21st Nov 2025 13:12
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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| 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 |
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| offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of | ||||||
| offeror/offeree: | ||||||
(e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 20 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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| and/or controlled: |
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| 7,046,909 | 1.44% | 1,485,576 | 0.30% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 1,232,246 | 0.25% | 6,991,753 | 1.43% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 8,279,155 | 1.69% | 8,477,329 | 1.73% |
(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 | 126,107 | 5.3950 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 106,626 | 5.3965 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 49,284 | 5.3930 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 36,603 | 5.3947 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 22,175 | 5.3948 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 16,900 | 5.4003 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 16,696 | 5.3951 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 15,312 | 5.3955 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 9,365 | 5.4083 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 8,098 | 5.3859 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 6,323 | 5.4126 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 5,836 | 5.3924 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 5,416 | 5.3963 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,945 | 5.3952 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,634 | 5.3998 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,537 | 5.3900 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 3,081 | 5.3857 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,560 | 5.4000 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,545 | 5.3939 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,300 | 5.4050 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,070 | 5.3800 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,972 | 5.3962 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,706 | 5.4078 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,654 | 5.3932 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,349 | 5.3850 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,341 | 5.4016 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,292 | 5.3984 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,270 | 5.4150 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,038 | 5.4005 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 969 | 5.3913 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 842 | 5.3996 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 565 | 5.3750 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 422 | 5.4149 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 174 | 5.3875 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 119 | 5.4100 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 116 | 5.4250 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 116 | 5.3650 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 103 | 5.4200 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 57 | 5.4028 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 49 | 5.3893 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 35 | 5.3700 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 7 | 5.4300 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 82,768 | 5.3950 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 59,500 | 5.3857 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 29,938 | 5.3945 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 17,512 | 5.3910 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 16,109 | 5.3941 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 10,990 | 5.3947 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 9,887 | 5.3975 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 8,756 | 5.3900 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 8,621 | 5.3899 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 8,200 | 5.3988 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 7,981 | 5.3948 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 7,686 | 5.3968 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 5,303 | 5.3952 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3,423 | 5.3800 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,895 | 5.3989 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,877 | 5.4050 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,638 | 5.4000 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,039 | 5.3931 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,807 | 5.3846 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,692 | 5.4015 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,408 | 5.4034 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,354 | 5.3912 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,349 | 5.3850 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,303 | 5.3915 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,227 | 5.3925 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,186 | 5.4084 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,094 | 5.3866 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 780 | 5.3942 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 634 | 5.3818 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 582 | 5.3750 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 516 | 5.4150 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 490 | 5.4004 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 473 | 5.3853 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 457 | 5.3819 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 450 | 5.4216 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 442 | 5.4162 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 428 | 5.4075 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 180 | 5.4297 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 119 | 5.4100 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 116 | 5.3650 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 116 | 5.4250 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 103 | 5.4200 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 35 | 5.3700 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 7 | 5.4300 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 | 8,426 | 5.3892 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 59,500 | 5.3857 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 478 | 5.3893 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 8,621 | 5.3899 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,303 | 5.3915 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,235 | 5.3925 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 479 | 5.3937 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 16,109 | 5.3941 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 780 | 5.3942 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 29,938 | 5.3945 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 10,990 | 5.3947 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,981 | 5.3948 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 32,218 | 5.3950 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,693 | 5.3952 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,472 | 5.3956 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 10,271 | 5.3968 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,944 | 5.3975 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 490 | 5.4004 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,896 | 5.4008 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,408 | 5.4034 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 494 | 5.4050 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 400 | 5.4150 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 442 | 5.4162 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 450 | 5.4216 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 180 | 5.4297 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 124 | 5.4300 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,081 | 5.3857 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 8,098 | 5.3859 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,928 | 5.3900 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,836 | 5.3924 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 49,284 | 5.3930 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,654 | 5.3932 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 36,603 | 5.3947 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 23,757 | 5.3948 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 92,997 | 5.3950 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 22,975 | 5.3951 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,945 | 5.3952 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 13,555 | 5.3954 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 14,133 | 5.3959 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,259 | 5.3963 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,292 | 5.3984 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,634 | 5.3998 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 16,900 | 5.4003 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 57 | 5.4029 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 28,339 | 5.4037 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,308 | 5.4068 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,706 | 5.4078 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 9,365 | 5.4083 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,323 | 5.4126 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 422 | 5.4149 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 326 | 5.3827 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 17,512 | 5.3910 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 2,476 | 5.4039 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 49 | 5.3893 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 22,636 | 5.3950 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 |
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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: | 21 Nov 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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