Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC/THE

Barclays PLC

12 August 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:				11 Aug 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:			4,440,633	0.91%	720,976	0.15%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				593,509	0.12%	4,107,219	0.84%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,034,142	1.03%	4,828,195	0.99%
(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
25p ordinary		Purchase		142,604		7.3946  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		65,022		7.3900  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		15,579		7.4037  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		10,996		7.4067  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		10,325		7.4156  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9,221		7.3934  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,768		7.3868  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,884		7.3903  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,505		7.3907  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,711		7.4086  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,248		7.4430  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,059		7.3839  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,507		7.4700  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,003		7.4500  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		988		7.3844  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		910		7.4599  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		891		7.4200  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		858		7.4222  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		791		7.4000  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		700		7.4253  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		662		7.3994  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		617		7.4089  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		576		7.3910  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		475		7.3873  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		411		7.4606  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		292		7.3895  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		281		7.3992  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		226		7.4600  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		198		7.4580  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		159		7.4150  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		57		7.4100  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		42		7.3950  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		37		7.3850  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5		7.3800  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		124,215		7.3900  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		100,546		7.3950  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		60,436		7.3928  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		32,507		7.3926  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		30,597		7.3917  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		22,701		7.3956  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		21,452		7.3918  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		17,943		7.4012  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		17,714		7.3976  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		16,613		7.3935  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		13,459		7.3894  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		12,436		7.4031  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10,904		7.3986  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,141		7.4086  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,239		7.3896  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,705		7.3879  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,792		7.4317  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,357		7.4203  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,728		7.4162  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,432		7.3995  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,074		7.3994  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,930		7.4141  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,814		7.3936  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,854		7.3889  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,414		7.3969  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,379		7.4057  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,376		7.3898  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,213		7.4001  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		706		7.4450  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		679		7.3924  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		658		7.4400  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		488		7.4000  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		420		7.4500  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		378		7.4403  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		350		7.4238  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		305		7.4036  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		241		7.4028  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		187		7.3800  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		159		7.4150  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		42		7.3952  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10		7.5000  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	7.3798  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		688	7.3879  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,854	7.3888  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,459	7.3894  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,239	7.3896  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,376	7.3898  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		97,971	7.3900  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,445	7.3911  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30,597	7.3917  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		32,507	7.3926  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,613	7.3935  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,873	7.3976  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		728	7.3996  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,213	7.4001  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,943	7.4012  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		241	7.4028  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,379	7.4057  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,141	7.4086  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,930	7.4141  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,728	7.4162  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,357	7.4203  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		144	7.4231  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		248	7.4234  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		876	7.4352  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		420	7.4500  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10	7.4998  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4	7.3800  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	7.3801  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,166	7.3841  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		988	7.3844  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37	7.3850  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,768	7.3868  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		292	7.3895  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	7.3900  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,850	7.3903  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		236	7.3904  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,505	7.3907  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		576	7.3910  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22	7.3950  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		662	7.3994  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		158	7.4054  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		617	7.4089  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		57	7.4100  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,090	7.4132  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,325	7.4156  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,248	7.4430  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		7,206	7.3871  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,270	7.4268  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)	Exercise
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:				12 Aug 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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