REG - Barclays PLC Unite Group PLC - Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC/THE
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RNS Number : 3609F Barclays PLC 29 October 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: 28 Oct 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: 7,595,276 1.55% 1,654,115 0.34%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
1,483,031 0.30% 7,656,193 1.56%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 9,078,307 1.86% 9,310,308 1.90%
(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 180,397 5.7850 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 169,581 5.7895 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 41,282 5.8311 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 35,981 5.7841 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 29,754 5.7852 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 28,639 5.7974 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 21,428 5.8308 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 16,292 5.7860 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 13,275 5.7948 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 9,028 5.8241 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 7,030 5.8386 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 6,606 5.7838 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 5,682 5.8460 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 5,195 5.8037 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 4,722 5.8265 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 4,130 5.8081 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 3,755 5.8331 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 3,657 5.8034 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,737 5.8194 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,500 5.8800 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,302 5.8157 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,192 5.8593 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,104 5.8445 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,733 5.8410 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,494 5.8438 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,276 5.8146 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 755 5.8100 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 692 5.8300 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 684 5.8098 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 672 5.8283 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 628 5.8450 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 619 5.8000 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 603 5.8624 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 480 5.8050 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 387 5.8325 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 349 5.8010 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 346 5.8200 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 212 5.8163 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 62 5.8400 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 26 5.8150 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 20 5.7950 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 157,867 5.7850 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 120,210 5.7861 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 42,526 5.8338 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 32,922 5.8271 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 28,446 5.8555 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 19,505 5.8352 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 14,498 5.8393 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 14,398 5.8305 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 13,030 5.8469 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 12,355 5.8227 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 9,351 5.8178 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 8,488 5.8368 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 8,124 5.8927 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 6,957 5.8432 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 6,949 5.8351 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 6,494 5.7980 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 5,722 5.7847 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 4,883 5.8088 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 3,342 5.8387 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 3,184 5.8460 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,602 5.8348 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,558 5.8332 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,550 5.8087 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,531 5.8287 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,283 5.8175 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,100 5.8441 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,031 5.8100 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,946 5.8329 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,900 5.8943 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,794 5.8263 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,565 5.8340 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,522 5.7897 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,338 5.8488 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,326 5.8439 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 956 5.8200 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 815 5.8553 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 568 5.8050 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 457 5.8244 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 387 5.8325 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 298 5.8150 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 271 5.8625 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 212 5.8169 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 182 5.8249 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 144 5.9497 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 122 5.8339 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 66 5.8331 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 62 5.8400 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 30 5.7968 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 20 5.7950 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 10 5.8000 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2 5.8405 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 4,094 5.7841 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,722 5.7847 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 59,635 5.7850 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,522 5.7897 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,494 5.7980 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,941 5.8077 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,276 5.8100 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,520 5.8131 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 7,663 5.8176 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,540 5.8204 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 12,355 5.8227 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,013 5.8230 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 457 5.8244 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 32,922 5.8271 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,898 5.8289 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,946 5.8329 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,558 5.8332 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 42,526 5.8338 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,326 5.8439 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,100 5.8441 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 40,649 5.8494 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,900 5.8943 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 144 5.9497 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 96,057 5.7850 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 62,119 5.7852 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 16,292 5.7860 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 35,432 5.7870 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 13,275 5.7948 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 28,639 5.7974 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 609 5.8000 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 349 5.8010 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,657 5.8034 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,195 5.8037 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,130 5.8081 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 8,745 5.8087 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,737 5.8194 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 219 5.8275 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 672 5.8283 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 21,428 5.8308 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 41,282 5.8311 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,755 5.8331 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,192 5.8593 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,673 5.8350 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 40,839 5.7850 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 3,773 5.8199 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 99 5.8497 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 32,826 5.7854 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 12,800 5.8126 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 656 5.8258 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 Oct 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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