Barclays PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Dec 5, 2025

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Barclays PLC

05 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:				04 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:			11,053,010	2.26%	2,315,245	0.47%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				2,089,026	0.43%	10,905,695	2.23%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			13,142,036	2.68%	13,220,940	2.70%
(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		285,780		5.1562  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		186,540		5.1670  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		163,373		5.1550  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		76,441		5.1631  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		72,700		5.1677  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		57,022		5.1673  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		46,205		5.1657  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		40,495		5.1559  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		23,643		5.2000  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		23,443		5.1694  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		22,813		5.1649  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		22,089		5.1658  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		21,584		5.1615  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		20,900		5.1572  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		12,401		5.1600  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9,328		5.1742  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,908		5.1661  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,119		5.1595  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,094		5.1650  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,948		5.1648  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,080		5.1555  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,021		5.1597  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,871		5.1686  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,748		5.1794  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,764		5.1700  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,456		5.1688  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,426		5.1702  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,367		5.1717  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,426		5.1659  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,230		5.1652  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,934		5.1571  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,662		5.1838  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,586		5.1400  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,574		5.1587  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,571		5.1705  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,404		5.1575  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,242		5.1708  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,195		5.1586  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,028		5.1696  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		930		5.1625  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		787		5.1475  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		505		5.1275  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		478		5.1500  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		346		5.1425  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		303		5.1450  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		302		5.1850  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		288		5.1726  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		281		5.1750  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		256		5.1675  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		121		5.2050  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		50		5.1800  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		49		5.1950  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		48		5.1612  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		159,208		5.1596  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		98,831		5.1557  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		54,302		5.1567  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		39,511		5.1648  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		37,798		5.1550  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		28,570		5.1740  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		28,272		5.1547  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		21,896		5.1677  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		16,701		5.1676  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		12,493		5.1600  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,684		5.1742  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,260		5.1673  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,939		5.1630  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,851		5.1601  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,566		5.1450  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,662		5.1680  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,625		5.1650  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,582		5.1795  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,655		5.1606  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,522		5.1895  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,035		5.1588  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,022		5.1411  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,757		5.1710  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,653		5.1575  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,559		5.1654  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,494		5.1626  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,328		5.1776  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,295		5.1500  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,021		5.1748  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,944		5.1862  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,823		5.1763  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,786		5.1622  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,757		5.1525  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,745		5.1696  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,649		5.1656  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,551		5.1744  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,413		5.1768  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,373		5.1652  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,049		5.1643  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,047		5.1824  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,024		5.1799  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		955		5.1700  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		921		5.1625  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		787		5.1475  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		656		5.2000  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		559		5.1950  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		550		5.1900  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		513		5.1675  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		510		5.1773  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		346		5.1425  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		302		5.1850  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		281		5.1750  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		237		5.1856  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		192		5.1629  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		121		5.2050  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		78		5.1825  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		50		5.1800  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		21,686	5.1666  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,263	5.1444  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,414	5.1500  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,272	5.1547  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		62,270	5.1550  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24,678	5.1567  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		216	5.1568  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		40,203	5.1575  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,453	5.1580  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		48,207	5.1608  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		45,904	5.1616  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,786	5.1622  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,494	5.1626  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		192	5.1629  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,841	5.1658  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,142	5.1663  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,466	5.1677  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,903	5.1689  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,570	5.1740  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,823	5.1763  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,328	5.1776  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	5.1798  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		237	5.1856  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	5.1400  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,165	5.1538  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		306,094	5.1550  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,080	5.1555  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		40,495	5.1559  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		722	5.1562  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,900	5.1572  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,119	5.1595  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		48	5.1612  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,948	5.1648  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,230	5.1652  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,483	5.1655  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		46,205	5.1657  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,089	5.1658  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,426	5.1659  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,908	5.1661  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		186,540	5.1670  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		57,022	5.1673  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		89,888	5.1677  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,871	5.1686  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,456	5.1688  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,443	5.1694  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		113	5.1696  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		690	5.1699  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,421	5.1703  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,571	5.1705  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,242	5.1708  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,367	5.1717  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	5.1801  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		441	5.1955  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		25,645	5.1553  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,544	5.1621  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		16,047	5.1627  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:				05 Dec 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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