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RNS Number : 2264N Barclays PLC 17 June 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 Jun 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: 2,872,221 0.43% 2,215,576 0.33%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 1,341,659 0.20% 2,516,807 0.38%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 4,213,880 0.63% 4,732,383 0.71%
(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit
security securities
1p ordinary Purchase 117,888 1.0138 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 81,637 1.0200 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 55,044 1.0103 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 33,370 1.0129 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 25,408 1.0130 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 12,386 1.0131 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 12,327 1.0120 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 11,356 1.0169 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 10,502 1.0110 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 6,231 1.0100 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 5,058 1.0140 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 5,043 1.0114 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 3,812 1.0113 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 3,393 1.0199 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 3,010 1.0139 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,381 1.0090 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,191 1.0119 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 179,449 1.0193 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 129,948 1.0200 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 24,123 1.0130 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 16,630 1.0151 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4,600 1.0080 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4,037 1.0140 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,790 1.0113 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 78 1.0137 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 26 1.0120 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 200 1.0079 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 11,532 1.0086 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 75,457 1.0200 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 193 1.0100 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 200 1.0120 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 33,370 1.0129 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 22,426 1.0130 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 38 1.0160 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 12 1.0176 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5 1.0184 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 906 1.0079 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 65 1.0120 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 46,879 1.0199 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 66,224 1.0200 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 76,697 1.0117 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 52,319 1.0120 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 20,672 1.0154 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 Jun 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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