13th Jan 2026 13:23
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 |
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(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 |
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| offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of | ||||||
| offeror/offeree: | ||||||
(e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 12 Jan 2026 | |||||
(f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | YES: |
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| disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? | EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC |
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2. | POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
(a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any) |
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Class of relevant security: | 25p ordinary | ||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 6,789,017 | 1.39% | 6,228,599 | 1.27% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 5,759,872 | 1.18% | 6,398,123 | 1.30% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 12,548,889 | 2.56% | 12,626,722 | 2.57% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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Class of relevant security in relation to |
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which subscription right exists |
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Details, including nature of the rights |
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concerned and relevant percentages: |
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3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
(a) | Purchases and sales |
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Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
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25p ordinary | Purchase | 272,598 | 5.6600 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 194,424 | 5.6687 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 42,428 | 5.6611 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 20,285 | 5.6616 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 16,144 | 5.6647 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 15,938 | 5.6633 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 13,329 | 5.6621 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 12,069 | 5.6626 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 10,969 | 5.6602 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 9,820 | 5.6643 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 6,419 | 5.6671 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 6,042 | 5.6613 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 5,047 | 5.6741 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,853 | 5.6793 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,485 | 5.6908 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 3,737 | 5.6550 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 3,416 | 5.6568 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,652 | 5.6650 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,121 | 5.6700 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,737 | 5.6608 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,413 | 5.6703 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,261 | 5.6789 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,259 | 5.6622 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,213 | 5.6558 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,166 | 5.6845 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,092 | 5.6630 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 768 | 5.6500 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 734 | 5.6929 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 520 | 5.6604 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 317 | 5.7100 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 276 | 5.6750 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 255 | 5.6450 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 200 | 5.6625 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 125 | 5.6751 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 122 | 5.6850 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 102 | 5.6641 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 97 | 5.6844 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 72 | 5.7144 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 20 | 5.6760 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 17 | 5.6800 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 117,494 | 5.6600 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 101,834 | 5.6615 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 41,934 | 5.6650 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 40,420 | 5.6625 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 28,491 | 5.6647 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 23,057 | 5.6702 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 19,423 | 5.6960 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 17,418 | 5.6710 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 15,349 | 5.7092 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 12,390 | 5.6550 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 12,215 | 5.6674 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 9,650 | 5.6944 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 6,800 | 5.6961 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 6,710 | 5.6714 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 4,732 | 5.6708 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3,937 | 5.6758 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3,800 | 5.6606 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3,397 | 5.6921 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,807 | 5.6850 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,757 | 5.7103 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,666 | 5.6597 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,376 | 5.6900 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,770 | 5.6634 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,765 | 5.6734 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,755 | 5.6680 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,538 | 5.6700 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,020 | 5.6807 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,003 | 5.7250 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 965 | 5.6926 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 836 | 5.6912 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 768 | 5.6500 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 723 | 5.6877 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 660 | 5.6516 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 556 | 5.7309 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 482 | 5.6575 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 421 | 5.6778 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 325 | 5.7139 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 317 | 5.7100 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 281 | 5.6750 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 255 | 5.6450 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 125 | 5.6749 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 66 | 5.7350 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 25 | 5.7030 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 17 | 5.6800 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 14 | 5.6928 GBP | ||||
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(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
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25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 6,580 | 5.6660 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 22,100 | 5.6702 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 8,223 | 5.6597 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 46,478 | 5.6600 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 460 | 5.6602 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 12,882 | 5.6604 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,800 | 5.6606 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,266 | 5.6607 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 39,914 | 5.6608 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11,995 | 5.6625 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 28,491 | 5.6647 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 12,215 | 5.6674 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 24 | 5.6687 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11 | 5.6690 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 267 | 5.6700 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 125 | 5.6748 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 372 | 5.6755 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,397 | 5.6921 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 14 | 5.6928 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,800 | 5.6961 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,456 | 5.7128 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,003 | 5.7250 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 556 | 5.7309 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,056 | 5.6550 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,213 | 5.6558 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 88,642 | 5.6600 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 44,941 | 5.6602 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 520 | 5.6604 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 33,165 | 5.6607 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,302 | 5.6608 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 10,284 | 5.6614 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 20,285 | 5.6616 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,605 | 5.6625 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 12,069 | 5.6626 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 15,938 | 5.6633 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,866 | 5.6640 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 102 | 5.6641 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 9,820 | 5.6643 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 16,144 | 5.6647 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,284 | 5.6684 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 868 | 5.6700 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,413 | 5.6703 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,047 | 5.6741 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 125 | 5.6751 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,853 | 5.6793 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 97 | 5.6844 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,166 | 5.6845 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,480 | 5.6887 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 72 | 5.7144 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,200 | 5.6600 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 96 | 5.6595 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 12,702 | 5.6647 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 43,302 | 5.6648 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 9,650 | 5.6944 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 75,377 | 5.6600 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 2,944 | 5.6633 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 135 | 5.7051 GBP | |||
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(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
of | description | purchasing, | of | price |
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(ii) | Exercise |
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(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||
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4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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NONE | |||||||
(b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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any derivative is referenced: |
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(c) | Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 13 Jan 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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