Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC/THE

Aug 26 2025 09:22 BSTSource: RNS

RNS Number : 6629W

Barclays PLC

26 August 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:				22 Aug 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:			4,380,642	0.90%	1,096,093	0.22%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,047,893	0.21%	3,931,143	0.80%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			5,428,535	1.11%	5,027,236	1.03%
(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		600,000		7.3242 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		85,473		7.3150 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		62,305		7.3100 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		45,691		7.3336 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		35,864		7.2805 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		33,443		7.3550 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		33,123		7.3159 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		27,789		7.3119 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		27,049		7.3027 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		20,115		7.3063 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		14,199		7.3437 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		12,735		7.3108 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9,443		7.2838 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,120		7.2719 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,199		7.2716 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,082		7.2877 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,071		7.2759 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,696		7.3154 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,683		7.3023 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,315		7.2745 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,055		7.2500 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,963		7.2744 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,569		7.3171 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,676		7.2672 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,519		7.3553 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,829		7.3300 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,363		7.3375 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,167		7.3067 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,091		7.2950 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,064		7.2600 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,061		7.3350 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,051		7.2567 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		941		7.2650 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		907		7.3017 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		869		7.3450 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		861		7.3400 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		858		7.3282 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		746		7.3426 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		606		7.2794 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		358		7.2750 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		314		7.3025 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		304		7.3373 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		302		7.3250 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		288		7.2400 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		280		7.2725 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		200		7.2882 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		182		7.2550 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6		7.3016 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4		7.3200 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1		7.2850 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		188,939		7.3550 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		147,380		7.3140 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		114,138		7.3517 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		90,679		7.3160 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		82,841		7.2900 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		43,924		7.3093 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		42,059		7.2633 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		34,508		7.3289 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		32,522		7.3174 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		27,359		7.3214 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		22,198		7.2773 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		21,133		7.3451 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		19,946		7.3004 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		15,245		7.3027 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		14,894		7.3365 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		13,029		7.3522 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10,439		7.2954 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10,350		7.2747 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10,300		7.3197 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10,040		7.3375 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,826		7.2871 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,944		7.3424 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,492		7.2860 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,481		7.3274 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,274		7.3068 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,257		7.3328 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,089		7.2750 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,850		7.3546 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,465		7.3205 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,295		7.3371 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,507		7.3162 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,095		7.3193 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,950		7.3042 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,919		7.2576 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,829		7.3300 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,500		7.3250 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,351		7.2764 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,286		7.2654 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,152		7.3440 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,117		7.3442 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,064		7.2600 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,061		7.3350 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		898		7.2957 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		889		7.3376 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		886		7.2450 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		861		7.3400 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		623		7.3050 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		571		7.2674 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		547		7.2700 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		441		7.3500 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		429		7.2569 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		407		7.3450 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		355		7.2650 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		346		7.3402 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		319		7.2775 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		314		7.3025 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		280		7.2725 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		182		7.2550 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		139		7.2539 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		86		7.2950 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		886	7.2450 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		139	7.2539 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,198	7.2773 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		384	7.2816 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,939	7.2845 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		32,810	7.2857 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,950	7.3042 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,274	7.3068 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,095	7.3193 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,997	7.3204 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		468	7.3217 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,500	7.3242 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		35	7.3300 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,257	7.3328 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		889	7.3376 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19	7.3399 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,152	7.3440 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,117	7.3442 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,133	7.3451 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		441	7.3500 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,402	7.3509 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,850	7.3546 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		156,041	7.3550 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		288	7.2400 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		205	7.2500 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,000	7.2686 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		536	7.2687 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,963	7.2744 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,071	7.2759 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	7.2850 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,102	7.2977 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,100	7.3015 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6	7.3016 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,049	7.3027 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,115	7.3063 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		585	7.3067 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,735	7.3108 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37,079	7.3110 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,789	7.3119 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,744	7.3188 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4	7.3200 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		858	7.3282 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		304	7.3373 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,788	7.3392 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,199	7.3437 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		204	7.3450 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,199	7.3550 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,519	7.3553 GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		21	7.2547 GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1	7.3300 GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		402	7.3547 GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		62	7.2454 GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		115	7.3281 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:				26 Aug 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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