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RNS Number : 7147R Barclays PLC 18 July 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: 17 Jul 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: 5,054,512 1.03% 370,897 0.08%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 445,753 0.09% 4,756,965 0.97%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 5,500,265 1.12% 5,127,862 1.05%
(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit
security securities
25p ordinary Purchase 90,793 7.9288 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 31,235 7.9314 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 23,274 7.9400 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 19,826 7.9040 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 17,277 7.9219 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 12,771 7.9294 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 6,236 7.9017 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 3,686 7.9297 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 3,671 7.9221 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 3,255 7.8808 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 3,040 7.9102 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,918 7.9121 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,756 7.8725 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,738 7.9411 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,200 7.8831 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,185 7.8650 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,117 7.9109 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,057 7.8832 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 858 7.9323 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 839 7.9089 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 773 7.8700 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 696 7.9176 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 571 7.9050 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 537 7.8800 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 534 7.8922 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 524 7.9218 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 470 7.9401 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 453 7.9055 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 263 7.9347 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 136 7.8888 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 24 7.9491 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 24 7.8818 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 18 7.9130 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 16 7.9275 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 7 7.9406 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1 7.9300 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 29,946 7.9400 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 21,752 7.9378 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 12,607 7.9206 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 9,285 7.9350 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 9,112 7.8920 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 7,687 7.9396 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,740 7.8805 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,234 7.9324 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,185 7.8650 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,840 7.8799 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,520 7.9274 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,468 7.8862 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,410 7.9361 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 855 7.9388 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 675 7.9213 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 571 7.9050 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 501 7.9255 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 473 7.9052 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 357 7.8859 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 303 7.8787 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 296 7.8725 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 241 7.9250 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 121 7.8700 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 109 7.9546 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 104 7.9242 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 49 7.8950 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 4 7.9337 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2 7.9027 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1 7.8752 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 296 7.8725 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 357 7.8859 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,468 7.8862 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 271 7.8880 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 581 7.9091 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 12,607 7.9206 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 675 7.9213 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 241 7.9250 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,520 7.9274 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 17 7.9317 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,234 7.9324 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4 7.9331 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,410 7.9361 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 21,752 7.9378 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 16,318 7.9396 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 22,317 7.9400 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 109 7.9546 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 102 7.9550 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,600 7.8807 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 24 7.8818 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,885 7.8865 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 136 7.8888 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 183 7.8986 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,236 7.9017 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 19,826 7.9040 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,839 7.9043 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 8,067 7.9045 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 453 7.9055 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 40 7.9060 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 839 7.9089 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,068 7.9102 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 696 7.9176 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 118 7.9218 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 17,277 7.9219 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,671 7.9221 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4 7.9225 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9 7.9233 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 30 7.9250 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 90,793 7.9288 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 12,771 7.9294 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1 7.9300 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 858 7.9323 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 18,423 7.9347 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 14,023 7.9400 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9,239 7.9401 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 227 7.9402 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7 7.9406 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,738 7.9411 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 24 7.9491 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 106 7.9514 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 7,545 7.8791 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 1,698 7.9393 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 443 7.9397 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 212 7.9250 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) Exercising
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: 18 Jul 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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