Form 8.3 EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC

Barclays PLC

10 September 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:				09 Sep 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:			9,597,735	1.45%	2,997,248	0.45%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,914,520	0.29%	9,317,007	1.40%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			11,512,255	1.73%	12,314,255	1.85%
(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
1p ordinary		Purchase		538,532		0.9010  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		350,850		0.8998  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		345,711		0.9030  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		230,707		0.9001  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		180,343		0.9026  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		113,689		0.8995  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		93,667		0.8993  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		81,775		0.8999  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		71,682		0.8985  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		39,247		0.8994  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		38,243		0.8980  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		35,085		0.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		18,259		0.9005  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,991		0.8986  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,019		0.9020  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,866		0.8997  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,661		0.9006  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,104		0.8990  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,663		0.9048  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,199		0.9037  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,721		0.9043  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,023		0.8979  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,010		0.9032  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,750		0.9080  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,631		0.9065  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		227,186		0.9030  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		226,720		0.9006  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		109,853		0.9013  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		87,770		0.9008  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		39,044		0.9005  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		34,737		0.9029  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		30,769		0.9058  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		26,961		0.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		26,415		0.9007  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,268		0.9099  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,032		0.9036  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,277		0.9051  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		869		0.9070  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		640		0.8989  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		191		0.8999  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		47		0.8997  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1		0.8970  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		1	0.8970  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		640	0.8989  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		47	0.8997  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,401	0.9001  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		23,689	0.9008  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		34,737	0.9029  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		109,351	0.9030  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,566	0.9052  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30,769	0.9058  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,242	0.9062  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		869	0.9070  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,268	0.9099  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		35,147	0.8980  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34,821	0.8992  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		93,667	0.8993  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		106,920	0.8995  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,600	0.8999  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,550	0.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		126,788	0.9004  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,661	0.9006  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		386,421	0.9009  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,341	0.9012  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,019	0.9020  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		85,280	0.9022  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		179,362	0.9030  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,010	0.9032  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,199	0.9037  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,631	0.9065  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		29,605	0.8981  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		53,724	0.9029  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		13,346	0.9030  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		14,268	0.8994  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		141,890	0.9001  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		352,476	0.9006  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		56,846	0.9031  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		12,264	0.9038  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)	Exercise
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:				10 Sep 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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