Form 8.3 - UNITE Group PLC/The

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	16-10-2025
(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:	2,876,952	0.58	0	0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	2,876,952	0.58	0	0.00

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	198	579.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a long position	49498	584.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a long position	33	585.75
25p ordinary	equity swap	decreasing a short position	993	584.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	2976	571.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	882	571.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	1245	573.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	1332	574.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	1875	574.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	4692	575.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	2803	575.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	1950	576.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	2362	576.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	2184	577.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	1551	577.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	6099	578.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	3392	578.25
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	9767	578.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	2535	578.75
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	43596	579.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	9540	579.25
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	86685	579.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	44896	580.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	4722	580.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	5385	580.75
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	6707	581.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	1879	581.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	2872	581.75
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	2743	582.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	6517	583.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	32460	583.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	353599	584.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	3679	584.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	35212	585.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	2877	585.25
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	12849	585.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	683	585.75
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	1732	586.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	517	586.75
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	3641	587.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	8134	588.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	1291	588.25
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	1202	589.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	1204	589.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	3893	590.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	1032	591.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	581	591.75
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	4924	592.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	908	592.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a long position	1664	593.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a short position	123	571.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a short position	316	573.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a short position	398	578.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a short position	149	580.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a short position	868	584.00
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a short position	611	584.50
25p ordinary	equity swap	increasing a short position	712	588.50

(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:	17-10-2025
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.

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