REG - Barclays PLC Unite Group PLC - Form 8.3 - UNITE GROUP PLC, THE
07/01/2026 15:30
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RNS Number : 0501O Barclays PLC 07 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: 06 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: 7,018,380 1.43% 6,457,847 1.32%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
6,017,208 1.23% 6,710,339 1.37%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 13,035,588 2.66% 13,168,186 2.69%
(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 54,396 5.5964 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 46,759 5.5935 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 43,190 5.5350 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 43,149 5.5950 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 41,535 5.5925 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 30,968 5.6006 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 23,957 5.5735 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 14,225 5.6071 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 13,577 5.5866 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 11,210 5.6500 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 10,500 5.5941 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 9,087 5.6000 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 8,924 5.5965 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 4,836 5.5800 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 4,422 5.5872 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 3,700 5.5989 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 3,609 5.6086 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,972 5.5666 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,347 5.6014 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,218 5.5850 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,080 5.6261 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,870 5.5300 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,345 5.5911 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,226 5.6600 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,150 5.5700 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,070 5.5550 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,044 5.6525 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,038 5.5786 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,018 5.6200 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 989 5.6115 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 905 5.5987 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 781 5.6100 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 749 5.6026 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 734 5.5500 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 696 5.5855 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 522 5.5478 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 514 5.5960 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 487 5.5650 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 451 5.5522 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 356 5.5436 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 344 5.5922 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 298 5.5972 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 288 5.5900 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 251 5.5591 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 127 5.6050 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 100 5.5250 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 77 5.6550 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 70 5.6018 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 9 5.6450 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 9 5.6400 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 3 5.6300 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 85,000 5.6106 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 81,420 5.5950 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 37,469 5.5897 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 34,770 5.5936 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 27,198 5.5964 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 26,883 5.5906 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 26,861 5.5885 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 24,437 5.5947 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 23,658 5.5764 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 23,483 5.6021 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 19,864 5.5873 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 10,506 5.5747 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 10,000 5.6500 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 7,998 5.6045 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 7,247 5.5975 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 6,528 5.5878 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 5,912 5.6192 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 5,481 5.5908 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 4,375 5.6141 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 4,370 5.6062 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 3,972 5.5870 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 3,910 5.5970 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 3,905 5.5949 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 3,714 5.5833 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 3,594 5.6254 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 3,287 5.5943 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 3,199 5.6054 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,390 5.6052 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,211 5.5872 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,189 5.5946 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2,104 5.5945 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,772 5.6093 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,583 5.5952 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,220 5.5697 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,150 5.5700 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,097 5.6186 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,040 5.6261 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,018 5.6200 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,002 5.5650 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 954 5.6000 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 910 5.5800 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 882 5.5225 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 865 5.5997 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 734 5.5500 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 727 5.6132 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 673 5.6600 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 670 5.5850 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 662 5.6050 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 604 5.6008 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 587 5.5941 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 506 5.5300 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 456 5.6075 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 373 5.5880 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 288 5.5900 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 261 5.6100 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 116 5.6096 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 100 5.5250 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 77 5.6550 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 59 5.6150 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 41 5.6448 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 31 5.5546 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 9 5.6450 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 9 5.6400 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 7 5.5600 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 3 5.6300 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 23,483 5.6021 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 85,000 5.6106 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 557 5.4949 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,565 5.4955 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,419 5.5196 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 64 5.5298 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 69,566 5.5500 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 31 5.5545 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 10,506 5.5747 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 23,011 5.5810 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 8,107 5.5830 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 9,757 5.5871 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 373 5.5880 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 10,303 5.5897 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 11,484 5.5898 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 26,883 5.5906 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,149 5.5924 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 15,943 5.5926 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 34,770 5.5936 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,925 5.5938 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 587 5.5941 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,189 5.5946 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 24,437 5.5947 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,905 5.5949 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 7,838 5.5950 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,583 5.5952 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,910 5.5969 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 7,247 5.5975 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,970 5.5999 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 7,998 5.6045 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 19 5.6050 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,059 5.6054 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 116 5.6096 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,174 5.6110 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 727 5.6132 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,375 5.6141 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 27 5.6150 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,912 5.6192 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 41 5.6446 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,815 5.5073 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,162 5.5100 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,524 5.5194 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,333 5.5195 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 10,805 5.5245 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,870 5.5300 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 107 5.5301 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 10,900 5.5318 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 43,190 5.5350 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,052 5.5383 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 10,500 5.5413 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 356 5.5436 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,618 5.5447 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 522 5.5478 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 23,742 5.5493 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 820 5.5500 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,718 5.5501 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 451 5.5522 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,238 5.5749 USD
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,174 5.5800 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 30 5.5835 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,864 5.5864 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 81 5.5894 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 344 5.5922 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 41,535 5.5925 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 465 5.5934 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 48,027 5.5935 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 10,500 5.5941 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 26,107 5.5950 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 8,924 5.5965 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 30,968 5.6006 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,685 5.6008 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 70 5.6017 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 749 5.6026 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 14,225 5.6071 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,770 5.6145 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 100 5.5250 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 9,632 5.5616 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 20,535 5.5950 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 3,594 5.6254 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 2,752 5.5800 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 2,965 5.5809 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 9,024 5.5822 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 37,032 5.5997 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: 07 Jan 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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