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06 August 2025 23:06:17
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Barclays PLC

06 August 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:				05 Aug 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:			4,784,248	0.98%	639,129	0.13%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				500,851	0.10%	4,393,122	0.90%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			5,285,099	1.08%	5,032,251	1.03%
(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		110,681		7.5187 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		76,495		7.4822 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		33,566		7.4834 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		33,548		7.4811 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		23,882		7.4800 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		18,877		7.5230 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		13,519		7.5033 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		12,293		7.5034 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		11,696		7.4803 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		10,899		7.5016 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,679		7.5191 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7,547		7.5038 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,900		7.5012 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,083		7.4801 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,922		7.5042 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,127		7.5028 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,348		7.5068 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,178		7.4959 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,674		7.5166 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,628		7.5169 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,560		7.4998 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,486		7.4850 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,484		7.5205 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,348		7.5124 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,995		7.4949 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,994		7.5175 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,932		7.5228 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,842		7.5050 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,734		7.4992 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,657		7.5067 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,572		7.4964 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,472		7.5073 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,342		7.4975 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,329		7.5105 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,298		7.5000 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,199		7.5153 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,191		7.5007 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		914		7.5216 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		716		7.4900 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		667		7.5100 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		608		7.5081 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		588		7.4950 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		494		7.4965 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		486		7.5289 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		478		7.5066 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		453		7.5250 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		449		7.4967 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		391		7.5133 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		319		7.5190 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		299		7.5280 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		277		7.5300 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		208		7.5119 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		204		7.5290 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		85		7.4951 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		32		7.5094 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9		7.4908 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2		7.5222 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		92,004		7.4800 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		83,884		7.5198 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		31,132		7.5029 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		28,474		7.5051 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		17,763		7.4863 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		15,243		7.5030 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		14,109		7.4990 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		10,948		7.4857 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,491		7.4942 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		8,457		7.4967 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,117		7.5013 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,197		7.4969 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,797		7.5055 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,313		7.4803 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,850		7.4888 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,674		7.4916 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,917		7.5175 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,626		7.5027 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,297		7.5177 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,138		7.5073 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,134		7.5022 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,900		7.4797 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,624		7.4909 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,486		7.4850 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,375		7.4960 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,217		7.5050 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,100		7.5062 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,674		7.5068 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,550		7.5134 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,137		7.5200 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,049		7.4930 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		883		7.5056 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		881		7.5021 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		802		7.4996 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		745		7.4809 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		671		7.4975 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		628		7.5186 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		599		7.5000 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		575		7.4880 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		336		7.4950 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		328		7.4999 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		174		7.5150 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		94		7.4938 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2		7.4900 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2		7.4902 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1		7.5300 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		Closing Long		4,136	7.4925 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,900	7.4797 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		77,186	7.4800 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,313	7.4803 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,669	7.4825 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,948	7.4857 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		575	7.4880 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,850	7.4888 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,034	7.4892 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,713	7.4897 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,674	7.4916 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		94	7.4938 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,491	7.4942 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,457	7.4967 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,197	7.4969 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		130	7.4975 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,109	7.4990 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		352	7.5000 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,232	7.5013 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,065	7.5050 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,474	7.5051 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		883	7.5056 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,100	7.5062 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,402	7.5073 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		58	7.5100 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		628	7.5186 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		36,242	7.4800 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,083	7.4801 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,696	7.4803 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,741	7.4804 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		33,548	7.4811 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		33,566	7.4834 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34	7.4842 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,848	7.4847 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14	7.4860 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,995	7.4949 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		78	7.4950 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,422	7.4965 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,560	7.4998 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,687	7.5005 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,068	7.5009 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,519	7.5033 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,547	7.5038 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		667	7.5100 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		391	7.5133 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,674	7.5166 GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,240	7.5019 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:				06 Aug 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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