Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC/THE

Barclays PLC

29 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:				28 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:			4,664,995	0.95%	1,178,665	0.24%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,155,875	0.24%	4,015,596	0.82%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,820,870	1.19%	5,194,261	1.06%
(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		379,499		7.0738  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		175,000		7.0449  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		166,988		7.0900  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		46,155		7.0842  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		25,531		7.0777  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		24,409		7.0844  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		20,872		7.0948  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		14,087		7.0850  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		12,998		7.0755  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		11,981		7.0903  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		11,726		7.0705  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		11,384		7.0798  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		10,868		7.0745  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9,591		7.0766  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,545		7.0785  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,072		7.0734  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,028		7.0904  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,247		7.0392  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,841		7.0744  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,148		7.0702  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,123		7.0779  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,873		7.0858  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,671		7.0800  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,485		7.0661  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,385		7.1117  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,025		7.1212  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,777		7.0750  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,718		7.0867  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,581		7.1400  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,517		7.0670  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,477		7.0787  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,187		7.0681  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,177		7.0775  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,089		7.1000  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,063		7.0700  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,032		7.0815  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,005		7.1250  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,000		7.0600  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		997		7.0725  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		711		7.0675  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		595		7.1300  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		535		7.0810  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		489		7.0300  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		436		7.0500  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		426		7.0150  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		357		7.0543  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		351		7.0679  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		339		7.0950  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		317		7.0997  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		272		7.0250  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		207		7.1350  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		99		7.0650  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		59		7.1200  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9		7.0733  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		190,000		7.0906  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		174,861		7.0450  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		102,602		7.0900  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		49,278		7.0830  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		38,850		7.0606  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		38,541		7.0844  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		33,501		7.0765  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		29,700		7.0881  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		14,019		7.0793  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		12,754		7.0794  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		11,855		7.0850  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10,935		7.0879  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,510		7.1083  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,506		7.0596  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,743		7.0668  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,518		7.0941  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,464		7.0637  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,200		7.0497  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,084		7.0552  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,080		7.0564  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,638		7.0716  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,597		7.0353  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,994		7.0580  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,337		7.0250  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,196		7.0591  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,134		7.0750  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,329		7.0896  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,705		7.0800  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,629		7.0690  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,516		7.0907  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,318		7.0460  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,916		7.0725  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,767		7.0389  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,760		7.0828  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,676		7.0261  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,597		7.0620  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,466		7.0245  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,388		7.0764  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,379		7.0808  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,177		7.0775  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,100		7.0604  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,093		7.1400  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,063		7.0700  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		776		7.0600  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		732		7.1000  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		711		7.0675  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		682		7.0769  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		645		7.0996  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		595		7.1300  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		497		7.1046  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		489		7.0300  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		487		7.0779  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		456		7.0753  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		436		7.0500  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		426		7.0150  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		375		7.0817  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		353		7.0676  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		207		7.1350  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		151		7.1450  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		99		7.0650  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		78		7.0349  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		73		7.0984  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		39		7.1150  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		78	7.0349  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		86	7.0600  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		353	7.0676  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,172	7.0679  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		37,918	7.0688  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,629	7.0690  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		574	7.0725  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		456	7.0753  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		682	7.0769  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,379	7.0808  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		375	7.0817  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,760	7.0828  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		104	7.0844  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,117	7.0850  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31,669	7.0896  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,019	7.0898  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,378	7.0900  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,513	7.0904  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,516	7.0907  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		645	7.0996  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,510	7.1083  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		69	7.1450  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		357	7.0543  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,272	7.0661  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,882	7.0699  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,148	7.0702  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,726	7.0705  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9	7.0733  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,222	7.0757  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,591	7.0766  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,531	7.0777  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		26,760	7.0781  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,545	7.0785  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,443	7.0789  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,384	7.0798  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		535	7.0810  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		46,155	7.0842  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,772	7.0850  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,132	7.0853  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,873	7.0858  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		59,238	7.0900  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,981	7.0903  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,028	7.0904  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,172	7.0926  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,025	7.1212  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,751	7.0523  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,211	7.1346  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:				29 Aug 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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