12th Nov 2025 13:22
FORM 8.3 | |||||||
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY | |||||||
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR | |||||||
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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: | 11 Nov 2025 | |||||
(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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| 8,453,660 | 1.73% | 1,627,936 | 0.33% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 1,364,436 | 0.28% | 8,425,645 | 1.72% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 9,818,096 | 2.00% | 10,053,581 | 2.05% |
(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 | 329,283 | 5.6700 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 171,871 | 5.6663 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 47,237 | 5.6688 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 25,014 | 5.5950 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 23,373 | 5.5885 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 23,199 | 5.6004 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 22,600 | 5.6134 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 11,036 | 5.6211 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 10,973 | 5.6204 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 8,464 | 5.6132 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 6,189 | 5.5750 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 6,032 | 5.6702 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 5,252 | 5.6106 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 3,554 | 5.6001 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 3,274 | 5.6300 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 3,191 | 5.5837 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,378 | 5.6022 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,372 | 5.6393 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,547 | 5.5874 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,512 | 5.6316 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,300 | 5.5689 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,272 | 5.6412 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 997 | 5.6119 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 978 | 5.6500 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 900 | 5.6298 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 839 | 5.6251 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 787 | 5.6000 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 708 | 5.6548 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 708 | 5.6550 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 706 | 5.5955 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 701 | 5.6350 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 698 | 5.5893 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 394 | 5.6078 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 356 | 5.5850 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 219 | 5.5650 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 183 | 5.6450 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 170 | 5.6430 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 154 | 5.5900 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 133 | 5.6050 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 126 | 5.5965 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 39 | 5.5975 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 11 | 5.6400 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 7 | 5.6425 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 414,121 | 5.5900 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 227,104 | 5.6700 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 44,022 | 5.6630 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 42,102 | 5.6560 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 26,795 | 5.5950 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 22,252 | 5.6426 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 18,389 | 5.6375 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 12,746 | 5.6680 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 8,874 | 5.6549 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 7,704 | 5.5945 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 7,283 | 5.6422 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 7,058 | 5.6697 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 5,657 | 5.5909 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 5,476 | 5.6541 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 4,195 | 5.5929 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 4,102 | 5.6444 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3,784 | 5.5902 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3,567 | 5.6237 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3,404 | 5.5925 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3,217 | 5.5998 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,878 | 5.6533 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,706 | 5.6606 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,173 | 5.5835 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,087 | 5.6045 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,919 | 5.6030 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,373 | 5.5934 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,276 | 5.6011 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,267 | 5.6008 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,249 | 5.5750 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,072 | 5.6050 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 878 | 5.6692 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 834 | 5.5851 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 804 | 5.6300 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 708 | 5.6550 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 680 | 5.6350 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 554 | 5.5853 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 453 | 5.6075 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 437 | 5.6500 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 436 | 5.5970 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 433 | 5.6200 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 390 | 5.5825 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 356 | 5.5850 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 329 | 5.6691 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 308 | 5.6078 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 220 | 5.5650 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 219 | 5.5651 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 56 | 5.6000 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 44 | 5.6450 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 11 | 5.6400 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 7 | 5.6425 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 | Decreasing Short | 370,000 | 5.5900 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,792 | 5.5924 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,704 | 5.5945 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 316 | 5.5973 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 105 | 5.6000 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,919 | 5.6030 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,087 | 5.6045 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 939 | 5.6050 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 101 | 5.6062 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 279 | 5.6130 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,059 | 5.6394 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,130 | 5.6421 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,283 | 5.6422 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 22,252 | 5.6426 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,102 | 5.6444 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 437 | 5.6500 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,878 | 5.6533 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 10,879 | 5.6548 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 8,874 | 5.6549 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,706 | 5.6606 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 44,022 | 5.6630 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 12,746 | 5.6680 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,207 | 5.6691 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 62 | 5.6696 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,058 | 5.6697 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 88,761 | 5.6700 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,191 | 5.5837 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,547 | 5.5874 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,718 | 5.5885 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 698 | 5.5893 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 23,199 | 5.6004 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,378 | 5.6022 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 9,522 | 5.6111 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,917 | 5.6126 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 22,600 | 5.6134 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 10,973 | 5.6204 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 11,036 | 5.6211 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,561 | 5.6236 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 740 | 5.6300 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,272 | 5.6412 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 170 | 5.6430 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 17,452 | 5.6666 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 239,423 | 5.6700 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,032 | 5.6702 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 42,800 | 5.5900 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 2,973 | 5.6059 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 1,461 | 5.6347 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 731 | 5.6000 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 394 | 5.6078 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 1,635 | 5.6383 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 112,340 | 5.6700 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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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: | 12 Nov 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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