6th Nov 2025 14:56
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: | 05 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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| 8,460,652 | 1.73% | 1,696,713 | 0.35% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 1,456,701 | 0.30% | 8,440,234 | 1.72% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 9,917,353 | 2.02% | 10,136,947 | 2.07% |
(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 | 181,748 | 5.6000 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 179,211 | 5.5982 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 155,810 | 5.6001 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 60,602 | 5.5994 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 43,613 | 5.5949 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 24,702 | 5.6200 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 22,071 | 5.5985 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 12,800 | 5.5870 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 9,868 | 5.6130 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 8,024 | 5.6011 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 7,621 | 5.6064 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 7,323 | 5.6005 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 6,553 | 5.5989 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 5,685 | 5.6013 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 5,500 | 5.5939 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 5,229 | 5.6123 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,639 | 5.5974 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,257 | 5.5912 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,150 | 5.5926 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 3,707 | 5.5977 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 3,143 | 5.6119 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 3,123 | 5.5950 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,951 | 5.6051 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,667 | 5.5976 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,458 | 5.6081 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,871 | 5.5889 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,762 | 5.6027 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,585 | 5.6050 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,433 | 5.5928 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,056 | 5.6105 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,025 | 5.6090 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,009 | 5.6057 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 875 | 5.6018 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 287 | 5.6150 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 262 | 5.5800 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 257 | 5.5970 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 186 | 5.6100 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 160 | 5.5875 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 130 | 5.5907 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 33 | 5.6103 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 157,160 | 5.6004 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 87,476 | 5.6006 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 82,896 | 5.6000 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 36,733 | 5.5997 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 33,185 | 5.6206 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 27,788 | 5.6003 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 22,675 | 5.5749 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 21,589 | 5.6063 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 14,330 | 5.5991 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 4,077 | 5.5789 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3,371 | 5.5995 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,996 | 5.5973 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,823 | 5.6030 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,802 | 5.5992 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,745 | 5.5950 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,479 | 5.6144 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,364 | 5.6050 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,251 | 5.6091 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,041 | 5.6100 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 801 | 5.6018 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 556 | 5.5927 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 500 | 5.6320 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 349 | 5.6095 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 262 | 5.5800 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 95 | 5.5898 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 35 | 5.5925 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 10 | 5.5650 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 7 | 5.5600 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3 | 5.5700 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 | 24,154 | 5.5773 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 95 | 5.5898 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 35 | 5.5923 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 14 | 5.5950 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,996 | 5.5973 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 13,290 | 5.5981 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 16,132 | 5.5991 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 39,086 | 5.5997 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 96,648 | 5.6000 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,777 | 5.6003 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 681 | 5.6019 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,823 | 5.6030 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,701 | 5.6085 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 349 | 5.6095 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 969 | 5.6100 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,176 | 5.6108 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 12,800 | 5.5870 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,824 | 5.5885 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,871 | 5.5889 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 17,591 | 5.5898 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 130 | 5.5907 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,257 | 5.5912 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,150 | 5.5925 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 368 | 5.5933 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,500 | 5.5939 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 43,613 | 5.5949 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 257 | 5.5970 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,639 | 5.5974 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,667 | 5.5976 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 22,071 | 5.5985 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,553 | 5.5989 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 45,450 | 5.5994 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 252,080 | 5.6000 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,102 | 5.6005 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,496 | 5.6011 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,281 | 5.6034 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,621 | 5.6064 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 186 | 5.6100 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,056 | 5.6105 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,710 | 5.6106 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 1,363 | 5.5913 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 1,082 | 5.6112 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 6,076 | 5.5889 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 33,013 | 5.5998 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: | 06 Nov 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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