Form 8.3 - UNITE Group PLC/The

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 

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:	Qube Research & Technologies Limited
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	UNITE Group PLC/The
(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: For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	10-10-2025
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”	Empiric Student Property PLC

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

(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:	0	0.00	0	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	395,743	0.08	87,568	0.01
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	395,743	0.08	87,568	0.01

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other employee options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:	0
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:	0

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit (GBp)

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit (GBp)
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a long position	43970	613.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a long position	1861	625.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a short position	163	613.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a short position	289	614.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a short position	2288	614.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a short position	3604	615.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a short position	330	615.25
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a short position	2035	615.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a short position	3221	616.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a short position	656	616.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a short position	21965	617.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a short position	2246	617.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a short position	2556	618.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a short position	21395	619.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a short position	10398	619.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a short position	28713	620.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a short position	14252	620.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a short position	2984	621.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a short position	3163	621.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a short position	10619	622.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a short position	3121	622.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a short position	930	623.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a short position	368	624.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a short position	3274	624.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a short position	540	625.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	1997	615.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	646	616.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	8259	617.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	1103	617.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	442	618.25
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	3200	618.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	21903	619.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	8264	619.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	3703	619.75
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	24611	620.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	14908	620.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	7771	621.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	6170	621.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	3594	621.75
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	4540	622.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	7003	622.25
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	1659	622.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	342	622.75
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	2192	623.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	8230	623.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	2443	625.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a short position	3267	613.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a short position	1717	614.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a short position	155	615.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a short position	532	615.25
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a short position	401	616.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a short position	1867	616.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a short position	222	617.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a short position	874	618.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a short position	3305	619.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a short position	510	619.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a short position	2800	620.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a short position	1149	620.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a short position	241	621.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a short position	998	621.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a short position	1172	622.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a short position	358	623.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a short position	1647	624.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a short position	2479	624.50

(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit (GBp)

Type e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit (GBp)

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit
0	0	0	0	0

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security	Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion	Details	Price per unit (if applicable)
0	0	0	0

4. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing 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 person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”

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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”

None

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:	13-10-2025
Contact name:	Janice Falcao
Telephone number:	00442033140679

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on [phone]. The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.