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RNS Number : 4095Q Barclays PLC 09 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: 08 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: 4,549,476 0.93% 437,077 0.09%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 497,378 0.10% 4,254,817 0.87%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 5,046,854 1.03% 4,691,894 0.96%
(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 119,308 8.1450 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 20,164 8.1250 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 12,007 8.1374 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 11,676 8.1289 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 9,125 8.1300 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 8,899 8.1186 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 7,021 8.0933 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 6,074 8.1171 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 6,044 8.1291 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 4,816 8.1293 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 4,652 8.0935 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 3,630 8.1274 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,691 8.0938 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,000 8.1900 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,900 8.0924 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,319 8.0950 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,179 8.1076 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,020 8.1287 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,018 8.1000 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 902 8.1053 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 737 8.0865 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 572 8.1174 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 288 8.0900 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 276 8.0941 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 246 8.1057 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 142 8.0875 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 131 8.1387 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 120 8.1151 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 100 8.1216 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 77 8.0943 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 26 8.0963 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 103,785 8.1423 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 74,489 8.1450 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 45,880 8.1059 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 28,155 8.1277 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 12,477 8.1037 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 12,256 8.1098 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 11,338 8.1011 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 11,245 8.1445 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 10,082 8.1250 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 9,390 8.0984 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 6,466 8.1030 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 6,387 8.1298 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 5,838 8.1289 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 3,560 8.1295 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 3,066 8.1285 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,813 8.1290 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,673 8.1297 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,012 8.1273 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,880 8.1007 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,608 8.1095 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,539 8.0950 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,265 8.1400 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,220 8.1173 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 852 8.1083 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 735 8.1003 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 674 8.1224 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 604 8.0991 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 452 8.0770 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 330 8.0900 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 288 8.1308 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 190 8.1213 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 18 8.0650 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 7 8.0850 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 452 8.0770 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 300 8.0799 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 9,390 8.0984 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 604 8.0991 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,190 8.1007 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 11,338 8.1011 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 45,880 8.1059 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 852 8.1083 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,608 8.1095 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,220 8.1173 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,395 8.1179 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 190 8.1213 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 674 8.1224 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 128 8.1278 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,387 8.1298 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 323 8.1391 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,265 8.1400 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 43,670 8.1439 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,000 8.1441 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 11,245 8.1445 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 76,928 8.1450 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 142 8.0875 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,900 8.0924 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,652 8.0935 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,691 8.0938 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 77 8.0943 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,045 8.0950 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 26 8.0963 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 632 8.1000 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 246 8.1057 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 95 8.1174 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 8,899 8.1186 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 100 8.1216 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 131 8.1388 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 57,925 8.1450 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 113 8.1900 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 57 8.1902 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,000 8.1908 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 2,321 8.0872 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 1,210 8.0947 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 998 8.1354 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: 09 Jul 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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