REG - Barclays PLC Unite Group PLC - Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC, THE
05/12/2025 14:45
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RNS Number : 5103K Barclays PLC 05 December 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: 04 Dec 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: 11,053,010 2.26% 2,315,245 0.47%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
2,089,026 0.43% 10,905,695 2.23%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 13,142,036 2.68% 13,220,940 2.70%
(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 285,780 5.1562 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 186,540 5.1670 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 163,373 5.1550 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 76,441 5.1631 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 72,700 5.1677 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 57,022 5.1673 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 46,205 5.1657 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 40,495 5.1559 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 23,643 5.2000 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 23,443 5.1694 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 22,813 5.1649 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 22,089 5.1658 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 21,584 5.1615 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 20,900 5.1572 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 12,401 5.1600 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 9,328 5.1742 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 8,908 5.1661 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 8,119 5.1595 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 8,094 5.1650 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 7,948 5.1648 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 6,080 5.1555 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 6,021 5.1597 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 5,871 5.1686 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 5,748 5.1794 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 4,764 5.1700 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 4,456 5.1688 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 3,426 5.1702 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 3,367 5.1717 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,426 5.1659 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,230 5.1652 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,934 5.1571 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,662 5.1838 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,586 5.1400 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,574 5.1587 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,571 5.1705 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,404 5.1575 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,242 5.1708 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,195 5.1586 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,028 5.1696 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 930 5.1625 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 787 5.1475 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 505 5.1275 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 478 5.1500 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 346 5.1425 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 303 5.1450 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 302 5.1850 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 288 5.1726 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 281 5.1750 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 256 5.1675 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 121 5.2050 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 50 5.1800 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 49 5.1950 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 48 5.1612 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 159,208 5.1596 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 98,831 5.1557 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 54,302 5.1567 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 39,511 5.1648 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 37,798 5.1550 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 28,570 5.1740 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 28,272 5.1547 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 21,896 5.1677 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 16,701 5.1676 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 12,493 5.1600 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 7,684 5.1742 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 6,260 5.1673 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 5,939 5.1630 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 5,851 5.1601 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 5,566 5.1450 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 4,662 5.1680 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 4,625 5.1650 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 4,582 5.1795 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 3,655 5.1606 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 3,522 5.1895 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 3,035 5.1588 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 3,022 5.1411 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,757 5.1710 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,653 5.1575 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,559 5.1654 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,494 5.1626 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,328 5.1776 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,295 5.1500 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,021 5.1748 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,944 5.1862 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,823 5.1763 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,786 5.1622 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,757 5.1525 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,745 5.1696 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,649 5.1656 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,551 5.1744 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,413 5.1768 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,373 5.1652 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,049 5.1643 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,047 5.1824 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,024 5.1799 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 955 5.1700 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 921 5.1625 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 787 5.1475 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 656 5.2000 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 559 5.1950 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 550 5.1900 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 513 5.1675 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 510 5.1773 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 346 5.1425 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 302 5.1850 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 281 5.1750 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 237 5.1856 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 192 5.1629 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 121 5.2050 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 78 5.1825 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 50 5.1800 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 Increasing Long 21,686 5.1666 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,263 5.1444 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,414 5.1500 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 28,272 5.1547 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 62,270 5.1550 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 24,678 5.1567 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 216 5.1568 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 40,203 5.1575 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,453 5.1580 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 48,207 5.1608 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 45,904 5.1616 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,786 5.1622 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,494 5.1626 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 192 5.1629 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,841 5.1658 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,142 5.1663 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 8,466 5.1677 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,903 5.1689 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 28,570 5.1740 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,823 5.1763 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,328 5.1776 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1 5.1798 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 237 5.1856 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1 5.1400 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,165 5.1538 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 306,094 5.1550 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,080 5.1555 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 40,495 5.1559 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 722 5.1562 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 20,900 5.1572 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 8,119 5.1595 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 48 5.1612 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7,948 5.1648 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,230 5.1652 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 18,483 5.1655 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 46,205 5.1657 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 22,089 5.1658 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,426 5.1659 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 8,908 5.1661 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 186,540 5.1670 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 57,022 5.1673 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 89,888 5.1677 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,871 5.1686 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,456 5.1688 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 23,443 5.1694 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 113 5.1696 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 690 5.1699 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,421 5.1703 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,571 5.1705 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,242 5.1708 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,367 5.1717 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1 5.1801 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 441 5.1955 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 25,645 5.1553 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 3,544 5.1621 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 16,047 5.1627 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: 05 Dec 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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