RNS Number : 8036L

Barclays PLC

16 December 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:				15 Dec 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:			8,325,867	1.70%	4,096,999	0.84%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				3,998,705	0.82%	8,228,586	1.68%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			12,324,572	2.51%	12,325,585	2.52%
(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		158,044		5.3550  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		93,560		5.3463  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		83,869		5.3502  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		73,830		5.3514  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		61,011		5.2844  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		54,310		5.3022  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		46,028		5.3397  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		18,166		5.2929  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		15,956		5.3200  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		13,422		5.2761  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		11,400		5.2926  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		11,146		5.3141  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,691		5.2756  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,140		5.2954  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,775		5.3021  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,712		5.3305  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,139		5.3339  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,853		5.3067  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,030		5.3066  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,827		5.3211  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,137		5.3552  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,808		5.3201  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,675		5.2800  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,564		5.2850  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,484		5.2946  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,461		5.2775  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,360		5.2725  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,300		5.2950  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,224		5.3012  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,198		5.2631  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		954		5.3125  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		938		5.2450  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		808		5.3500  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		764		5.3375  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		749		5.3150  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		709		5.2700  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		707		5.2750  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		687		5.3450  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		654		5.3179  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		595		5.2937  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		437		5.2900  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		428		5.3400  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		424		5.2875  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		359		5.3175  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		316		5.3250  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		289		5.3300  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		287		5.3350  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		279		5.2600  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		258		5.3213  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		226		5.2769  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		126		5.3000  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		118		5.3100  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		51		5.3600  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		20		5.3050  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		15		5.3053  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		575,175		5.3550  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		460,647		5.3543  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		110,998		5.3335  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		105,141		5.3527  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		97,864		5.3216  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		77,008		5.2850  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		48,123		5.3059  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		47,913		5.3365  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		43,249		5.3539  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		34,688		5.3469  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		27,732		5.3192  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		25,996		5.3548  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		17,680		5.3247  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		17,063		5.3225  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		15,434		5.3448  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		13,284		5.2861  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,375		5.3301  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,164		5.3318  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,822		5.3416  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,956		5.3290  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,800		5.3520  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,478		5.3168  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,878		5.3111  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,989		5.3447  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,780		5.3386  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,599		5.3373  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,107		5.2802  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,850		5.3234  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,763		5.3354  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,300		5.2839  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,026		5.3184  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,925		5.3008  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,813		5.3363  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,804		5.2883  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,773		5.2785  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,548		5.3399  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,461		5.2775  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,383		5.3200  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,356		5.3250  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,300		5.2950  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,189		5.3491  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		998		5.3351  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		960		5.3524  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		954		5.3125  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		884		5.3473  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		808		5.3500  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		790		5.3350  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		764		5.3375  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		752		5.2800  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		726		5.3300  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		651		5.2725  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		552		5.2600  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		536		5.2700  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		435		5.3043  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		428		5.3400  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		424		5.2875  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		359		5.3175  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		308		5.3511  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		279		5.2601  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		244		5.2669  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		203		5.3464  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		195		5.3150  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		144		5.2750  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		126		5.3000  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		118		5.3100  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		113		5.3450  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		104		5.3485  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		51		5.3600  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		35		5.3051  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		12,797	5.3068  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		244	5.2669  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,107	5.2802  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,300	5.2839  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,804	5.2883  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		544	5.2922  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		35	5.3048  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		48,123	5.3059  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,878	5.3111  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,478	5.3168  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,768	5.3184  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		97,864	5.3216  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,764	5.3284  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,183	5.3290  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,211	5.3296  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,174	5.3303  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,254	5.3306  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,545	5.3311  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,164	5.3318  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,831	5.3328  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		110,998	5.3335  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		47,913	5.3365  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,599	5.3373  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,141	5.3388  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,822	5.3416  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,989	5.3447  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,434	5.3448  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		34,688	5.3469  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		104	5.3485  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,292	5.3489  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,189	5.3491  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		308	5.3511  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,800	5.3520  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		105,141	5.3527  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		58,270	5.3532  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		43,249	5.3539  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,436	5.3547  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25,996	5.3548  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		156,486	5.3549  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		236,899	5.3550  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	5.2727  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		528	5.2750  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,085	5.2800  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		61,011	5.2844  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		595	5.2937  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,140	5.2954  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,224	5.3012  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		35	5.3051  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		300	5.3067  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		717	5.3144  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		654	5.3179  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,292	5.3195  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		258	5.3213  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,712	5.3305  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		46,028	5.3397  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		83,869	5.3502  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		73,830	5.3514  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,480	5.3550  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,137	5.3552  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		734	5.3262  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		13,284	5.2861  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		13,248	5.3542  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,271	5.3546  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		391,067	5.3550  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		440	5.2622  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		15,012	5.2966  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		5,139	5.3340  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		122,937	5.3383  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:				16 Dec 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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