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RNS Number : 1133Y Barclays PLC 04 September 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: 03 Sep 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: 8,349,430 1.26% 2,603,961 0.39%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
1,500,247 0.23% 8,092,581 1.22%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 9,849,677 1.48% 10,696,542 1.61%
(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 151,019 0.8913 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 124,568 0.8938 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 83,914 0.8990 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 58,760 0.8940 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 30,762 0.8923 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 24,084 0.8963 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 11,949 0.8917 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 9,015 0.8920 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 5,474 0.8970 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 3,455 0.8961 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 3,430 0.8945 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,341 0.8888 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,137 0.8999 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,137 0.9000 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,734 0.8988 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,594 0.8890 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,487 0.8955 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 900 0.8894 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 768 0.8980 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 328 0.8930 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 156 0.8902 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 25 0.8840 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 162,402 0.8940 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 44,705 0.8960 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 44,598 0.8938 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 34,747 0.8950 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 28,823 0.8990 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 21,466 0.8970 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 11,800 0.8951 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 10,400 0.8922 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 7,725 0.8929 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 6,859 0.8945 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 6,371 0.8905 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 6,279 0.8962 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 5,100 0.8883 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4,883 0.8925 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4,832 0.8902 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4,771 0.8982 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4,489 0.8931 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 3,143 0.8955 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,217 0.8939 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,137 0.9000 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,036 0.8910 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,794 0.8930 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,752 0.8920 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,738 0.8967 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,674 0.8911 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,545 0.8986 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,499 0.8890 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 768 0.8980 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 23 0.8857 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 5,100 0.8883 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 24,843 0.8918 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,679 0.8927 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 44,598 0.8938 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,421 0.8939 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,782 0.8940 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,917 0.8945 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 34,747 0.8950 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 44,471 0.8960 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,274 0.8974 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,771 0.8982 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,545 0.8986 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 38,742 0.8990 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 29 0.8840 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,594 0.8890 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 128,535 0.8937 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3 0.8940 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 84,164 0.8942 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 698 0.8986 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,734 0.8988 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 87 0.8989 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 48,569 0.8990 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 23 0.8856 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 6,371 0.8905 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 37,438 0.8917 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 4,489 0.8931 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 22,989 0.8941 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Opening Long 177,459 0.8989 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 2,341 0.8888 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 900 0.8894 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 156 0.8902 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Opening Short 151,019 0.8913 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 3,112 0.8959 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 177,459 0.8989 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: 04 Sep 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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