Form 8.3 EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC

Barclays PLC

11 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:				10 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:			10,132,795	1.53%	3,168,750	0.48%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				2,065,951	0.31%	9,848,745	1.48%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			12,198,746	1.84%	13,017,495	1.96%
(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		346,731		0.9030  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		258,846		0.9003  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		126,449		0.8999  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		48,827		0.9006  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		46,766		0.9002  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		35,531		0.9023  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		24,564		0.9009  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		18,467		0.9004  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,186		0.8980  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,353		0.8965  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,278		0.9029  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,500		0.9033  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,045		0.9021  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,995		0.8976  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,785		0.9007  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,711		0.9056  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,547		0.9040  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,025		0.8960  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		925		0.9024  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		699		0.9020  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		172		0.9034  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		236,902		0.9030  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		107,811		0.9014  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		76,541		0.9008  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		30,672		0.9010  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		20,301		0.8983  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,740		0.8966  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14,168		0.8997  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,884		0.8995  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,208		0.8979  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,032		0.9019  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,601		0.8973  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,700		0.9017  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,354		0.8976  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,106		0.9007  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,751		0.9006  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,484		0.8972  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,004		0.8980  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,633		0.8971  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,050		0.8960  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,655		0.9002  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		220		0.8970  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		27		0.9029  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		15,740	0.8966  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,484	0.8972  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,601	0.8973  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,208	0.8979  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,168	0.8997  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		76,541	0.9008  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,032	0.9020  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27	0.9029  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		41,692	0.9030  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		654	0.8991  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		75,449	0.8999  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,608	0.9006  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,785	0.9007  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20	0.9008  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,500	0.9012  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		925	0.9024  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,278	0.9029  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		173,203	0.9030  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,500	0.9033  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,342	0.9034  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		172	0.9035  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		7,604	0.8995  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		59,524	0.9001  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		31,436	0.9030  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		8,237	0.9004  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		360,370	0.9005  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		17,321	0.9008  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:				11 Sep 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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