Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC, THE

Barclays PLC

18 December 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:				17 Dec 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:			7,828,346	1.60%	4,341,455	0.89%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				4,234,020	0.86%	7,755,919	1.58%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			12,062,366	2.46%	12,097,374	2.47%
(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		163,231		5.4250  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		88,528		5.4159  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		67,088		5.3800  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		47,286		5.3779  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		41,851		5.4152  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		23,698		5.3749  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		13,345		5.4251  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		10,761		5.4000  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,395		5.3740  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,994		5.4252  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,464		5.3861  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,302		5.3729  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,414		5.3746  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,440		5.3828  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,558		5.3835  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,139		5.3747  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,979		5.3886  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,892		5.3919  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,827		5.3968  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,534		5.3644  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,525		5.4233  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,284		5.3600  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,172		5.4054  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,102		5.4100  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		966		5.3650  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		872		5.3950  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		566		5.3900  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		540		5.4052  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		480		5.3830  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		445		5.4111  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		127		5.3910  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		35		5.3674  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		12		5.3935  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		233,946		5.4250  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		182,480		5.4237  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		80,108		5.3938  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		52,435		5.3758  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		48,384		5.3812  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		45,554		5.4220  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		44,264		5.4159  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		40,845		5.3800  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		36,102		5.3708  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		28,652		5.3975  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		21,200		5.4050  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		14,363		5.3827  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		13,569		5.3759  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		12,010		5.4000  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10,802		5.4241  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10,577		5.3661  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10,024		5.3891  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,944		5.3768  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,837		5.4094  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,439		5.4234  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,732		5.3873  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,683		5.3803  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,088		5.4175  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,900		5.3843  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,643		5.3780  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,193		5.4107  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,981		5.3792  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,777		5.3721  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,672		5.3912  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,465		5.3818  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,187		5.4131  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,040		5.3650  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		890		5.3900  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		642		5.3600  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		466		5.3850  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		446		5.3950  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		371		5.4207  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		290		5.4100  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		100		5.3548  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		92		5.3977  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		57		5.3898  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		35		5.3674  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		16		5.3637  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		Increasing Long		8,068	5.3771  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		100	5.3548  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16	5.3634  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,577	5.3661  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		35	5.3673  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		36,102	5.3708  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		52,435	5.3758  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,944	5.3768  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		421	5.3778  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,981	5.3792  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		40,812	5.3800  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		48,384	5.3812  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,363	5.3827  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12	5.3850  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,829	5.3876  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		57	5.3898  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		100	5.3899  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		890	5.3900  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,672	5.3912  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,139	5.3915  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		80,108	5.3938  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		92	5.3977  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,779	5.4056  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,837	5.4094  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		79	5.4100  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,193	5.4107  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,187	5.4131  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		885	5.4147  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		329	5.4162  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	5.4200  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		371	5.4207  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		45,554	5.4220  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,439	5.4234  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		55,954	5.4249  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		128,733	5.4250  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,534	5.3644  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		35	5.3676  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,302	5.3729  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,395	5.3740  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		47,286	5.3779  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		67,088	5.3800  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,558	5.3835  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		549	5.3858  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		127	5.3910  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12	5.3935  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	5.4000  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		103	5.4046  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		540	5.4052  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,172	5.4054  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		261	5.4094  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		827	5.4100  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,695	5.4140  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,525	5.4233  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37,635	5.4250  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,345	5.4251  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,994	5.4252  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,034	5.3845  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		28,652	5.3975  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		57,327	5.4245  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		9,455	5.4246  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		8,570	5.3856  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,979	5.3886  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		66,791	5.4036  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		16,208	5.4250  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:				18 Dec 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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