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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: |
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(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: | 13 Aug 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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| 4,395,389 | 0.90% | 720,579 | 0.15% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 599,373 | 0.12% | 4,097,540 | 0.84% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 4,994,762 | 1.02% | 4,818,119 | 0.98% |
(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 | 38,035 | 7.2981 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 35,918 | 7.3100 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 26,060 | 7.3200 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 23,917 | 7.3104 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 22,989 | 7.2812 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 17,491 | 7.2968 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 10,941 | 7.3017 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 10,318 | 7.3010 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 9,917 | 7.2938 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 7,975 | 7.2886 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 7,512 | 7.3222 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 6,383 | 7.2894 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 3,873 | 7.2784 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 3,685 | 7.3084 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 3,553 | 7.2910 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 3,471 | 7.2788 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 3,306 | 7.2768 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 3,295 | 7.2844 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 3,253 | 7.2898 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,795 | 7.2914 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,372 | 7.3203 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,021 | 7.2775 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,898 | 7.3007 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,834 | 7.2856 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,727 | 7.3037 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,590 | 7.2854 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,587 | 7.2903 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,576 | 7.2650 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,567 | 7.2732 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,236 | 7.2800 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,067 | 7.2955 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,058 | 7.2997 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 795 | 7.2752 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 683 | 7.2675 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 498 | 7.2975 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 445 | 7.3000 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 401 | 7.3050 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 397 | 7.2772 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 324 | 7.2725 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 294 | 7.2950 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 156 | 7.3092 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 27 | 7.3079 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 75,922 | 7.3200 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 29,823 | 7.2815 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 15,903 | 7.3183 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 15,102 | 7.2929 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 10,987 | 7.3190 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 10,808 | 7.3196 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 9,791 | 7.2958 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 7,959 | 7.3055 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 7,356 | 7.3100 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 6,091 | 7.2969 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 5,593 | 7.3134 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 5,397 | 7.3082 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3,914 | 7.2827 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,650 | 7.3078 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,974 | 7.3126 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,834 | 7.3051 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,817 | 7.3099 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,535 | 7.3061 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,517 | 7.3004 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,267 | 7.3149 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,173 | 7.2941 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,129 | 7.2782 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 789 | 7.2775 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 683 | 7.2675 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 568 | 7.3000 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 562 | 7.2650 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 498 | 7.2975 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 494 | 7.2800 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 477 | 7.3091 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 420 | 7.3111 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 203 | 7.2999 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 144 | 7.3054 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 118 | 7.2700 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 104 | 7.3050 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 36 | 7.2850 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 9 | 7.3049 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 | 1,416 | 7.2773 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,154 | 7.2834 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 15,102 | 7.2929 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,173 | 7.2941 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 9,791 | 7.2958 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,091 | 7.2969 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 203 | 7.2998 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,517 | 7.3004 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 762 | 7.3049 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 144 | 7.3054 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,959 | 7.3055 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,535 | 7.3061 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,650 | 7.3078 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,397 | 7.3082 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,817 | 7.3099 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 420 | 7.3111 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,593 | 7.3134 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,267 | 7.3149 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11,900 | 7.3189 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 10,987 | 7.3190 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 10,808 | 7.3196 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 36,572 | 7.3200 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,014 | 7.2650 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,685 | 7.2768 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 106 | 7.2800 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 18,430 | 7.2812 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,975 | 7.2886 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,383 | 7.2894 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,253 | 7.2898 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,259 | 7.2900 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,795 | 7.2914 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 9,917 | 7.2938 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,067 | 7.2955 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,174 | 7.2965 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 38,035 | 7.2981 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,058 | 7.2997 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 10,318 | 7.3010 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 10,941 | 7.3017 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,727 | 7.3037 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 55 | 7.3050 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 27 | 7.3079 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,685 | 7.3084 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 156 | 7.3092 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 35,918 | 7.3100 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 521 | 7.3188 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,341 | 7.3198 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,708 | 7.3199 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,807 | 7.3200 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,372 | 7.3203 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,512 | 7.3237 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 491 | 7.2745 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 36 | 7.2847 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 688 | 7.3004 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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Class of relevant | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of | Exercise price per | |||
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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: | 14 Aug 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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