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REG - Barclays PLC Empiric Student Prop - Form 8.3 EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC

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RNS Number : 2450E  Barclays PLC  21 October 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:                                                     20 Oct 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:                                                      15,980,784         2.41%            3,593,028       0.54%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                                                                                          2,381,891          0.36%            15,934,010      2.40%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                        0                  0.00%            0               0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                  18,362,675         2.76%            19,527,038      2.94%
 (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                              233,095                             0.7783  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              161,181                             0.7770  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              85,502                              0.7800  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              85,311                              0.7773  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              41,923                              0.7774  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              30,606                              0.7757  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              22,382                              0.7818  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              21,853                              0.7776  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              21,825                              0.7766  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              20,497                              0.7802  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              14,998                              0.7796  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              11,834                              0.7807  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              8,200                               0.7894  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              8,092                               0.7787  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              5,768                               0.7790  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              5,467                               0.7826  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              3,222                               0.7809  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              3,028                               0.7751  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              844                                 0.7784  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              420                                 0.7820  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              390                                 0.7765  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              345                                 0.7720  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              31                                  0.7780  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              8                                   0.7775  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  347,304                             0.7770  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  28,340                              0.7802  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  27,263                              0.7831  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  7,674                               0.7771  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  4,356                               0.7814  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  4,032                               0.7871  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  3,350                               0.7793  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  3,335                               0.7815  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  2,076                               0.7870  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  1,814                               0.7801  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  1,436                               0.7835  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  1,354                               0.7850  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  1,071                               0.7795  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  502                                 0.7890  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  331                                 0.7867  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  160                                 0.7730  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  71                                  0.7792  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  31                                  0.7780  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  15                                  0.7893  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  8                                   0.7775  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                    160             0.7730  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    101,649         0.7770  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    1,071           0.7795  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    30,003          0.7796  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    4,371           0.7814  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    21,489          0.7825  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    812             0.7837  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    3               0.7890  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    481             0.7730  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    3,028           0.7751  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    30,606          0.7757  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    390             0.7765  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    21,825          0.7766  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    998             0.7769  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    141,519         0.7770  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    85,296          0.7773  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    41,923          0.7774  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    5,123           0.7781  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    105,606         0.7787  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    7,385           0.7791  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    14,998          0.7796  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    20,497          0.7801  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    22,382          0.7818  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    1               0.7830  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    200             0.7920  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Decreasing Short                    4,866           0.7856  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Increasing Short                    19,492          0.7799  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:                                                                      21 Oct 2025
 Contact name:                                                                            Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                        020 3134 7213

 

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