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Barclays PLC

08 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:				07 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:			4,739,059	0.97%	687,998	0.14%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				558,916	0.11%	4,378,534	0.89%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			5,297,975	1.08%	5,066,532	1.04%
(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		103,396		7.4350 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		58,882		7.4370 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		17,031		7.4450 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		11,660		7.4328 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9,137		7.4333 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		8,995		7.4356 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		6,105		7.4245 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,656		7.4277 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		5,445		7.4250 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		4,727		7.4303 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		3,140		7.4202 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,713		7.4203 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,703		7.4626 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		2,575		7.4732 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,775		7.4284 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,283		7.4296 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		1,137		7.4335 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		917		7.4492 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		803		7.4257 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		701		7.4050 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		508		7.4099 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		466		7.4351 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		432		7.4791 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		367		7.4884 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		295		7.4325 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		9		7.4200 GBP
25p ordinary		Purchase		7		7.4383 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		72,278		7.4350 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		33,152		7.4388 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		17,028		7.4383 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		13,306		7.4227 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		11,810		7.4346 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,323		7.4355 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		7,286		7.4325 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		6,878		7.4419 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		5,445		7.4422 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		4,474		7.4421 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		3,325		7.4358 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,524		7.4414 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		2,100		7.5101 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,853		7.4850 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,833		7.4408 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,740		7.4345 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		1,037		7.4377 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		828		7.4267 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		703		7.5000 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		553		7.5798 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		387		7.4886 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		352		7.4407 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		328		7.5236 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		310		7.4755 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		241		7.4100 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		180		7.4540 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		145		7.4412 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		125		7.5796 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		111		7.3950 GBP
25p ordinary		Sale		36		7.4150 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		36	7.4150 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,306	7.4227 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		828	7.4267 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,284	7.4325 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		381	7.4334 USD
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,740	7.4345 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,810	7.4346 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27,380	7.4347 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,687	7.4350 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,325	7.4358 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,037	7.4377 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		352	7.4407 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,235	7.4408 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		145	7.4412 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,524	7.4414 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,878	7.4419 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,474	7.4421 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		196	7.4673 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		597	7.4850 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,100	7.5101 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		328	7.5236 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		125	7.5796 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		553	7.5798 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		508	7.4099 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	7.4125 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,140	7.4202 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,713	7.4203 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,105	7.4245 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		803	7.4257 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,676	7.4271 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,775	7.4284 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,727	7.4303 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,558	7.4304 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,660	7.4328 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		58,922	7.4350 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		466	7.4351 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,995	7.4356 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		58,882	7.4370 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3	7.4516 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,703	7.4626 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,575	7.4732 GBP
25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		432	7.4791 GBP
25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,204	7.4054 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:				08 Aug 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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