Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC/THE

Barclays PLC

02 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:				01 Sep 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:			4,577,465	0.94%	1,031,579	0.21%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,052,195	0.22%	4,138,454	0.85%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,629,660	1.15%	5,170,033	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		237,948		7.0531  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		69,098		7.0500  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		52,474		7.0510  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		40,225		7.0509  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		24,053		7.0586  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		22,482		7.0501  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		21,897		7.0515  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		18,288		7.0616  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		17,262		7.0376  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		14,450		7.0398  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		13,259		7.0488  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		12,818		7.0495  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		11,063		7.0482  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,932		7.0577  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,321		7.0424  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,926		7.0512  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,911		7.0520  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,866		7.0382  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,811		7.0444  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,538		7.0504  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,592		7.0197  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,412		7.0432  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,411		7.0516  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,362		7.0429  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,751		7.0474  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,688		7.0550  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,058		7.0400  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,829		7.0350  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,190		7.0508  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,134		7.0250  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,126		6.9905  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,095		7.0200  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		831		7.0452  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		794		7.0439  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		792		7.0100  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		716		7.0600  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		685		7.0258  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		677		7.0343  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		649		7.0453  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		644		7.0300  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		604		7.0473  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		544		7.0661  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		422		7.0650  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		298		7.0450  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		249		7.0050  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		123		7.0491  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		105		7.0700  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		19		7.0181  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		127,084		7.0500  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		73,977		7.0475  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		70,575		7.0499  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		55,952		7.0503  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		47,164		7.0720  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		28,420		7.0453  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		22,261		7.0426  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		17,322		7.0496  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		13,466		7.0506  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		13,292		7.0521  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		11,101		7.0478  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,618		7.0476  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,492		7.0600  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,500		7.0524  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,230		7.0526  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,020		7.0465  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,425		7.0382  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,359		7.0551  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,223		7.0474  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,939		7.0473  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,766		7.0575  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,243		7.0553  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,729		7.0605  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,371		7.0589  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,227		7.0492  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,688		7.0550  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,545		7.0416  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,455		7.0625  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,417		7.0498  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,361		7.0313  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,291		7.0323  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,150		7.0512  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,101		7.0602  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,057		7.0429  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,974		7.0350  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,899		7.0650  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,830		7.0545  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,503		7.0436  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,270		7.0563  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,214		7.0200  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,146		7.0750  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,134		7.0250  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,117		7.0485  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,113		7.0300  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,091		7.0546  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,089		7.0557  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		813		7.0519  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		794		7.0440  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		792		7.0100  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		741		7.0552  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		720		7.0389  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		694		7.0462  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		587		7.0489  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		551		7.0202  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		475		7.0423  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		388		7.0400  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		179		7.0450  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		103		7.0449  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		100		7.0327  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		85		7.0392  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		83		7.0495  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		34		7.0325  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		469	7.0300  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		145	7.0350  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		249	7.0361  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		542	7.0373  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		720	7.0389  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		85	7.0392  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12	7.0400  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,261	7.0426  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,982	7.0428  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		77	7.0430  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		53	7.0444  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		103	7.0449  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		179	7.0450  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,420	7.0453  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,954	7.0455  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		36,070	7.0464  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,513	7.0466  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,800	7.0475  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,618	7.0476  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,117	7.0485  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,174	7.0489  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,227	7.0492  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		83	7.0494  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,078	7.0495  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,271	7.0496  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,417	7.0498  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		57,724	7.0500  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,466	7.0506  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,150	7.0512  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		813	7.0519  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		270	7.0523  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		102	7.0539  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,830	7.0545  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,091	7.0546  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,101	7.0602  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		382	6.9950  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19	7.0181  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,262	7.0376  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,440	7.0400  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,507	7.0409  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,328	7.0424  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,412	7.0432  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,317	7.0436  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		398	7.0438  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,861	7.0439  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13	7.0446  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,109	7.0447  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		489	7.0448  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		298	7.0450  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		649	7.0453  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,254	7.0461  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		809	7.0462  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		604	7.0473  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,751	7.0474  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,336	7.0480  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,063	7.0482  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,316	7.0484  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,398	7.0490  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		123	7.0491  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		82	7.0494  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,014	7.0495  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,556	7.0500  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,482	7.0501  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,293	7.0503  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,538	7.0504  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,646	7.0505  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		40,225	7.0509  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		52,474	7.0510  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,897	7.0515  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,411	7.0516  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,911	7.0520  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		712	7.0527  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		921	7.0541  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,245	7.0567  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,078	7.0583  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,828	7.0592  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44	7.0593  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		815	7.0603  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,975	7.0607  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,767	7.0425  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		30,264	7.0494  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		739	7.0497  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		10	7.0550  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:				02 Sep 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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