25th Jul 2025 15:25
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: | 24 Jul 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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| 5,006,176 | 1.02% | 455,048 | 0.09% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 526,006 | 0.11% | 4,680,170 | 0.96% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 5,532,182 | 1.13% | 5,135,218 | 1.05% |
(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(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 | 108,851 | 7.8600 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 46,345 | 7.8639 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 41,178 | 7.8726 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 36,478 | 7.8641 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 30,651 | 7.8612 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 15,711 | 7.8655 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 14,614 | 7.8646 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 14,036 | 7.8663 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 13,063 | 7.8776 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 8,936 | 7.8620 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 6,500 | 7.8664 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 5,149 | 7.8637 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,643 | 7.8828 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,453 | 7.8603 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 3,213 | 7.8551 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,882 | 7.8593 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,113 | 7.8711 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,108 | 7.8673 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,757 | 7.8622 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,505 | 7.8665 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,410 | 7.8300 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,380 | 7.8627 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,366 | 7.8796 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,148 | 7.8744 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,046 | 7.8442 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 952 | 7.8450 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 880 | 7.8717 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 607 | 7.8948 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 600 | 7.8542 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 600 | 7.8550 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 457 | 7.8746 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 381 | 7.8672 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 371 | 7.8623 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 350 | 7.8614 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 288 | 7.8800 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 176 | 7.8850 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 29 | 7.8650 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 16 | 7.8575 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1 | 7.8500 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 99,161 | 7.8630 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 78,117 | 7.8600 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 18,154 | 7.9040 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 15,836 | 7.8642 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 15,667 | 7.8614 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 11,863 | 7.8616 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 11,412 | 7.8617 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 8,682 | 7.8713 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 6,278 | 7.8680 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 5,933 | 7.8644 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 5,823 | 7.8663 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 4,313 | 7.8772 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,833 | 7.8879 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,899 | 7.8795 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,783 | 7.8677 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,755 | 7.8648 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,726 | 7.8702 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,628 | 7.8580 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,353 | 7.8450 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,322 | 7.8850 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,209 | 7.8804 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,074 | 7.8767 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,002 | 7.8596 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 905 | 7.8554 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 797 | 7.8989 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 782 | 7.8729 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 672 | 7.8700 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 623 | 7.8613 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 600 | 7.8775 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 600 | 7.8550 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 371 | 7.8674 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 319 | 7.8452 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 315 | 7.8650 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 288 | 7.8800 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 216 | 7.8724 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 16 | 7.8575 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 9 | 7.8577 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2 | 7.8325 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 | 305 | 7.8554 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 16 | 7.8573 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 9 | 7.8585 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,002 | 7.8596 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 52,817 | 7.8600 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 623 | 7.8613 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11,409 | 7.8615 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11,863 | 7.8616 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 27,285 | 7.8630 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,933 | 7.8644 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 885 | 7.8663 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 27,434 | 7.8675 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 9,976 | 7.8691 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 672 | 7.8700 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,726 | 7.8702 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 8,682 | 7.8713 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 216 | 7.8724 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,041 | 7.8850 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 797 | 7.8989 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 187 | 7.8992 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 186 | 7.9000 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1 | 7.8450 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,213 | 7.8551 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,574 | 7.8558 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 16 | 7.8576 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 63,915 | 7.8600 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,453 | 7.8603 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 17,951 | 7.8604 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 350 | 7.8614 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 8,936 | 7.8620 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 22,533 | 7.8622 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 10,403 | 7.8626 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,149 | 7.8637 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,637 | 7.8647 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 29 | 7.8650 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 15,711 | 7.8655 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,500 | 7.8664 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 381 | 7.8672 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,108 | 7.8673 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 9,173 | 7.8680 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,113 | 7.8711 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 41,178 | 7.8726 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 457 | 7.8746 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 13,063 | 7.8776 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 607 | 7.8948 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 1,016 | 7.8445 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 79 | 7.9007 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) | Exercising |
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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: | 25 Jul 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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