Form 8.3 EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC

Barclays PLC

28 November 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:				27 Nov 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:			25,568,683	3.85%	3,837,066	0.58%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				2,899,017	0.44%	25,389,239	3.82%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			28,467,700	4.29%	29,226,305	4.40%
(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		704,340		0.7524  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		219,752		0.7520  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		214,567		0.7488  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		133,459		0.7571  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		98,144		0.7500  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		50,515		0.7538  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		50,000		0.7537  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		39,651		0.7518  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		37,763		0.7461  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17,620		0.7575  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		14,760		0.7574  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,574		0.7517  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,441		0.7527  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,287		0.7460  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,696		0.7562  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,810		0.7570  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,854		0.7503  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,488		0.7450  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,397		0.7435  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,202		0.7490  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,380		0.7480  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,094		0.7550  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		571		0.7560  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		279		0.7470  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1		0.7430  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		191,099		0.7492  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		182,877		0.7500  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		79,800		0.7532  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		50,000		0.7572  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		45,776		0.7535  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		23,768		0.7465  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		21,973		0.7490  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,885		0.7499  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,298		0.7464  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,909		0.7518  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,485		0.7537  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,045		0.7460  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,000		0.7450  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,263		0.7613  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,238		0.7488  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,975		0.7570  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,886		0.7530  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,380		0.7480  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		670		0.7442  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		279		0.7470  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		204		0.7497  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		32		0.7631  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1		0.7430  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		670	0.7442  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,314	0.7456  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,743	0.7475  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,238	0.7488  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,612	0.7492  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		204	0.7496  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,104	0.7499  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		88,138	0.7500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		353	0.7552  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		32	0.7629  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14	0.7630  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	0.7430  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		772	0.7450  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,242	0.7460  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,551	0.7484  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		214,567	0.7488  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		142,686	0.7500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,854	0.7503  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		217,862	0.7520  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		308,588	0.7524  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		136,881	0.7527  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28,879	0.7532  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		86,319	0.7558  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		133,459	0.7571  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		7,298	0.7464  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		162,487	0.7492  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,344	0.7499  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,513	0.7500  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,263	0.7612  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		37,763	0.7461  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		43,265	0.7519  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:				28 Nov 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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