| 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: |
| Barclays PLC. | ||||
| (b) | Owner or controller of interest and short |
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| positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): | ||||||
| (c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | UNITE GROUP PLC, THE | |||||
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| relevant securities this form relates: | ||||||
| (d) | If an exempt fund manager connected with an |
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| offeror/offeree: | ||||||
| (e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 02 Dec 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 | ||||||
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| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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| (1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 9,710,564 | 1.98% | 2,244,196 | 0.46% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 2,031,366 | 0.41% | 9,570,184 | 1.95% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 11,741,930 | 2.40% | 11,814,380 | 2.41% |
| (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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| 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 | 335,838 | 5.1575 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 245,863 | 5.2106 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 197,577 | 5.2200 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 108,434 | 5.1856 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 51,499 | 5.1882 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 50,278 | 5.2050 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 38,795 | 5.1928 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 35,083 | 5.2203 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 16,389 | 5.1786 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 13,454 | 5.1899 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 8,733 | 5.1990 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 8,378 | 5.2051 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 7,641 | 5.1962 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 6,795 | 5.1943 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 6,314 | 5.1848 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 6,250 | 5.1973 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 5,820 | 5.2175 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 5,022 | 5.1650 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,487 | 5.1722 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,238 | 5.2065 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 4,206 | 5.1621 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,733 | 5.2023 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 2,636 | 5.1724 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,947 | 5.2046 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,729 | 5.1750 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,569 | 5.2000 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,526 | 5.1909 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,453 | 5.2238 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,338 | 5.1396 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,289 | 5.1893 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 1,255 | 5.2138 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 921 | 5.1850 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 897 | 5.1700 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 814 | 5.1746 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 720 | 5.1854 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 681 | 5.2202 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 658 | 5.1991 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 600 | 5.2325 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 561 | 5.2250 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 556 | 5.1901 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 538 | 5.1900 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 513 | 5.1950 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 499 | 5.2100 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 474 | 5.1978 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 410 | 5.1800 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 379 | 5.2104 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 189 | 5.2300 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 172 | 5.1711 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 155 | 5.2150 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 58 | 5.2036 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 49 | 5.2037 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 38 | 5.1954 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 9 | 5.1694 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 5 | 5.1975 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 1 | 5.1794 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 86,923 | 5.2200 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 86,915 | 5.2198 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 50,762 | 5.2152 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 39,629 | 5.2000 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 24,200 | 5.2048 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 10,391 | 5.1774 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 8,374 | 5.2136 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 7,529 | 5.1824 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 7,458 | 5.2028 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 6,299 | 5.2224 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 5,343 | 5.2041 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 5,060 | 5.1873 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 4,957 | 5.0720 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 4,600 | 5.2016 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 3,510 | 5.1975 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 3,492 | 5.2030 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 2,719 | 5.1900 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 2,671 | 5.2050 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 2,327 | 5.1750 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 2,084 | 5.2276 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 1,461 | 5.1963 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 1,349 | 5.1619 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 1,310 | 5.1875 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 1,260 | 5.1798 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 1,138 | 5.1980 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 980 | 5.1700 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 921 | 5.1850 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 721 | 5.1950 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 627 | 5.2128 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 561 | 5.2250 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 464 | 5.2202 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 424 | 5.2100 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 411 | 5.1800 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 315 | 5.1910 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 263 | 5.1971 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 249 | 5.2142 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 189 | 5.2300 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 155 | 5.2150 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 86 | 5.1701 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 49 | 5.2042 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 22 | 5.1650 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 11 | 5.2054 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 8 | 5.1905 GBP | ||||
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 1 | 5.1500 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 | Increasing Long | 4,957 | 5.0749 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1 | 5.1500 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 130 | 5.1600 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,820 | 5.1745 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1 | 5.1750 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,260 | 5.1798 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,529 | 5.1824 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 849 | 5.1862 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 360 | 5.1876 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,502 | 5.1912 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,461 | 5.1963 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 263 | 5.1971 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,505 | 5.1975 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,064 | 5.1978 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 38,089 | 5.2000 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,897 | 5.2028 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,492 | 5.2030 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,285 | 5.2041 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 122 | 5.2050 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11 | 5.2056 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 627 | 5.2128 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 8,374 | 5.2136 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 249 | 5.2142 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 34,823 | 5.2144 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 30,859 | 5.2174 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 57,548 | 5.2200 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,000 | 5.2219 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,084 | 5.2276 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 335,838 | 5.1575 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,000 | 5.1655 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1 | 5.1675 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 36,060 | 5.1693 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,487 | 5.1722 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 814 | 5.1746 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 201 | 5.1750 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 66,317 | 5.1810 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,472 | 5.1848 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 720 | 5.1854 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 108,434 | 5.1856 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 770 | 5.1876 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,289 | 5.1893 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,490 | 5.1895 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 556 | 5.1901 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,526 | 5.1909 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 38,795 | 5.1928 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,795 | 5.1943 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,869 | 5.1952 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 474 | 5.1978 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 8,079 | 5.1986 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 290 | 5.2002 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 8,378 | 5.2051 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,238 | 5.2065 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 379 | 5.2104 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,320 | 5.2130 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 12,804 | 5.2136 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,255 | 5.2138 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,820 | 5.2175 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,186 | 5.2198 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 267,707 | 5.2200 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 681 | 5.2202 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 35,083 | 5.2203 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 2,316 | 5.1746 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 5,561 | 5.2028 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 1,296 | 5.2095 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 9,541 | 5.2195 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 5,153 | 5.2196 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 788 | 5.1751 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 6,688 | 5.1837 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 38 | 5.1955 GBP | |||
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 29,463 | 5.2200 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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| (d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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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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| 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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| (c) | Attachments |
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| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
| Date of disclosure: | 03 Dec 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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