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RNS Number : 6048Q Barclays PLC 10 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: 09 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: 4,563,612 0.93% 438,072 0.09%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 497,522 0.10% 4,269,330 0.87%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 5,061,134 1.03% 4,707,402 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 200,353 8.1477 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 51,710 8.1500 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 37,722 8.1484 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 31,116 8.1497 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 28,685 8.1472 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 11,527 8.1508 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 11,000 8.1534 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 7,736 8.1454 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,079 8.1501 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,817 8.1489 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,304 8.1442 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 789 8.1550 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 776 8.1504 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 702 8.1150 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 617 8.1591 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 610 8.1458 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 527 8.1406 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 325 8.1482 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 311 8.1579 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 208 8.1422 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 182 8.1574 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 181 8.1450 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 67 8.1474 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 63 8.1248 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 52 8.1487 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 33 8.1354 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 11 8.1254 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 172,925 8.1500 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 41,497 8.1401 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 39,778 8.1451 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 25,072 8.1499 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 16,663 8.1470 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 13,351 8.1452 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 11,042 8.1488 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 10,468 8.1445 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 6,519 8.1486 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 5,330 8.1496 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 5,103 8.1449 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 4,300 8.1462 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 3,462 8.1429 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 3,127 8.1535 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,234 8.1491 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,840 8.1550 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,558 8.1431 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,556 8.1450 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,521 8.1479 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,427 8.1475 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,166 8.1593 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,013 8.1605 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 994 8.1400 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 974 8.1485 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 937 8.1313 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 639 8.1355 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 521 8.1261 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 469 8.1480 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 378 8.1579 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 370 8.1200 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 262 8.1150 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 239 8.1609 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 182 8.1250 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 182 8.1446 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 122 8.1495 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 97 8.1558 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 43 8.1325 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1 8.1300 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 182 8.1250 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,961 8.1260 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1 8.1298 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 43 8.1325 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 717 8.1400 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,462 8.1429 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 10,468 8.1445 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 182 8.1446 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 39,778 8.1451 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,429 8.1465 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 16,663 8.1470 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,521 8.1479 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 469 8.1480 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 7 8.1485 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,156 8.1488 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,763 8.1489 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,234 8.1491 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 122 8.1495 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 29 8.1498 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 17,978 8.1500 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,642 8.1515 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 952 8.1550 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 97 8.1560 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,166 8.1593 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 702 8.1150 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 63 8.1249 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 11 8.1256 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 33 8.1351 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 181 8.1450 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7,736 8.1454 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 610 8.1458 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 67 8.1474 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 353 8.1478 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 37,722 8.1484 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 52 8.1488 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,809 8.1489 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 10,473 8.1495 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,842 8.1496 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 31,116 8.1497 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 24,502 8.1500 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,079 8.1501 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 776 8.1504 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 167 8.1508 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 11,000 8.1534 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 514 8.1550 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 76 8.1560 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 182 8.1574 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 3,675 8.1375 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: 10 Jul 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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