REG - Barclays PLC Unite Group PLC - Form 8.3 - UNITE GROUP PLC
10/11/2025 15:30
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RNS Number : 9246G Barclays PLC 10 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: 07 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: 9,000,385 1.84% 1,627,487 0.33%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
1,390,467 0.28% 8,982,875 1.83%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 10,390,852 2.12% 10,610,362 2.17%
(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 231,817 5.6297 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 161,374 5.6300 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 78,507 5.6266 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 63,351 5.6292 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 38,139 5.6221 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 24,876 5.6323 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 20,618 5.6304 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 13,099 5.6123 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 9,954 5.6316 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 6,096 5.6302 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 5,974 5.6347 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 5,098 5.6240 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 4,459 5.5896 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 4,250 5.5746 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 4,167 5.6376 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 3,200 5.6359 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,675 5.6521 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,088 5.5971 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,060 5.6023 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2,054 5.6218 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,804 5.5819 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,754 5.6042 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,609 5.6196 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,335 5.5779 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,126 5.6166 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1,041 5.6096 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 926 5.6049 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 901 5.5671 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 878 5.5850 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 682 5.6121 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 505 5.5941 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 504 5.5954 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 434 5.6150 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 378 5.6071 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 371 5.5821 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 335 5.5863 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 330 5.6200 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 330 5.5826 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 221 5.5994 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 141 5.6398 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 100 5.6350 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 78 5.5835 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 62 5.6541 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 60 5.5750 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 41 5.5894 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 25 5.5600 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 18 5.6450 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 8 5.6425 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 2 5.6400 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1 5.5843 GBP
25p ordinary Purchase 1 5.6594 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 178,391 5.6298 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 99,301 5.6299 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 93,319 5.5900 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 64,935 5.6224 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 40,033 5.6328 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 36,194 5.6300 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 31,939 5.6311 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 25,400 5.6174 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 19,493 5.6239 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 18,702 5.6071 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 17,441 5.6354 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 14,199 5.6234 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 12,198 5.6107 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 10,719 5.6030 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 10,464 5.6206 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 9,154 5.6230 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 3,999 5.6642 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 3,293 5.6055 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,880 5.6525 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,804 5.6022 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,692 5.5805 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1,428 5.6304 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 838 5.5892 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 437 5.6279 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 415 5.6012 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 330 5.5832 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 302 5.5768 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 277 5.5807 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 252 5.5850 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 221 5.6000 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 170 5.6100 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 100 5.6350 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 79 5.5650 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 62 5.6547 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 60 5.5755 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 30 5.5625 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 25 5.5600 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 18 5.6450 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 2 5.6405 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 1 5.6600 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 302 5.5768 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,692 5.5805 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 277 5.5807 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,059 5.5845 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 93,278 5.5900 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 570 5.6045 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,293 5.6055 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 239 5.6091 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 12,198 5.6107 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,905 5.6171 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 10,464 5.6206 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,545 5.6219 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 64,935 5.6224 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 14,199 5.6234 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 19,493 5.6239 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,785 5.6248 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 437 5.6279 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 25,072 5.6300 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,428 5.6304 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 17,441 5.6354 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,447 5.6388 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,999 5.6642 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 371 5.5821 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,213 5.5853 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 505 5.5941 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 13,099 5.6123 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 38,139 5.6221 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,098 5.6239 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,738 5.6297 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 34,297 5.6299 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 104,300 5.6300 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,096 5.6302 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 20,618 5.6304 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 15,162 5.6311 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9,954 5.6316 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 24,876 5.6323 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,974 5.6347 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 141 5.6398 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 100 5.6549 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 3,945 5.5855 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 4,767 5.6112 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 7,693 5.6178 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 3,560 5.6323 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 756 5.6393 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: 10 Nov 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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