25th Jun 2025 14:24
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: | 24 Jun 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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| 4,673,465 | 0.96% | 576,314 | 0.12% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 541,582 | 0.11% | 4,376,295 | 0.89% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 5,215,047 | 1.07% | 4,952,609 | 1.01% |
(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 | 51,278 | 8.5300 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 24,388 | 8.5310 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 8,480 | 8.5423 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 6,212 | 8.5457 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,663 | 8.5304 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,444 | 8.5485 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,638 | 8.5440 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,418 | 8.5352 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,200 | 8.5447 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,690 | 8.5467 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,328 | 8.5771 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,249 | 8.5576 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,164 | 8.5269 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,143 | 8.5545 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,080 | 8.5591 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,032 | 8.5535 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 853 | 8.5550 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 708 | 8.5500 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 603 | 8.5547 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 588 | 8.5448 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 551 | 8.5235 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 520 | 8.5495 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 444 | 8.5501 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 272 | 8.5450 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 150 | 8.5083 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 66 | 8.5150 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 56 | 8.5240 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 53 | 8.5650 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 44 | 8.5100 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 43 | 8.5370 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 26 | 8.5646 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Purchase | 8 | 8.5600 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 31,083 | 8.5300 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 27,518 | 8.5297 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 14,047 | 8.5496 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 7,539 | 8.5500 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 7,176 | 8.5374 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 6,845 | 8.5287 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 6,203 | 8.5330 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 4,891 | 8.5369 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 4,136 | 8.5350 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 4,100 | 8.5329 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 1,209 | 8.5294 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 992 | 8.5640 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 662 | 8.5443 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 619 | 8.5700 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 376 | 8.5800 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 295 | 8.5550 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 281 | 8.5362 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 272 | 8.5450 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 228 | 8.5561 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 214 | 8.5100 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 205 | 8.5272 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 187 | 8.5400 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 185 | 8.5288 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 168 | 8.5150 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 160 | 8.5298 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 132 | 8.5295 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 25 | 8.5380 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 12 | 8.5717 GBP | ||||
25p ordinary | Sale | 3 | 8.5050 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 | 3 | 8.5050 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 205 | 8.5272 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,030 | 8.5287 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,209 | 8.5294 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 132 | 8.5295 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 160 | 8.5298 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 19,676 | 8.5300 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,100 | 8.5329 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,203 | 8.5330 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,823 | 8.5350 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 281 | 8.5362 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,891 | 8.5369 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,176 | 8.5374 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 25 | 8.5383 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 187 | 8.5400 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 662 | 8.5443 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,539 | 8.5500 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 992 | 8.5640 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 619 | 8.5700 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 100 | 8.5050 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 44 | 8.5100 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 56 | 8.5240 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,164 | 8.5269 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 19,492 | 8.5300 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,663 | 8.5304 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 12,984 | 8.5311 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,418 | 8.5352 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 43 | 8.5370 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 8,480 | 8.5423 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,638 | 8.5440 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,200 | 8.5447 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,212 | 8.5457 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 591 | 8.5470 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,444 | 8.5485 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 603 | 8.5547 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 50 | 8.5552 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 208 | 8.5558 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,249 | 8.5576 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 8 | 8.5600 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 59 | 8.5650 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 607 | 8.5950 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 5,459 | 8.5503 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 826 | 8.5305 GBP | |||
25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 5,806 | 8.5536 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: | 25 Jun 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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