Form 8.3 EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC

Barclays PLC

01 December 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:				28 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:			27,309,702	4.11%	3,791,568	0.57%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				2,876,729	0.43%	27,144,087	4.09%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			30,186,431	4.54%	30,935,655	4.66%
(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		1,607,310		0.7530  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		435,200		0.7513  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		132,019		0.7501  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		110,040		0.7508  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		68,376		0.7503  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		56,539		0.7509  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		45,768		0.7490  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		33,373		0.7534  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		21,389		0.7535  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		18,650		0.7502  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,929		0.7505  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,452		0.7487  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,690		0.7480  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,009		0.7489  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,417		0.7495  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,624		0.7485  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,175		0.7527  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,477		0.7470  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,153		0.7525  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		844		0.7510  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		781		0.7520  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		549		0.7460  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		406		0.7540  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		281		0.7500  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		435,200		0.7512  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		221,776		0.7530  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		31,968		0.7508  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		29,582		0.7500  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		21,518		0.7526  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,507		0.7499  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,708		0.7486  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,690		0.7480  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,026		0.7503  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,477		0.7470  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,153		0.7525  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,030		0.7490  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,209		0.7495  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		844		0.7510  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		549		0.7460  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		406		0.7540  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		291		0.7520  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		Opening Short		1,500,000	0.7529  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		300	0.7479  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27,966	0.7500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,026	0.7503  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,605	0.7526  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,709	0.7529  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		165,508	0.7530  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	0.7830  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,101	0.7487  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		41,261	0.7490  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,010	0.7492  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		41,758	0.7498  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,628	0.7499  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	0.7500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,650	0.7502  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		68,376	0.7503  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		56,539	0.7509  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		71,747	0.7530  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		33,373	0.7534  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,389	0.7535  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		355	0.7536  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		15,708	0.7486  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		31,968	0.7508  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,913	0.7526  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		149,164	0.7501  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		35,489	0.7504  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 Dec 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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