Form 8.3 EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC

Barclays PLC

23 June 2025

 

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:				Barclays PLC.
(b)	Owner or controller of interest and short
	positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(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:				20 Jun 2025
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				YES:
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?				UNITE GROUP PLC/THE
2.				POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(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:				1p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			2,009,773	0.30%	2,218,240	0.33%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,482,062	0.22%	1,948,821	0.29%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			3,491,835	0.53%	4,167,061	0.63%
(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive
	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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,140,942		1.0268  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		714,570		1.0157  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		103,863		1.0297  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		94,702		1.0281  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		67,845		1.0280  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		49,556		1.0320  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		46,994		1.0188  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		27,068		1.0156  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		25,730		1.0294  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17,602		1.0311  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,779		1.0300  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,233		1.0240  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,659		1.0140  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,876		1.0324  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,428		1.0207  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,267		1.0346  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,131		1.0330  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,503		1.0370  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,913		1.0306  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,291		1.0285  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,606		1.0260  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,254		1.0319  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,835		1.0220  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,444		1.0380  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,207		1.0305  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,016		1.0278  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		790,157		1.0260  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		300,189		1.0184  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		191,724		1.0294  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		137,028		1.0138  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		113,799		1.0266  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		82,343		1.0140  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		74,711		1.0298  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		66,900		1.0324  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		60,727		1.0234  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		56,356		1.0320  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		53,531		1.0287  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		39,968		1.0289  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		36,112		1.0319  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		26,818		1.0139  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		24,048		1.0290  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		23,071		1.0299  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		21,403		1.0280  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		18,461		1.0199  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		17,512		1.0313  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14,003		1.0291  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,664		1.0240  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,874		1.0302  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,731		1.0220  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,056		1.0300  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,931		1.0312  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,588		1.0230  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,309		1.0355  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,611		1.0210  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,246		1.0250  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,538		1.0316  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,444		1.0380  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,359		1.0247  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,212		1.0200  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		45,744	1.0137  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		91,284	1.0138  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		26,818	1.0139  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		53,106	1.0176  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		262,484	1.0195  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		46,967	1.0213  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		22,941	1.0290  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		23,071	1.0299  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,425	1.0300  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		15,083	1.0320  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		493,482	1.0140  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		159,854	1.0171  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,818	1.0259  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12	1.0280  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		40,000	1.0321  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		7,752	1.0262  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		32,281	1.0277  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		34,292	1.0140  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		16,922	1.0215  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		39,937	1.0291  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						applicable)
4.				OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings 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 exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party
to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				23 Jun 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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