Form 8.3 EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC

Barclays PLC

17 July 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:				16 Jul 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:			2,944,489	0.44%	2,511,277	0.38%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,639,807	0.25%	2,364,756	0.36%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,584,296	0.69%	4,876,033	0.73%
(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
1p ordinary		Purchase		254,686		0.9820  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		135,888		0.9832  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		99,050		0.9778  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		36,936		0.9827  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		26,251		0.9815  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,832		0.9812  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,285		0.9839  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,795		0.9821  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,396		0.9880  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,085		0.9994  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,893		0.9836  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,744		0.9810  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,741		0.9916  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,416		0.9840  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,262		0.9830  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17		0.9790  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		139,856		0.9818  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		126,779		0.9820  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		111,104		0.9821  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		74,565		0.9782  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		25,461		0.9887  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		20,769		0.9784  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,430		0.9844  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		13,684		0.9795  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,906		0.9822  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,833		0.9783  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,630		0.9812  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,383		0.9950  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,045		0.9811  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,663		0.9860  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,581		0.9780  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,104		0.9886  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		998		0.9810  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		897		0.9819  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		71		0.9880  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		17		0.9790  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		3,833	0.9783  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		897	0.9819  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		103,257	0.9820  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		846	0.9824  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,330	0.9830  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,490	0.9850  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,017	0.9864  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		417	0.9790  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,200	0.9795  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,554	0.9806  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,746	0.9810  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		95,354	0.9820  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,795	0.9821  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		58,905	0.9832  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,285	0.9839  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,689	0.9862  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		764	0.9876  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		718	0.9829  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,926	0.9833  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,396	0.9850  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)	Exercising
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:				17 Jul 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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