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FORM 8.3 | |||||||
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY | |||||||
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR | |||||||
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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: | 08 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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| 4,549,476 | 0.93% | 437,077 | 0.09% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 497,378 | 0.10% | 4,254,817 | 0.87% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 5,046,854 | 1.03% | 4,691,894 | 0.96% |
(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 | 119,308 | 8.1450 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 20,164 | 8.1250 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 12,007 | 8.1374 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 11,676 | 8.1289 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 9,125 | 8.1300 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 8,899 | 8.1186 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 7,021 | 8.0933 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 6,074 | 8.1171 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 6,044 | 8.1291 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,816 | 8.1293 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,652 | 8.0935 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 3,630 | 8.1274 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,691 | 8.0938 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,000 | 8.1900 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,900 | 8.0924 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,319 | 8.0950 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,179 | 8.1076 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,020 | 8.1287 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,018 | 8.1000 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 902 | 8.1053 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 737 | 8.0865 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 572 | 8.1174 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 288 | 8.0900 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 276 | 8.0941 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 246 | 8.1057 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 142 | 8.0875 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 131 | 8.1387 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 120 | 8.1151 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 100 | 8.1216 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 77 | 8.0943 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 26 | 8.0963 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 103,785 | 8.1423 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 74,489 | 8.1450 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 45,880 | 8.1059 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 28,155 | 8.1277 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 12,477 | 8.1037 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 12,256 | 8.1098 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 11,338 | 8.1011 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 11,245 | 8.1445 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 10,082 | 8.1250 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 9,390 | 8.0984 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 6,466 | 8.1030 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 6,387 | 8.1298 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 5,838 | 8.1289 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3,560 | 8.1295 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3,066 | 8.1285 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,813 | 8.1290 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,673 | 8.1297 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 2,012 | 8.1273 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,880 | 8.1007 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,608 | 8.1095 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,539 | 8.0950 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,265 | 8.1400 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,220 | 8.1173 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 852 | 8.1083 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 735 | 8.1003 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 674 | 8.1224 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 604 | 8.0991 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 452 | 8.0770 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 330 | 8.0900 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 288 | 8.1308 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 190 | 8.1213 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 18 | 8.0650 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 7 | 8.0850 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 | 452 | 8.0770 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 300 | 8.0799 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 9,390 | 8.0984 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 604 | 8.0991 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,190 | 8.1007 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11,338 | 8.1011 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 45,880 | 8.1059 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 852 | 8.1083 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,608 | 8.1095 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,220 | 8.1173 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,395 | 8.1179 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 190 | 8.1213 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 674 | 8.1224 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 128 | 8.1278 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,387 | 8.1298 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 323 | 8.1391 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,265 | 8.1400 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 43,670 | 8.1439 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,000 | 8.1441 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11,245 | 8.1445 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 76,928 | 8.1450 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 142 | 8.0875 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,900 | 8.0924 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,652 | 8.0935 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,691 | 8.0938 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 77 | 8.0943 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,045 | 8.0950 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 26 | 8.0963 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 632 | 8.1000 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 246 | 8.1057 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 95 | 8.1174 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 8,899 | 8.1186 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 100 | 8.1216 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 131 | 8.1388 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 57,925 | 8.1450 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 113 | 8.1900 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 57 | 8.1902 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,000 | 8.1908 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 2,321 | 8.0872 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 1,210 | 8.0947 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 998 | 8.1354 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) | 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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NONE | |||||||
(c) | Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | No | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 09 Jul 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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