6th Aug 2025 13:46
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 |
| |||||
| 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 |
| |||||
| offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of | ||||||
| offeror/offeree: | ||||||
(e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 05 Aug 2025 | |||||
(f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | YES: |
|
| |||
| disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? | EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC |
| ||||
2. | POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
(a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
| |||||
| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any) |
| |||||
Class of relevant security: | 25p ordinary | ||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
| Number | (%) | Number | (%) | |||
(1) | Relevant securities owned |
|
|
|
| ||
| and/or controlled: |
|
| 4,784,248 | 0.98% | 639,129 | 0.13% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
|
| 500,851 | 0.10% | 4,393,122 | 0.90% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
|
|
|
| ||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: |
|
| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| TOTAL: |
|
| 5,285,099 | 1.08% | 5,032,251 | 1.03% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
| |||||
| options) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Class of relevant security in relation to |
|
|
|
| |||
which subscription right exists |
|
|
|
| |||
Details, including nature of the rights |
|
|
|
| |||
concerned and relevant percentages: |
|
|
|
| |||
3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
(a) | Purchases and sales |
|
|
|
|
| |
Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
security |
| securities |
| ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 110,681 | 7.5187 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 76,495 | 7.4822 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 33,566 | 7.4834 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 33,548 | 7.4811 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 23,882 | 7.4800 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 18,877 | 7.5230 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 13,519 | 7.5033 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 12,293 | 7.5034 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 11,696 | 7.4803 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 10,899 | 7.5016 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 8,679 | 7.5191 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 7,547 | 7.5038 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 5,900 | 7.5012 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 5,083 | 7.4801 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,922 | 7.5042 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,127 | 7.5028 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 3,348 | 7.5068 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 3,178 | 7.4959 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,674 | 7.5166 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,628 | 7.5169 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,560 | 7.4998 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,486 | 7.4850 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,484 | 7.5205 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,348 | 7.5124 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,995 | 7.4949 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,994 | 7.5175 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,932 | 7.5228 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,842 | 7.5050 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,734 | 7.4992 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,657 | 7.5067 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,572 | 7.4964 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,472 | 7.5073 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,342 | 7.4975 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,329 | 7.5105 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,298 | 7.5000 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,199 | 7.5153 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,191 | 7.5007 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 914 | 7.5216 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 716 | 7.4900 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 667 | 7.5100 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 608 | 7.5081 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 588 | 7.4950 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 494 | 7.4965 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 486 | 7.5289 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 478 | 7.5066 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 453 | 7.5250 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 449 | 7.4967 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 391 | 7.5133 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 319 | 7.5190 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 299 | 7.5280 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 277 | 7.5300 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 208 | 7.5119 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 204 | 7.5290 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 85 | 7.4951 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 32 | 7.5094 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 9 | 7.4908 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2 | 7.5222 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 92,004 | 7.4800 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 83,884 | 7.5198 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 31,132 | 7.5029 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 28,474 | 7.5051 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 17,763 | 7.4863 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 15,243 | 7.5030 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 14,109 | 7.4990 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 10,948 | 7.4857 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 8,491 | 7.4942 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 8,457 | 7.4967 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 7,117 | 7.5013 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 6,197 | 7.4969 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 5,797 | 7.5055 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 5,313 | 7.4803 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 4,850 | 7.4888 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 4,674 | 7.4916 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3,917 | 7.5175 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3,626 | 7.5027 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3,297 | 7.5177 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3,138 | 7.5073 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3,134 | 7.5022 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,900 | 7.4797 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,624 | 7.4909 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,486 | 7.4850 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,375 | 7.4960 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,217 | 7.5050 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,100 | 7.5062 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,674 | 7.5068 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,550 | 7.5134 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,137 | 7.5200 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,049 | 7.4930 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 883 | 7.5056 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 881 | 7.5021 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 802 | 7.4996 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 745 | 7.4809 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 671 | 7.4975 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 628 | 7.5186 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 599 | 7.5000 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 575 | 7.4880 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 336 | 7.4950 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 328 | 7.4999 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 174 | 7.5150 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 94 | 7.4938 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2 | 7.4900 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2 | 7.4902 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1 | 7.5300 GBP | ||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
| |||||
Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
relevant | description |
| reference | unit | |||
security |
|
| securities |
| |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 4,136 | 7.4925 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,900 | 7.4797 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 77,186 | 7.4800 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,313 | 7.4803 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 13,669 | 7.4825 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 10,948 | 7.4857 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 575 | 7.4880 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,850 | 7.4888 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,034 | 7.4892 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,713 | 7.4897 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,674 | 7.4916 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 94 | 7.4938 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 8,491 | 7.4942 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 8,457 | 7.4967 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,197 | 7.4969 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 130 | 7.4975 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 14,109 | 7.4990 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 352 | 7.5000 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,232 | 7.5013 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,065 | 7.5050 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 28,474 | 7.5051 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 883 | 7.5056 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,100 | 7.5062 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,402 | 7.5073 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 58 | 7.5100 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 628 | 7.5186 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 36,242 | 7.4800 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,083 | 7.4801 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 11,696 | 7.4803 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 14,741 | 7.4804 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 33,548 | 7.4811 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 33,566 | 7.4834 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 34 | 7.4842 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 22,848 | 7.4847 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 14 | 7.4860 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,995 | 7.4949 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 78 | 7.4950 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,422 | 7.4965 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,560 | 7.4998 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,687 | 7.5005 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,068 | 7.5009 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 13,519 | 7.5033 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,547 | 7.5038 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 667 | 7.5100 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 391 | 7.5133 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,674 | 7.5166 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 4,240 | 7.5019 GBP | |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
| |||||
(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
| |||||
Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
of | description | purchasing, | of | price |
| date | money |
relevant |
| selling, | securities | per unit |
|
| paid/ |
security |
| varying etc | to which |
|
|
| received |
|
|
| option |
|
|
| per unit |
|
|
| relates |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(ii) | Exercise |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Class of relevant | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of | Exercise price per | |||
security |
|
| securities | unit | |||
|
|
|
|
| |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
| |||||
Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||
security |
|
| applicable) | ||||
|
|
|
| ||||
4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
| |||||
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
|
| |||||
formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
|
| |||||
or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
| ||||||
to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
|
|
| ||||
NONE | |||||||
(b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
| |||||
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
|
| |||||
the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
|
| |||||
(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
|
|
| ||||
(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
|
| |||||
any derivative is referenced: |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
NONE | |||||||
(c) | Attachments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 06 Aug 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related Shares:
BarclaysUnite