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RNS Number : 8484M Barclays PLC 13 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: 12 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: 2,835,071 0.43% 2,352,185 0.35%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 1,423,709 0.21% 2,448,421 0.37%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 4,258,780 0.64% 4,800,606 0.72%
(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 162,537 1.0222 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 35,771 1.0242 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 31,301 1.0292 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 30,217 1.0299 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 22,979 1.0252 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 15,008 1.0236 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 13,953 1.0300 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 6,150 1.0263 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,734 1.0272 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,707 1.0258 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,692 1.0240 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,229 1.0220 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,209 1.0200 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 77 1.0280 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 288,007 1.0268 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 96,003 1.0202 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 84,686 1.0279 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 37,674 1.0300 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 19,114 1.0273 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,659 1.0251 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 40 1.0270 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 39 1.0224 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 15 1.0240 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 96,003 1.0202 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 600 1.0219 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 20,186 1.0242 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 288,007 1.0268 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 16,093 1.0278 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 37,768 1.0299 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 15,054 1.0300 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 12,151 1.0220 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 15,008 1.0236 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 27,653 1.0252 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 472 1.0286 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,181 1.0287 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 27,371 1.0300 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 2,536 1.0239 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 46 1.0260 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 18,722 1.0254 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 146,674 1.0259 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 11,138 1.0268 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 14,250 1.0300 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: 13 Jun 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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