Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC/THE

Barclays PLC

01 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:				30 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:			3,460,633	0.71%	2,343,912	0.48%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				2,250,447	0.46%	3,436,817	0.70%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,711,080	1.17%	5,780,729	1.18%
(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		1,219,838		7.1900  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		83,167		7.1200  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		54,196		7.1912  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		42,455		7.1899  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		38,016		7.1454  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		37,308		7.1786  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		28,732		7.1890  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		27,142		7.1467  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		25,061		7.1436  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		23,477		7.1515  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		16,540		7.1659  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		13,035		7.1384  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,140		7.1903  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,081		7.1443  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,073		7.1875  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,823		7.1580  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,546		7.1516  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,247		7.1488  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,462		7.1474  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,751		7.1276  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,299		7.1605  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,204		7.1273  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,820		7.1908  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,699		7.1257  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,445		7.1470  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,135		7.1512  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,134		7.1224  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,101		7.1525  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,064		7.1633  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		883		7.1415  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		814		7.1300  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		804		7.1550  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		555		7.1250  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		541		7.1650  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		539		7.1600  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		519		7.1751  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		505		7.1350  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		433		7.1800  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		379		7.1400  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		361		7.1284  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		348		7.1503  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		208		7.1423  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		145		7.1768  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		130		7.1750  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		114		7.1331  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		94		7.1303  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		55		7.1652  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4		7.1175  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,196,463		7.1900  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		101,031		7.1769  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		71,291		7.1776  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		37,318		7.1737  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		36,467		7.1763  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		25,061		7.1436  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		14,477		7.1250  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		13,318		7.1650  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		12,925		7.1531  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		12,197		7.1835  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,530		7.1750  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,457		7.1696  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,399		7.1472  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,773		7.1398  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,251		7.1837  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,046		7.1671  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,519		7.1410  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,448		7.1854  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,392		7.1693  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,161		7.1889  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,077		7.1406  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,058		7.1647  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,794		7.1602  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,636		7.1267  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,550		7.1694  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,268		7.1224  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,191		7.1474  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,120		7.1289  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,980		7.1489  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,798		7.1600  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,783		7.1460  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,733		7.1711  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,628		7.1300  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,404		7.1615  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,373		7.1850  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,345		7.1666  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,260		7.1642  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,217		7.1552  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,054		7.1286  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		996		7.1500  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		921		7.1340  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		835		7.1424  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		810		7.1401  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		762		7.1225  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		724		7.1675  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		676		7.1453  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		612		7.1565  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		525		7.1428  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		521		7.1571  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		518		7.1626  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		417		7.1450  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		386		7.1350  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		330		7.1732  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		328		7.1425  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		105		7.1633  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		55		7.1898  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		54		7.1525  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		44		7.1550  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		24		7.1712  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		17		7.1141  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		11		7.1789  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4		7.1182  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		1,343	7.1075  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,316	7.1150  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,475	7.1276  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		692	7.1286  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		337	7.1287  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,070	7.1289  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50	7.1290  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25	7.1291  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		921	7.1340  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,267	7.1398  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4	7.1400  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		495	7.1412  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		835	7.1424  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		525	7.1428  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,399	7.1471  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,925	7.1531  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		44	7.1550  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14	7.1564  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		598	7.1565  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		166	7.1570  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		343	7.1571  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12	7.1588  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,794	7.1602  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,686	7.1608  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		105	7.1633  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,260	7.1642  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,265	7.1689  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,550	7.1694  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,457	7.1696  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		330	7.1732  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		37,318	7.1737  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,000	7.1742  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,932	7.1767  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		70	7.1775  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		53,359	7.1779  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		457	7.1834  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,381	7.1835  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		37,700	7.1841  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,448	7.1854  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,676	7.1859  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,161	7.1889  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		44	7.1895  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		55	7.1898  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		61,627	7.1900  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,343	7.1075  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,316	7.1150  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		83,167	7.1200  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,204	7.1273  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,751	7.1276  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,573	7.1291  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		114	7.1331  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4	7.1400  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		883	7.1415  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		208	7.1423  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,694	7.1443  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,142	7.1467  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,902	7.1475  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		415	7.1478  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		348	7.1503  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,477	7.1515  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		207	7.1525  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9	7.1550  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,436	7.1574  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,823	7.1580  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,485	7.1605  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		92	7.1651  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44	7.1734  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		174	7.1735  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		145	7.1768  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		70	7.1775  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37,308	7.1786  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		54	7.1800  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,073	7.1875  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,422	7.1890  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		42,455	7.1899  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		33,662	7.1900  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,691	7.1903  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,820	7.1908  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		54,196	7.1912  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		593	7.1913  USD
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		926	7.1914  USD
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		21,278	7.1388  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		7,787	7.1404  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		459	7.1893  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		17,844	7.1894  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		4,820	7.1372  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		3,014	7.1461  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		3,089	7.1494  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		4,135	7.1905  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 Oct 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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