Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC/THE

Barclays PLC

30 October 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 Oct 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:			7,422,673	1.52%	1,574,181	0.32%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,422,711	0.29%	7,488,402	1.53%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,845,384	1.81%	9,062,583	1.85%
(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		135,466		5.7708  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		59,623		5.7650  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		53,594		5.7696  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		27,707		5.8037  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		15,107		5.8080  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		11,675		5.7662  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		10,195		5.7992  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9,640		5.7982  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,447		5.8075  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,170		5.7977  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,956		5.8175  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,116		5.7652  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,484		5.7932  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,353		5.8031  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,748		5.7970  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,703		5.8060  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,634		5.7888  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,500		5.7945  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,155		5.8087  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,483		5.7837  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,691		5.8077  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,181		5.7830  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,097		5.8021  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,604		5.8000  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,576		5.8217  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,462		5.7950  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,440		5.8106  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,414		5.8014  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,371		5.8005  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,285		5.7984  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,242		5.7900  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,016		5.7940  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		972		5.7961  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		629		5.8149  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		598		5.8100  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		598		5.8098  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		536		5.7951  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		516		5.8200  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		470		5.7989  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		218		5.7800  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		173		5.8150  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		135		5.7958  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		122		5.7896  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		107,481		5.7850  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		53,392		5.7650  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		52,716		5.7658  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		47,647		5.7779  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		42,442		5.8004  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		32,856		5.8006  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		31,717		5.7773  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		22,714		5.7774  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		22,579		5.7663  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		16,598		5.7750  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		12,986		5.7727  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,829		5.7647  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,838		5.7971  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,210		5.7890  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,678		5.7984  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,495		5.7857  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,987		5.7787  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,444		5.7926  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,321		5.7833  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,130		5.7916  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,703		5.7973  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,574		5.7900  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,507		5.8039  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,463		5.7806  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,759		5.7733  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,676		5.8081  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,633		5.8000  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,465		5.7950  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,277		5.7770  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,134		5.7931  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,036		5.7881  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		880		5.7694  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		791		5.7948  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		598		5.8100  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		563		5.7700  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		497		5.7838  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		408		5.7887  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		317		5.8150  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		218		5.7800  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		146		5.7944  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		60		5.7935  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4		5.7937  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2		5.8050  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		7,829	5.7647  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,899	5.7650  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30,042	5.7653  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		52,716	5.7658  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,579	5.7663  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		880	5.7694  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,986	5.7727  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,759	5.7733  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,598	5.7747  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33,709	5.7773  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,714	5.7774  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		472	5.7779  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,362	5.7789  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,659	5.7795  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		777	5.7800  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,463	5.7806  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,321	5.7833  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		497	5.7838  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		669	5.7844  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		107,481	5.7850  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		755	5.7858  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		408	5.7887  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,271	5.7899  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		146	5.7944  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,836	5.7948  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		367	5.7949  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,168	5.7951  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,838	5.7971  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,678	5.7984  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		32,856	5.8006  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,507	5.8039  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,300	5.8043  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	5.8044  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,676	5.8081  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,564	5.8305  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		55,115	5.7649  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		64,510	5.7650  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		26,898	5.7652  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,675	5.7662  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,180	5.7807  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,181	5.7830  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,483	5.7837  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,380	5.7881  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		122	5.7896  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,248	5.7970  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,640	5.7982  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,195	5.7992  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,371	5.8005  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,707	5.8037  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,200	5.8050  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,447	5.8074  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,107	5.8080  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,956	5.8174  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		460	5.7839  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		831	5.7823  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2,703	5.7973  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		6,278	5.7983  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		43,542	5.7650  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		4,214	5.7654  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		26,494	5.8110  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:				30 Oct 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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