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RNS Number : 4589Y Barclays PLC 08 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: 05 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: 8,326,316 1.25% 2,837,536 0.43%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
1,742,643 0.26% 8,086,875 1.22%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 10,068,959 1.52% 10,924,411 1.64%
(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 94,401 0.9003 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 75,298 0.9020 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 63,918 0.8958 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 51,018 0.8990 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 22,354 0.8991 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 19,731 0.9016 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 12,294 0.8979 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 11,357 0.8996 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 8,397 0.9019 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 5,713 0.8966 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 5,352 0.9030 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 4,359 0.9050 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,447 0.9007 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,233 0.8995 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,631 0.8960 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,439 0.8975 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,261 0.9045 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,166 0.9021 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 175,373 0.8993 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 103,168 0.9020 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 64,483 0.8995 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 49,043 0.9017 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 34,189 0.9031 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 27,263 0.9012 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 26,671 0.9007 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 15,582 0.8994 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 14,561 0.9002 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 12,951 0.9040 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 11,793 0.9005 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 9,307 0.9010 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 7,978 0.9000 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 5,763 0.9039 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 5,658 0.9011 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,797 0.8940 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,755 0.8976 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,270 0.9008 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,439 0.8975 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 12,462 0.8956 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 15 0.8986 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 15,582 0.8994 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 47,541 0.8995 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4 0.9000 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 11,793 0.9005 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 35,817 0.9008 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 27,263 0.9012 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 49,043 0.9017 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 58,556 0.9020 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 60,000 0.9039 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,631 0.8960 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 101,201 0.8992 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 65,218 0.9000 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 8,347 0.9004 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 12,944 0.9010 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,478 0.9020 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,166 0.9021 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,261 0.9045 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,870 0.9050 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 50,318 0.8969 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 28,202 0.8993 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Opening Long 57,091 0.9019 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 77,160 0.9020 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 63,918 0.8958 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Opening Short 77,160 0.9020 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 973 0.9030 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: 08 Sep 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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