Form 8.3 EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC

Barclays PLC

01 October 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:				30 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:			12,702,111	1.91%	2,989,772	0.45%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,880,150	0.28%	12,651,692	1.90%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			14,582,261	2.20%	15,641,464	2.35%
(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		256,265		0.9216  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		141,051		0.9243  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		73,574		0.9260  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		48,280		0.9222  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		46,272		0.9218  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		34,975		0.9214  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		28,472		0.9241  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		21,614		0.9224  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		20,079		0.9212  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15,906		0.9223  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,114		0.9221  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,014		0.9217  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,790		0.9220  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,523		0.9211  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,213		0.9204  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,594		0.9240  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,405		0.9205  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,201		0.9199  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,922		0.9190  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1		0.9210  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		195,413		0.9238  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		98,180		0.9245  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		86,064		0.9260  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		60,247		0.9210  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		33,561		0.9207  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,444		0.9214  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,833		0.9204  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,051		0.9249  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,929		0.9224  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,285		0.9240  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,712		0.9223  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,569		0.9180  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,347		0.9198  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		367		0.9200  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		1,347	0.9198  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33,561	0.9207  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		36,045	0.9210  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31,953	0.9214  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,712	0.9223  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,929	0.9224  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,105	0.9230  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		85,723	0.9260  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,213	0.9204  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		71,244	0.9225  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28,472	0.9241  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		546	0.9259  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,822	0.9260  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		241	0.9229  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		501	0.9210  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		236,120	0.9217  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		105,829	0.9218  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:				01 Oct 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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