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

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24/11/2025 13:15

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RNS Number : 7659I  Barclays PLC  24 November 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:                                                     21 Nov 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:                                                      23,789,393         3.58%            3,873,041       0.58%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                                                                                          2,838,966          0.43%            23,755,666      3.58%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                        0                  0.00%            0               0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                  26,628,359         4.01%            27,628,707      4.16%
 (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                              153,764                             0.7620  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              115,993                             0.7570  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              45,201                              0.7612  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              26,386                              0.7616  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              18,600                              0.7560  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              11,754                              0.7630  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              5,361                               0.7540  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              5,360                               0.7590  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  264,045                             0.7570  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  111,384                             0.7620  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  73,966                              0.7617  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  67,222                              0.7580  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  66,688                              0.7623  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  43,987                              0.7606  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  35,834                              0.7600  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  32,764                              0.7594  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  31,347                              0.7582  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  26,076                              0.7621  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  19,738                              0.7626  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  19,257                              0.7629  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  17,283                              0.7579  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  15,554                              0.7627  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  14,431                              0.7619  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  13,748                              0.7633  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  8,355                               0.7635  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  7,994                               0.7569  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  7,920                               0.7605  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  6,859                               0.7630  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  5,896                               0.7563  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  5,361                               0.7540  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  3,626                               0.7624  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  999                                 0.7650  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                    7,994           0.7569  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    156,491         0.7570  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    3,453           0.7579  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    15,894          0.7582  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    2,100           0.7592  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    1,700           0.7595  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    33,570          0.7600  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    43,987          0.7606  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    18,415          0.7614  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    182,213         0.7615  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    47,439          0.7617  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    10,376          0.7619  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    48,240          0.7623  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    15,554          0.7626  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    13,748          0.7632  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    18,600          0.7560  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    5,360           0.7590  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    189             0.7600  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    427             0.7623  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    8,136           0.7630  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Decreasing Short                    67,222          0.7580  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Decreasing Short                    15,453          0.7582  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Decreasing Short                    1,863           0.7593  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Decreasing Short                    22,691          0.7614  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Decreasing Short                    19,257          0.7629  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Increasing Short                    153,764         0.7620  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Increasing Short                    2,729           0.7647  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:                                                                      24 Nov 2025
 Contact name:                                                                            Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                        020 3134 7213

 

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