REG - Barclays PLC Unite Group PLC - Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC, THE
06/01/2026 14:30
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RNS Number : 8674N Barclays PLC 06 January 2026
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: 05 Jan 2026
(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: 6,985,531 1.43% 6,292,759 1.28%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
5,932,321 1.21% 6,714,649 1.37%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 12,917,852 2.64% 13,007,408 2.65%
(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 104,498 5.5500 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 87,198 5.5100 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 85,136 5.5441 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 53,850 5.5421 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 53,566 5.5500 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 48,187 5.5445 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 38,519 5.5424 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 37,445 5.5080 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 32,069 5.5461 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 10,860 5.5215 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 10,805 5.5245 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 10,550 5.5502 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 10,500 5.5413 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 8,751 5.5318 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 7,516 5.5191 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 6,718 5.5501 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 5,333 5.5195 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 4,794 5.4872 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 3,815 5.5073 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 3,506 5.5212 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 3,413 5.5246 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 3,052 5.5383 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,524 5.5194 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,397 5.5223 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,368 5.5134 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,757 5.5200 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,650 5.5000 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,618 5.5447 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,347 5.5261 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,132 5.5289 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,036 5.5450 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 926 5.5400 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 894 5.5252 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 873 5.5150 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 826 5.5050 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 686 5.5300 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 679 5.5425 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 640 5.5225 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 615 5.5240 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 542 5.5341 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 533 5.4999 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 272 5.4950 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 247 5.4717 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 240 5.5098 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 62 5.5275 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 33 5.5350 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 9 5.4800 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 8 5.4825 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 6 5.5250 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2 5.4850 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 625,480 5.5500 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 139,884 5.5437 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 129,715 5.5365 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 96,374 5.5445 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 68,000 5.5060 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 42,568 5.5441 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 21,702 5.5331 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 15,445 5.5499 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 14,567 5.5482 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 10,395 5.4981 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 4,794 5.5223 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 4,565 5.4955 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 4,274 5.5222 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 3,647 5.5487 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 3,015 5.5497 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,469 5.5100 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,200 5.5204 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,010 5.5400 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,936 5.5488 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,788 5.5252 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,753 5.5212 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,421 5.5050 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,419 5.5196 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,148 5.5075 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,107 5.5098 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 715 5.5139 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 557 5.4949 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 335 5.5300 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 272 5.4950 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 205 5.5496 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 176 5.5200 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 64 5.5298 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 43 5.5000 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 42 5.5150 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 9 5.4800 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 6 5.5250 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 4 5.5450 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 4 5.4850 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 68,000 5.5060 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 264,219 5.5949 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 505 5.4912 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 10,395 5.4981 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 22 5.4986 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3 5.5100 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 715 5.5139 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 32 5.5168 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 55 5.5263 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 43 5.5298 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 21,702 5.5331 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 43,557 5.5351 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 30,514 5.5352 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 33,500 5.5353 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 9,325 5.5408 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 65 5.5412 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 7,386 5.5414 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 9,015 5.5487 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,936 5.5488 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 205 5.5496 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,015 5.5497 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 15,445 5.5499 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 124,542 5.5500 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 247 5.4717 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 8 5.4829 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,794 5.4872 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,607 5.5000 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1 5.5050 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 37,445 5.5080 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 83,760 5.5100 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 492 5.5130 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,127 5.5190 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 34 5.5201 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 10,860 5.5215 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,841 5.5244 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 62 5.5275 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 14,732 5.5500 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 10,550 5.5502 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 696 5.4978 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 1,107 5.5098 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 1 5.5100 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 1,046 5.5103 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 7,133 5.5124 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 354,212 5.5500 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 2,833 5.5064 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 2,368 5.5134 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 399 5.5401 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 49,942 5.5413 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: 06 Jan 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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