Barclays PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Dec 12, 2025

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Barclays PLC

12 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:				11 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:			9,222,365	1.88%	3,514,133	0.72%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				3,320,475	0.67%	9,046,520	1.85%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			12,542,840	2.55%	12,560,653	2.56%
(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		407,882		5.2150  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		100,367		5.1641  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		48,421		5.1685  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		38,826		5.1669  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		26,307		5.1881  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		21,658		5.1743  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9,094		5.1437  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,567		5.2153  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,433		5.1728  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,065		5.1651  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,457		5.2106  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,994		5.1684  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,651		5.1596  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,562		5.1516  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,167		5.1766  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,104		5.1779  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,609		5.2117  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,235		5.1800  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,016		5.1609  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,815		5.1700  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,791		5.1589  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,651		5.1750  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,591		5.1442  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,402		5.1675  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,356		5.1250  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,211		5.1583  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,047		5.1301  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		895		5.1850  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		890		5.1998  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		867		5.2152  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		865		5.1603  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		785		5.1550  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		660		5.1671  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		568		5.1600  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		502		5.1500  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		375		5.1350  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		372		5.1400  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		361		5.1450  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		354		5.1950  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		349		5.1650  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		328		5.1316  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		302		5.1300  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		251		5.1605  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		200		5.1691  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		178		5.1725  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		144		5.1754  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		129		5.1900  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		122		5.1604  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		113		5.1200  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		46		5.1876  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,081,564		5.1550  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		384,222		5.2140  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		228,696		5.2150  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		65,574		5.1598  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		54,511		5.1806  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		52,864		5.2015  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		51,221		5.1933  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		39,717		5.2146  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		37,467		5.1922  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		28,043		5.1657  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		23,854		5.1741  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		21,562		5.2041  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		14,427		5.2147  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10,784		5.1772  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10,394		5.1708  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		9,517		5.1697  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,946		5.1681  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,225		5.1607  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,006		5.1459  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,774		5.1886  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,249		5.1600  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,818		5.1700  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,458		5.2054  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,274		5.1637  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,266		5.1800  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,500		5.1391  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,334		5.1773  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,286		5.1961  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,167		5.1766  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,980		5.1790  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,805		5.1750  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,447		5.1688  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,122		5.1583  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,059		5.1675  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,933		5.1621  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,291		5.1850  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,254		5.1400  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		934		5.1342  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		933		5.1527  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		742		5.1625  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		675		5.1275  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		502		5.1500  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		415		5.1695  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		375		5.1350  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		354		5.1950  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		349		5.1650  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		302		5.1300  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		234		5.1805  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		210		5.1450  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		178		5.1725  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		129		5.1900  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		113		5.1200  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		12,301	5.1629  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		61	5.1450  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,080,948	5.1550  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		65,574	5.1598  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	5.1600  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		147	5.1620  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,274	5.1637  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,742	5.1648  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,043	5.1657  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,357	5.1672  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,946	5.1681  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,517	5.1697  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,394	5.1708  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,687	5.1710  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		973	5.1767  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,980	5.1790  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		54,511	5.1806  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,774	5.1886  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		971	5.1919  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		37,467	5.1922  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		51,221	5.1933  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		52,864	5.2015  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,562	5.2041  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,458	5.2054  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		955	5.2075  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		68,960	5.2143  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,350	5.2146  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,427	5.2147  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		128,990	5.2149  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		93,615	5.2150  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,356	5.1250  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,047	5.1301  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		328	5.1316  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		212	5.1450  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,562	5.1516  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,211	5.1583  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,791	5.1589  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		251	5.1605  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,182	5.1612  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44,666	5.1641  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,065	5.1651  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		38,826	5.1669  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		660	5.1671  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,994	5.1684  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		48,421	5.1685  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		200	5.1691  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,433	5.1728  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		144	5.1755  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,104	5.1779  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		468	5.1805  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		46	5.1875  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		26,307	5.1881  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		530	5.1972  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		890	5.1998  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,609	5.2117  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		104,513	5.2150  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		867	5.2152  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,567	5.2153  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		100	5.1799  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		8,006	5.1459  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		10,784	5.1772  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,334	5.1773  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		100,928	5.2145  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		205,187	5.2150  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,591	5.1442  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		53,236	5.1651  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		3,222	5.1717  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		263,816	5.2150  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:				12 Dec 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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