Form 8.3 EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC

Barclays PLC

15 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:				14 Oct 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:			14,767,160	2.22%	3,307,548	0.50%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				2,088,225	0.31%	14,710,547	2.21%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			16,855,385	2.54%	18,018,095	2.71%
(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		297,401		0.8191  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		243,991		0.8179  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		230,638		0.8160  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		90,819		0.8208  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		28,188		0.8195  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		24,000		0.8190  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		23,870		0.8194  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,676		0.8188  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,771		0.8232  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,407		0.8161  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,869		0.8177  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,250		0.8265  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,724		0.8220  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,443		0.8230  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,148		0.8207  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,572		0.8140  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,488		0.8180  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,236		0.8204  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		273		0.8212  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		238		0.8157  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		194		0.8239  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		189		0.8240  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		121		0.8153  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		37		0.8198  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		227,600		0.8160  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		220,394		0.8180  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		95,639		0.8186  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		72,439		0.8176  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		53,114		0.8196  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		26,399		0.8170  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,903		0.8218  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,558		0.8179  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,835		0.8166  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,791		0.8164  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,023		0.8178  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,724		0.8220  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,161		0.8230  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,572		0.8140  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,465		0.8240  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,013		0.8189  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		275		0.8281  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		97		0.8245  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4		0.8500  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		12,422	0.8159  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		78,141	0.8160  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,564	0.8161  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,791	0.8164  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	0.8170  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,313	0.8171  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		218,823	0.8180  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		46,924	0.8183  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		724	0.8186  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,013	0.8189  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		827	0.8195  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,811	0.8216  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		97	0.8245  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4	0.8489  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18	0.8490  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		202,133	0.8160  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,407	0.8161  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,939	0.8180  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		118,821	0.8181  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		104,226	0.8191  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,486	0.8198  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,236	0.8204  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		90,819	0.8208  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		62,116	0.8212  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,139	0.8219  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		194	0.8239  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,684	0.8206  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		12,498	0.8184  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		43,005	0.8201  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:				15 Oct 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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