487  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		237		7.6379  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		210		7.6361  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		194		7.5200  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		143		7.6300  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		29		7.6251  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		248,024		7.5350  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		76,037		7.5376  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		68,893		7.5372  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		62,782		7.5409  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		34,898		7.5444  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		33,265		7.5665  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		22,153		7.5299  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		15,024		7.5670  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		14,459		7.5662  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		14,142		7.5300  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		12,853		7.5353  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10,822		7.5436  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,685		7.5250  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,304		7.5388  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,590		7.5705  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,374		7.5652  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,326		7.5713  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,204		7.5450  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,514		7.5434  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,388		7.5580  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,818		7.5362  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,748		7.5720  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,120		7.5373  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,018		7.5471  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,797		7.5248  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,296		7.5677  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,135		7.5254  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,880		7.5344  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,753		7.5515  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,433		7.5609  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,356		7.5524  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,315		7.5541  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,183		7.5429  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,046		7.5500  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,015		7.5204  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,654		7.5967  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,578		7.6263  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,467		7.5965  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,369		7.5150  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,129		7.5569  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,109		7.5787  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,031		7.6150  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,027		7.5050  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		988		7.5454  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		944		7.5590  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		942		7.5790  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		896		7.5622  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		784		7.5200  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		734		7.6200  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		646		7.5650  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		596		7.5175  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		534		7.5807  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		467		7.5875  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		436		7.5825  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		425		7.5800  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		393		7.6000  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		382		7.6275  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		373		7.5222  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		352		7.5324  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		349		7.6300  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		322		7.5475  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		309		7.5325  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		298		7.5600  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		288		7.6100  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		279		7.5400  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		268		7.6425  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		210		7.6399  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		157		7.5550  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		120		7.5595  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		20		7.6407  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		352	7.5324  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,880	7.5344  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		125,420	7.5350  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,522	7.5353  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,120	7.5373  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,183	7.5429  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		59,952	7.5492  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,753	7.5515  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,356	7.5524  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		120	7.5595  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		200	7.5599  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,433	7.5609  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		150	7.5659  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,602	7.5662  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33,265	7.5665  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,004	7.5700  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		669	7.5705  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		998	7.5719  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		942	7.5790  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		734	7.6200  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		63	7.6400  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		268	7.6425  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		578	7.5240  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,216	7.5248  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,855	7.5343  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		51,655	7.5350  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,437	7.5353  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,114	7.5365  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,496	7.5459  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,974	7.5513  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		93	7.5550  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,491	7.5607  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		29,708	7.5611  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		53,628	7.5632  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,196	7.5645  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		715	7.5713  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,352	7.5807  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,281	7.5851  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		626	7.5857  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		297	7.5870  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,100	7.6229  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		501	7.6293  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		10,331	7.5698  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:				31 Jul 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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