Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC/THE

Barclays PLC

01 September 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:				29 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:			4,676,391	0.96%	1,146,587	0.23%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,138,241	0.23%	4,204,141	0.86%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,814,632	1.19%	5,350,728	1.09%
(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		385,601		7.0228  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		287,846		6.9800  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		129,241		6.9850  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		77,566		7.0389  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		71,652		6.9901  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		58,680		7.0062  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		48,592		7.1025  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		26,846		7.0533  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		23,802		6.9839  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		23,487		7.0196  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		22,198		6.9959  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		20,568		6.9803  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		17,814		7.0174  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		17,449		7.0082  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		16,577		7.0014  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		14,084		7.0304  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		11,427		7.0184  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		11,232		7.0226  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		10,054		6.9810  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9,883		7.0150  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,844		7.0426  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,224		7.0900  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,153		7.0343  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,114		7.0000  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,980		7.0250  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,328		7.0051  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,303		7.0115  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,132		7.0517  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,825		7.0408  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,767		7.0199  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,773		7.0319  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,632		7.0281  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,588		7.0018  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,207		7.0556  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		889		7.0165  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		828		7.0100  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		827		7.0069  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		776		7.0219  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		724		7.0126  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		644		7.0021  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		608		7.0300  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		584		7.0200  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		540		7.0950  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		355		7.0235  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		299		7.0350  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		214		7.0154  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		56		7.0128  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9		7.0255  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2		7.0242  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		164,614		6.9950  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		155,363		6.9800  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		89,499		7.0285  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		71,900		7.0010  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		71,652		6.9901  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		71,530		6.9899  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		68,210		7.0237  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		64,782		7.0269  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		58,831		7.0277  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		37,580		7.0263  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		32,120		7.0307  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		31,000		7.0943  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		24,296		7.1025  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		22,859		7.0311  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		18,632		7.0584  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		16,237		7.0626  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		15,688		7.0426  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		15,684		7.0336  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		14,750		7.0589  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		14,258		7.0274  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		13,356		7.0300  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		12,943		7.0261  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		12,191		7.0150  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		11,754		7.0279  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10,356		7.0389  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,639		7.0295  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,982		7.0207  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,816		7.0350  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,576		7.0358  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,272		7.0217  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,086		7.0222  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,692		7.0250  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,823		7.0148  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,452		7.0345  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,111		7.0158  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,555		7.0343  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,534		7.0199  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,398		7.0204  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,184		7.0290  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,991		7.0408  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,500		7.0302  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,456		7.0702  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,091		7.0140  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,926		7.0485  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,833		7.0406  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,612		7.0900  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,277		7.0472  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,138		7.0356  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,805		7.0327  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,652		7.0523  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,544		7.0000  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,414		7.0556  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,395		7.0303  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,368		7.0190  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,305		7.0363  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,168		7.0368  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,093		7.0100  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,996		7.0167  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,904		7.0113  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,783		7.0055  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,626		7.0325  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,566		7.0517  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,276		7.0298  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,137		7.0107  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,117		6.9918  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,017		7.0484  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		974		7.0004  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		957		7.0225  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		830		7.0147  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		798		6.9794  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		649		7.0550  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		648		7.0887  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		621		7.1000  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		551		7.0200  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		525		7.0650  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		270		7.0950  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		125		7.0191  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		122		7.0700  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		82		7.0648  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3		7.0133  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		939	6.9786  USD
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		798	6.9794  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,388	6.9800  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,117	6.9918  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,874	7.0114  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3	7.0123  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		255	7.0158  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,368	7.0190  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		52	7.0194  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,325	7.0199  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		98	7.0208  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		70,139	7.0221  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		957	7.0225  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		109	7.0250  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,575	7.0280  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7	7.0284  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		853	7.0288  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,276	7.0298  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		243	7.0300  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,737	7.0310  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,067	7.0325  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		785	7.0341  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,991	7.0408  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		282	7.0442  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,017	7.0484  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,750	7.0589  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		82	7.0649  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,187	7.0900  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		116,657	6.9800  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,568	6.9803  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,054	6.9810  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,005	6.9825  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,802	6.9839  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,800	6.9859  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,198	6.9959  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,577	7.0014  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		644	7.0021  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,328	7.0051  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		827	7.0069  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,449	7.0082  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		725	7.0126  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,928	7.0152  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		214	7.0154  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,814	7.0174  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,427	7.0184  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,541	7.0185  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,487	7.0196  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		294	7.0250  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9	7.0251  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		273	7.0300  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,400	7.0304  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,773	7.0319  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,100	7.0337  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,517	7.0437  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		515	7.0547  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		26,866	6.9805  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		14,876	6.9806  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		815	7.0238  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:				01 Sep 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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