RNS Number : 3609F
Barclays PLC
29 October 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:

28 Oct 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:

 

 

7,595,276

1.55%

1,654,115

0.34%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,483,031

0.30%

7,656,193

1.56%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

9,078,307

1.86%

9,310,308

1.90%

(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

180,397

5.7850  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

169,581

5.7895  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

41,282

5.8311  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

35,981

5.7841  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

29,754

5.7852  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

28,639

5.7974  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

21,428

5.8308  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

16,292

5.7860  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

13,275

5.7948  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

9,028

5.8241  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

7,030

5.8386  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

6,606

5.7838  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

5,682

5.8460  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

5,195

5.8037  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

4,722

5.8265  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

4,130

5.8081  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,755

5.8331  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,657

5.8034  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,737

5.8194  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,500

5.8800  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,302

5.8157  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,192

5.8593  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,104

5.8445  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,733

5.8410  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,494

5.8438  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,276

5.8146  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

755

5.8100  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

692

5.8300  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

684

5.8098  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

672

5.8283  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

628

5.8450  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

619

5.8000  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

603

5.8624  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

480

5.8050  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

387

5.8325  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

349

5.8010  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

346

5.8200  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

212

5.8163  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

62

5.8400  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

26

5.8150  GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

20

5.7950  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

157,867

5.7850  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

120,210

5.7861  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

42,526

5.8338  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

32,922

5.8271  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

28,446

5.8555  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

19,505

5.8352  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

14,498

5.8393  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

14,398

5.8305  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

13,030

5.8469  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

12,355

5.8227  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

9,351

5.8178  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

8,488

5.8368  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

8,124

5.8927  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

6,957

5.8432  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

6,949

5.8351  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

6,494

5.7980  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

5,722

5.7847  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,883

5.8088  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,342

5.8387  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,184

5.8460  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,602

5.8348  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,558

5.8332  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,550

5.8087  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,531

5.8287  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,283

5.8175  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,100

5.8441  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,031

5.8100  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,946

5.8329  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,900

5.8943  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,794

5.8263  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,565

5.8340  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,522

5.7897  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,338

5.8488  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,326

5.8439  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

956

5.8200  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

815

5.8553  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

568

5.8050  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

457

5.8244  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

387

5.8325  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

298

5.8150  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

271

5.8625  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

212

5.8169  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

182

5.8249  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

144

5.9497  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

122

5.8339  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

66

5.8331  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

62

5.8400  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

30

5.7968  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

20

5.7950  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

10

5.8000  GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2

5.8405  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

4,094

5.7841  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,722

5.7847  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

59,635

5.7850  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,522

5.7897  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,494

5.7980  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,941

5.8077  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,276

5.8100  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,520

5.8131  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,663

5.8176  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,540

5.8204  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,355

5.8227  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,013

5.8230  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

457

5.8244  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

32,922

5.8271  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,898

5.8289  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,946

5.8329  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,558

5.8332  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

42,526

5.8338  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,326

5.8439  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,100

5.8441  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

40,649

5.8494  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,900

5.8943  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

144

5.9497  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

96,057

5.7850  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

62,119

5.7852  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,292

5.7860  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

35,432

5.7870  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,275

5.7948  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

28,639

5.7974  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

609

5.8000  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

349

5.8010  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,657

5.8034  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,195

5.8037  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,130

5.8081  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,745

5.8087  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,737

5.8194  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

219

5.8275  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

672

5.8283  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

21,428

5.8308  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

41,282

5.8311  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,755

5.8331  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,192

5.8593  GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,673

5.8350  GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

40,839

5.7850  GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

3,773

5.8199  GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

99

5.8497  GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

32,826

5.7854  GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

12,800

5.8126  GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

656

5.8258  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:

29 Oct 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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