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RNS Number : 6628P Barclays PLC 03 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: 02 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: 2,456,963 0.37% 2,477,612 0.37%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 1,605,939 0.24% 2,247,185 0.34%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 4,062,902 0.61% 4,724,797 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 102,737 1.0080 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 44,236 1.0090 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 35,337 1.0040 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 27,778 1.0156 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 16,613 1.0041 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 14,991 1.0145 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 13,956 1.0098 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 6,831 1.0154 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 6,551 1.0039 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 4,951 1.0079 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 3,518 1.0086 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,597 1.0163 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,152 1.0138 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,017 1.0200 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 83 1.0240 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 22 1.0099 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 22 1.0100 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 160,114 1.0040 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 35,977 1.0139 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 25,290 1.0094 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 14,944 1.0092 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,211 1.0186 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,831 1.0136 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,726 1.0060 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,212 1.0063 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 321 1.0175 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 169 1.0100 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 26 1.0201 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 8 1.0091 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 51,534 1.0040 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,049 1.0063 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 14,236 1.0126 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 29,390 1.0153 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,486 1.0161 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 47,241 1.0039 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 21,145 1.0040 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,065 1.0086 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,855 1.0091 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,190 1.0099 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 14,991 1.0145 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 27,778 1.0156 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7,249 1.0204 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 6,587 1.0080 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 23,370 1.0040 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 17,474 1.0096 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 20,375 1.0196 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: 03 Jul 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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