Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC, THE

Barclays PLC

23 January 2026

 

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:				22 Jan 2026
(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:			5,208,312	1.07%	5,374,858	1.10%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				4,912,545	1.01%	4,790,304	0.98%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			10,120,857	2.07%	10,165,162	2.08%
(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		171,394		5.7668  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		154,437		5.7300  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		45,417		5.7608  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		45,066		5.7559  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		38,262		5.7391  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		28,454		5.7298  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		17,514		5.7381  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		15,604		5.7361  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		15,287		5.7587  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		14,578		5.7353  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		12,584		5.7434  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		11,296		5.7513  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,705		5.7392  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,745		5.7529  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,659		5.7496  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,278		5.7406  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,772		5.7215  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,552		5.7309  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,547		5.7613  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,037		5.7611  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,374		5.7695  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,749		5.7302  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,472		5.7339  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,327		5.7435  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,318		5.7350  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		910		5.7517  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		792		5.7451  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		546		5.7750  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		441		5.7287  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		433		5.7749  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		417		5.7610  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		382		5.7725  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		248		5.7304  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		224		5.7700  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		132		5.7500  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		123		5.7504  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		74		5.7483  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		11		5.7600  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5		5.7550  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4		5.7225  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		56,958		5.7298  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		52,113		5.7300  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		48,732		5.7325  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		46,219		5.7149  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		35,581		5.7332  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		33,144		5.7389  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		28,792		5.7419  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		21,208		5.7442  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		18,590		5.7322  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		15,296		5.7342  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,904		5.7360  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,667		5.7283  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,506		5.7426  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,679		5.7347  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,037		5.7482  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,974		5.7411  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,769		5.7665  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,407		5.7576  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,283		5.7297  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,186		5.7639  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,108		5.7645  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,030		5.7327  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,822		5.7321  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,794		5.7546  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,376		5.7353  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,000		5.7469  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,002		5.7390  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,908		5.7543  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,884		5.7234  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,204		5.7497  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,092		5.7621  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		720		5.7187  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		674		5.7550  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		621		5.7374  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		613		5.7534  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		462		5.7400  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		453		5.7450  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		295		5.7301  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		254		5.7500  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		165		5.7716  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		123		5.7752  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		112		5.7700  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		53		5.7750  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		40		5.7312  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		15		5.7293  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10		5.7600  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10		5.7601  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8		5.7755  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5		5.7555  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3		5.7100  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2		5.7150  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2		5.7250  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1		5.7350  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		2	5.7148  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		46,219	5.7149  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	5.7225  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		42,260	5.7250  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,667	5.7283  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	5.7286  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15	5.7293  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,283	5.7297  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50	5.7298  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		23,660	5.7300  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		295	5.7301  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		40	5.7312  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,822	5.7321  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		48,732	5.7325  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,030	5.7327  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,373	5.7328  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,296	5.7342  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,679	5.7347  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	5.7350  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,376	5.7353  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,079	5.7357  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		621	5.7374  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,792	5.7419  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,208	5.7442  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,598	5.7460  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	5.7473  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		522	5.7475  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,037	5.7482  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,794	5.7546  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		44	5.7550  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,407	5.7576  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,092	5.7621  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,108	5.7645  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,579	5.7647  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		123	5.7752  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4	5.7219  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		42,260	5.7250  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		38,921	5.7300  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,749	5.7302  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		248	5.7304  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,552	5.7309  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,472	5.7339  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,841	5.7343  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		454	5.7350  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,578	5.7353  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		65	5.7354  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		38,262	5.7391  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,790	5.7406  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		41	5.7416  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,584	5.7434  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,286	5.7436  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		792	5.7451  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		590	5.7475  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	5.7476  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,659	5.7496  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4	5.7500  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		123	5.7504  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,600	5.7535  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		45	5.7550  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,747	5.7573  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6	5.7575  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,048	5.7582  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		45,417	5.7608  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		171,394	5.7668  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		382	5.7725  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		130	5.6950  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		7,030	5.7095  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1	5.7300  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		63,841	5.7358  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		200	5.7500  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		6,769	5.7665  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		5,772	5.7215  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		66,444	5.7300  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		31,308	5.7647  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:				23 Jan 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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