REG - Barclays PLC Unite Group PLC - Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC, THE
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RNS Number : 2330I Barclays PLC 19 November 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: 18 Nov 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: 6,704,366 1.37% 1,511,367 0.31%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
1,254,480 0.26% 6,665,979 1.36%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 7,958,846 1.62% 8,177,346 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 300,639 5.4600 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 102,169 5.4515 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 48,326 5.4592 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 36,546 5.4526 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 33,502 5.4256 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 24,806 5.4602 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 23,541 5.4416 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 15,906 5.4278 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 13,825 5.4488 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 10,469 5.4390 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 8,299 5.4468 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 7,728 5.4549 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 7,284 5.4363 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 5,585 5.4434 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 5,562 5.4562 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,721 5.4477 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,659 5.4375 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,604 5.4610 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,551 5.4410 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,521 5.4497 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,304 5.4397 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,084 5.4372 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,082 5.4550 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,019 5.4150 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,013 5.4486 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,975 5.4519 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,783 5.4350 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,575 5.4461 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,461 5.4200 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,436 5.4500 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,340 5.4450 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,273 5.4650 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,216 5.4400 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,061 5.4541 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 975 5.4422 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 949 5.4371 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 802 5.4100 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 700 5.4250 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 681 5.4300 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 680 5.4381 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 632 5.4000 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 505 5.4700 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 272 5.4525 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 138 5.4492 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 137 5.4050 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 114 5.4750 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 57 5.3993 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 6 5.4533 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 223,407 5.4600 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 27,755 5.4287 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 26,600 5.4491 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 25,258 5.4329 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 21,757 5.4474 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 18,181 5.4289 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 17,564 5.4591 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 17,156 5.4400 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 16,298 5.4596 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 14,398 5.4392 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 13,000 5.4334 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 12,286 5.4430 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 8,677 5.4345 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 6,029 5.4519 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 4,729 5.4256 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 4,688 5.4188 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 4,283 5.4529 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 4,204 5.4151 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 3,971 5.4501 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 3,082 5.4150 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,943 5.4750 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,357 5.4325 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,354 5.4506 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,304 5.4516 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,086 5.4550 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,821 5.4147 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,783 5.4350 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,708 5.4650 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,578 5.4500 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,461 5.4200 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,228 5.4450 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,116 5.4300 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 802 5.4100 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 700 5.4250 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 688 5.4403 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 632 5.4000 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 629 5.4320 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 425 5.4700 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 408 5.4241 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 392 5.4480 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 137 5.4050 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 70 5.4275 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 17 5.4470 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 9,224 5.4421 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 122 5.4000 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 840 5.4190 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 408 5.4241 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 18,181 5.4289 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 13,000 5.4334 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 14,398 5.4392 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 7 5.4400 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,428 5.4437 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 201 5.4453 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 600 5.4457 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 17 5.4471 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 21,757 5.4474 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 652 5.4475 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 149 5.4495 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2 5.4498 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,971 5.4501 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,354 5.4506 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 125 5.4514 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,304 5.4516 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,283 5.4529 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4 5.4548 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 17,564 5.4591 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 601 5.4593 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 16,463 5.4596 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 261 5.4598 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 194 5.4599 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 66,390 5.4600 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 364 5.4750 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,465 5.4751 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,159 5.4152 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 406 5.4308 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7,284 5.4363 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,084 5.4372 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 10,469 5.4390 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,304 5.4397 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 8 5.4400 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,559 5.4416 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,551 5.4418 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 975 5.4422 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 112 5.4450 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 8,299 5.4468 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 676 5.4470 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 138 5.4492 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,934 5.4494 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 36,546 5.4526 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 558 5.4529 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6 5.4534 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,671 5.4540 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,565 5.4557 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,154 5.4560 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,562 5.4562 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,642 5.4580 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 135,075 5.4600 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 254 5.4601 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 24,806 5.4602 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,604 5.4610 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 80 5.4700 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 296 5.4283 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 27,755 5.4287 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 1,263 5.4459 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 38,925 5.4600 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 30,429 5.4389 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 5,585 5.4434 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 47,858 5.4593 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 81,272 5.4600 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: 19 Nov 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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