Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC/THE

Barclays PLC

13 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:				10 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:			4,903,711	1.00%	2,149,288	0.44%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				2,003,875	0.41%	4,854,209	0.99%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			6,907,586	1.41%	7,003,497	1.43%
(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		219,674		6.1867  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		192,066		6.1963  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		171,635		6.1350  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		85,722		6.1717  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		75,179		6.2035  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		68,338		6.1362  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		47,724		6.1968  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		42,014		6.2008  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		41,026		6.1505  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		34,437		6.1359  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		33,136		6.2320  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		31,495		6.2006  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		27,785		6.1448  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		24,650		6.1962  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		21,474		6.1897  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		20,323		6.1443  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		19,160		6.1734  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		16,572		6.1771  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		14,210		6.2085  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		11,545		6.2081  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		11,329		6.1363  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		10,492		6.2068  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		10,412		6.2063  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9,662		6.2016  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9,061		6.1970  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,895		6.1807  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,262		6.1903  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,160		6.1908  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,319		6.1430  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,142		6.1927  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,350		6.1990  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,316		6.1768  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,862		6.2057  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,762		6.1863  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,078		6.1844  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,021		6.1829  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,858		6.2015  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,814		6.2316  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,448		6.2043  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,279		6.2027  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,993		6.2225  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,870		6.1343  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,815		6.2500  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,710		6.1840  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,441		6.1935  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,277		6.2048  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,095		6.1617  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		952		6.2280  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		950		6.2032  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		932		6.2000  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		922		6.2363  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		881		6.2050  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		800		6.1550  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		682		6.1950  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		635		6.1600  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		524		6.2146  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		450		6.1800  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		381		6.2450  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		290		6.1508  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		285		6.1353  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		148		6.2150  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		110		6.1751  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		104		6.2200  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		23		6.2466  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		261,901		6.1690  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		199,502		6.1675  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		130,455		6.1350  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		74,634		6.1408  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		48,785		6.2206  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		38,066		6.1916  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		22,944		6.2043  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		22,857		6.1921  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		22,662		6.1926  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		22,481		6.1505  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		22,136		6.1825  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		21,026		6.1857  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		19,870		6.1924  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		15,333		6.2048  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		13,195		6.1954  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		11,399		6.2500  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,704		6.1500  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,223		6.1750  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,841		6.1508  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,956		6.2001  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,819		6.1950  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,000		6.2119  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,835		6.1850  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,513		6.2207  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,120		6.2025  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,000		6.2142  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,725		6.2506  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,719		6.1353  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,419		6.1684  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,973		6.2009  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,598		6.2159  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,178		6.1650  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,050		6.2473  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		995		6.1816  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		909		6.1956  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		886		6.1694  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		800		6.1864  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		697		6.1600  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		598		6.1671  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		596		6.1872  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		558		6.2348  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		500		6.1729  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		399		6.2235  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		336		6.1912  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		298		6.2498  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		240		6.2215  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		239		6.1969  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		159		6.1939  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		141		6.2050  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		101		6.2306  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		81		6.1646  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		80		6.2053  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		80		6.1700  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		55		6.2346  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		16		6.1545  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		16		6.1895  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9		6.1688  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		90,079	6.1350  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,453	6.1509  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,178	6.1650  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9	6.1688  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31,410	6.1709  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,292	6.1739  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,223	6.1750  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,452	6.1786  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		336	6.1912  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,973	6.2009  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,944	6.2043  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,333	6.2048  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		573	6.2140  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,000	6.2142  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,897	6.2175  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,513	6.2207  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,203	6.2239  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		298	6.2499  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		80,963	6.1350  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		285	6.1353  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34,437	6.1359  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		68,338	6.1362  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		469	6.1362  USD
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,329	6.1363  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,319	6.1430  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,323	6.1443  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,785	6.1448  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		290	6.1508  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		800	6.1550  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		85,722	6.1717  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,160	6.1734  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		110	6.1752  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,895	6.1807  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,739	6.1891  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,474	6.1897  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,262	6.1903  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,142	6.1927  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,441	6.1935  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,381	6.1962  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		192,066	6.1963  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		47,724	6.1968  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,061	6.1970  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,164	6.1987  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,699	6.1991  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		42,014	6.2008  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,013	6.2015  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,453	6.2034  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,448	6.2043  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,277	6.2048  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		740	6.2050  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,862	6.2057  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,404	6.2066  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,897	6.2175  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,827	6.2226  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		381	6.2450  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		3,327	6.1796  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		7,059	6.2251  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,255	6.2505  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:				13 Oct 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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