REG - Societe Generale SA Unite Group PLC - Form 8.3 - Unite Group plc
15/01/2026 15:30
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RNS Number : 1211P Societe Generale SA 15 January 2026
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: SOCIETE GENERALE SA
(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 Unite Group plc
relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(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: 14/01/2026
For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date
prior to the disclosure
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making Yes: Empiric Student Property plc
disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
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: 3,095,068 0.63 668,491 0.14
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 1,091,879 0.22 1,525,840 0.31
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00 0 0.00
purchase/sell:
TOTAL: 4,186,947 0.85 2,194,331 0.45
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:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:
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
25p ordinary Purchase 187,110 5.68132
25p ordinary Purchase 385 5.675
25p ordinary Purchase 462 5.68
25p ordinary Purchase 305 5.675
25p ordinary Purchase 155 5.69
25p ordinary Purchase 5 5.685
25p ordinary Purchase 485 5.65
25p ordinary Purchase 698 5.68
25p ordinary Purchase 154 5.69
25p ordinary Purchase 82 5.69
25p ordinary Purchase 497 5.68
25p ordinary Purchase 752 5.67
25p ordinary Purchase 83 5.69
25p ordinary Purchase 111 5.69
25p ordinary Purchase 312 5.69
25p ordinary Purchase 290 5.675
25p ordinary Purchase 85 5.69
25p ordinary Purchase 159 5.69
25p ordinary Purchase 87 5.69
25p ordinary Purchase 381 5.67
25p ordinary Purchase 120 5.695
25p ordinary Purchase 170 5.69
25p ordinary Purchase 149 5.685
25p ordinary Purchase 80 5.695
25p ordinary Purchase 78 5.69
25p ordinary Purchase 473 5.675
25p ordinary Sale 875 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 4,768 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 535 5.685
25p ordinary Sale 467 5.675
25p ordinary Sale 418 5.65
25p ordinary Sale 485 5.68
25p ordinary Sale 717 5.67
25p ordinary Sale 306 5.68
25p ordinary Sale 100 5.65
25p ordinary Sale 2,636 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 791 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 10,053 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 678 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 2,808 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 4,255 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 235 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 1,053 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 4,523 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 1,009 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 16,704 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 2,665 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 616 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 567 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 3,677 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 6,885 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 12,747 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 2,312 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 489 5.66
25p ordinary Sale 698 5.68
25p ordinary Sale 154 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 159 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 85 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 252 5.66
25p ordinary Sale 497 5.68
25p ordinary Sale 247 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 84 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 110 5.67
25p ordinary Sale 81 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 420 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 77 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 250 5.66
25p ordinary Sale 81 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 215 5.665
25p ordinary Sale 490 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 151 5.68
25p ordinary Sale 82 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 83 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 193 5.68
25p ordinary Sale 399 5.675
25p ordinary Sale 251 5.655
25p ordinary Sale 139 5.685
25p ordinary Sale 393 5.695
25p ordinary Sale 132 5.68
25p ordinary Sale 94 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 312 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 965 5.685
25p ordinary Sale 100 5.695
25p ordinary Sale 278 5.675
25p ordinary Sale 77 5.6825
25p ordinary Sale 948 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 102 5.6825
25p ordinary Sale 154 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 204 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 144 5.6825
25p ordinary Sale 752 5.67
25p ordinary Sale 358 5.68
25p ordinary Sale 447 5.665
25p ordinary Sale 129 5.675
25p ordinary Sale 77 5.6825
25p ordinary Sale 77 5.6925
25p ordinary Sale 256 5.665
25p ordinary Sale 464 5.675
25p ordinary Sale 155 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 120 5.695
25p ordinary Sale 83 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 470 5.68
25p ordinary Sale 77 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 205 5.68
25p ordinary Sale 290 5.675
25p ordinary Sale 111 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 497 5.68
25p ordinary Sale 253 5.675
25p ordinary Sale 85 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 77 5.685
25p ordinary Sale 657 5.6775
25p ordinary Sale 342 5.675
25p ordinary Sale 152 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 83 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 84 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 547 5.685
25p ordinary Sale 77 5.6825
25p ordinary Sale 238 5.675
25p ordinary Sale 669 5.665
25p ordinary Sale 149 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 240 5.685
25p ordinary Sale 158 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 222 5.68
25p ordinary Sale 462 5.68
25p ordinary Sale 79 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 265 5.66
25p ordinary Sale 243 5.6825
25p ordinary Sale 242 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 77 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 701 5.6675
25p ordinary Sale 212 5.685
25p ordinary Sale 80 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 78 5.6825
25p ordinary Sale 464 5.67
25p ordinary Sale 149 5.685
25p ordinary Sale 678 5.67
25p ordinary Sale 491 5.675
25p ordinary Sale 87 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 124 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 296 5.66
25p ordinary Sale 170 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 467 5.68
25p ordinary Sale 80 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 599 5.68
25p ordinary Sale 152 5.6825
25p ordinary Sale 120 5.695
25p ordinary Sale 159 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 485 5.65
25p ordinary Sale 78 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 5 5.685
25p ordinary Sale 400 5.655
25p ordinary Sale 251 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 466 5.68
25p ordinary Sale 245 5.655
25p ordinary Sale 802 5.67
25p ordinary Sale 106 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 85 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 116 5.685
25p ordinary Sale 7 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 1 5.655
25p ordinary Sale 358 5.665
25p ordinary Sale 730 5.67
25p ordinary Sale 152 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 381 5.67
25p ordinary Sale 80 5.695
25p ordinary Sale 85 5.695
25p ordinary Sale 115 5.695
25p ordinary Sale 79 5.675
25p ordinary Sale 117 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 1,166 5.675
25p ordinary Sale 695 5.66
25p ordinary Sale 146 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 473 5.675
25p ordinary Sale 308 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 165 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 139 5.695
25p ordinary Sale 78 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 85 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 205 5.68
25p ordinary Sale 251 5.67
25p ordinary Sale 687 5.6625
25p ordinary Sale 77 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 77 5.6825
25p ordinary Sale 236 5.66
25p ordinary Sale 700 5.67
25p ordinary Sale 84 5.69
25p ordinary Sale 398 5.66
25p ordinary Sale 98 5.6825
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference securities Price per unit GBP
e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
position
25p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 187,110 5.68132
(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 Type Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit
e.g. American, European etc.
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if applicable)
e.g. subscription, conversion
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: 15/01/2026
Contact name: Paul Jenkins
Telephone number: +44 20 7676 6969
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 +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .
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