RNS Number : 5876I

Barclays PLC

21 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:				20 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:			7,046,909	1.44%	1,485,576	0.30%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,232,246	0.25%	6,991,753	1.43%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,279,155	1.69%	8,477,329	1.73%
(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		126,107		5.3950  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		106,626		5.3965  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		49,284		5.3930  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		36,603		5.3947  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		22,175		5.3948  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		16,900		5.4003  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		16,696		5.3951  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		15,312		5.3955  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9,365		5.4083  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,098		5.3859  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,323		5.4126  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,836		5.3924  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,416		5.3963  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,945		5.3952  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,634		5.3998  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,537		5.3900  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,081		5.3857  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,560		5.4000  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,545		5.3939  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,300		5.4050  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,070		5.3800  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,972		5.3962  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,706		5.4078  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,654		5.3932  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,349		5.3850  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,341		5.4016  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,292		5.3984  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,270		5.4150  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,038		5.4005  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		969		5.3913  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		842		5.3996  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		565		5.3750  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		422		5.4149  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		174		5.3875  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		119		5.4100  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		116		5.4250  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		116		5.3650  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		103		5.4200  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		57		5.4028  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		49		5.3893  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		35		5.3700  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7		5.4300  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		82,768		5.3950  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		59,500		5.3857  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		29,938		5.3945  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		17,512		5.3910  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		16,109		5.3941  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10,990		5.3947  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,887		5.3975  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,756		5.3900  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,621		5.3899  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,200		5.3988  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,981		5.3948  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,686		5.3968  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,303		5.3952  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,423		5.3800  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,895		5.3989  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,877		5.4050  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,638		5.4000  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,039		5.3931  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,807		5.3846  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,692		5.4015  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,408		5.4034  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,354		5.3912  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,349		5.3850  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,303		5.3915  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,227		5.3925  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,186		5.4084  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,094		5.3866  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		780		5.3942  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		634		5.3818  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		582		5.3750  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		516		5.4150  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		490		5.4004  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		473		5.3853  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		457		5.3819  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		450		5.4216  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		442		5.4162  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		428		5.4075  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		180		5.4297  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		119		5.4100  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		116		5.3650  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		116		5.4250  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		103		5.4200  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		35		5.3700  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7		5.4300  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		8,426	5.3892  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		59,500	5.3857  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		478	5.3893  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,621	5.3899  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,303	5.3915  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,235	5.3925  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		479	5.3937  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,109	5.3941  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		780	5.3942  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29,938	5.3945  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,990	5.3947  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,981	5.3948  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		32,218	5.3950  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,693	5.3952  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,472	5.3956  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,271	5.3968  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,944	5.3975  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		490	5.4004  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,896	5.4008  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,408	5.4034  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		494	5.4050  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		400	5.4150  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		442	5.4162  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		450	5.4216  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		180	5.4297  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		124	5.4300  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,081	5.3857  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,098	5.3859  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,928	5.3900  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,836	5.3924  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		49,284	5.3930  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,654	5.3932  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		36,603	5.3947  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,757	5.3948  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		92,997	5.3950  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,975	5.3951  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,945	5.3952  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,555	5.3954  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,133	5.3959  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,259	5.3963  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,292	5.3984  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,634	5.3998  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,900	5.4003  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		57	5.4029  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28,339	5.4037  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,308	5.4068  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,706	5.4078  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,365	5.4083  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,323	5.4126  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		422	5.4149  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		326	5.3827  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		17,512	5.3910  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2,476	5.4039  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		49	5.3893  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		22,636	5.3950  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:				21 Nov 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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