REG - Barclays PLC Unite Group PLC - Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC, THE
29/01/2026 11:30
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RNS Number : 9330Q Barclays PLC 29 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: 28 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: 5,055,459 1.04% 3,460,212 0.71%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
4,234,237 0.87% 4,673,665 0.96%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 9,289,696 1.90% 8,133,877 1.67%
(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 516,249 null
25p ordinary Purchase 276,173 5.6600 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 190,812 5.7428 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 179,683 5.7500 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 165,998 5.7485 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 74,385 5.7525 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 58,645 5.7447 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 37,361 5.7360 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 19,168 5.7470 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 18,334 5.7437 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 13,796 5.7385 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 11,386 5.7457 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 9,381 5.7399 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 9,267 5.7523 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 8,941 5.7502 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 7,874 5.7351 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 6,626 5.7450 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 6,017 5.7550 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 5,004 5.7519 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 4,070 5.7400 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,943 5.7409 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,728 5.7600 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,586 5.7404 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,236 5.7350 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,961 5.7462 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,512 5.7650 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,433 5.7390 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,326 5.6649 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,245 5.7300 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,111 5.7250 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 851 5.7419 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 750 5.7403 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 548 5.7200 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 492 5.7050 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 55 5.7372 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 380,667 null
25p ordinary Sale 139,051 5.7427 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 115,932 5.7500 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 74,997 5.7334 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 70,876 5.7406 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 60,858 5.7469 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 38,346 5.7450 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 25,170 5.7497 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 20,199 5.7372 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 20,168 5.7461 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 16,457 5.7366 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 15,216 5.7462 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 10,066 5.7425 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 9,966 5.7400 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 9,963 5.7397 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 9,309 5.7402 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 8,298 5.7479 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 7,161 5.7518 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 4,720 5.7550 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 4,692 5.7394 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 4,568 5.7389 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 4,101 5.7350 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 3,148 5.7421 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,728 5.7600 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,847 5.7447 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,635 5.7508 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,512 5.7650 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,443 5.7391 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,376 5.7353 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,326 5.6650 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,245 5.7300 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,210 5.7213 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,150 5.7575 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,111 5.7250 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 569 5.7475 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 548 5.7200 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 504 5.7355 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 338 5.6968 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 19 5.7552 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 16 5.7512 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 Long 276,173 5.6600 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 328,733 0.0000 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 199 5.6650 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,210 5.7213 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 8,487 5.7278 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 67,637 5.7334 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,369 5.7350 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 16,457 5.7366 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 32,838 5.7372 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,443 5.7391 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 4,692 5.7394 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 9,963 5.7397 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 594 5.7400 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 9,118 5.7425 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,847 5.7447 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 17,824 5.7448 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 8,298 5.7479 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 8,037 5.7487 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 17,678 5.7489 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 8 5.7495 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 25,170 5.7497 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 43,081 5.7498 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 58,172 5.7500 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,635 5.7508 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 16 5.7514 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 19 5.7551 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 1,270,671 0.0000 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 753 5.7348 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 24,900 5.7360 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,824 5.7390 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 118 5.7394 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 851 5.7419 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 18,334 5.7437 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 90,046 5.7446 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 58,645 5.7447 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 16,230 5.7455 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 401 5.7457 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 36,443 5.7458 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,961 5.7462 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9,696 5.7473 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,289 5.7475 USD
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 63 5.7479 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 106 5.7480 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 21,647 5.7485 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 114,314 5.7500 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 12,227 5.7502 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9,267 5.7523 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 74,385 5.7525 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 404 5.6971 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 1,464 5.7432 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 93,956 5.7461 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 1,291 0.0000 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 55 5.7372 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 21,532 5.7404 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 5,578 5.7464 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 79,757 5.7500 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 94 5.7504 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: 29 Jan 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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