Barclays PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Jan 2, 2026

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Barclays PLC

02 January 2026

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:				31 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:			7,022,055	1.43%	5,474,922	1.12%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				5,119,145	1.04%	6,713,535	1.37%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			12,141,200	2.48%	12,188,457	2.49%
(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		38,614		5.5950  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		30,201		5.5800  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		10,523		5.5816  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9,863		5.5924  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		427		5.5850  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		383		5.5801  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		312		5.5699  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		147		5.5750  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		141		5.5900  GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		23		5.5834  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		170,902		5.5950  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		61,569		5.5891  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		16,468		5.5944  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		12,828		5.5734  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		12,628		5.5810  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,267		5.5828  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,738		5.5831  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,108		5.5757  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,572		5.5929  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,537		5.5750  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,949		5.5779  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,010		5.5829  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		427		5.5850  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		309		5.5800  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		188		5.5753  GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		174		5.5900  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		12,828	5.5734  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,779	5.5750  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,108	5.5757  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,628	5.5810  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		574	5.5850  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,174	5.5881  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,019	5.5885  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,813	5.5913  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,563	5.5916  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,572	5.5929  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,182	5.5947  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,357	5.5950  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		100	5.5999  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		312	5.5699  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14	5.5750  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		29,892	5.5800  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,523	5.5816  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,863	5.5924  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,049	5.5950  GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		686	5.5952  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		8,267	5.5828  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		7,871	5.5829  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,340	5.5892  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		127,455	5.5950  GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		383	5.5801  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:				02 Jan 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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