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

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27/11/2025 13:15

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RNS Number : 3239J  Barclays PLC  27 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:                                                     26 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:                                                      24,642,718         3.71%            3,919,903       0.59%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                                                                                          2,976,648          0.45%            24,410,508      3.68%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                        0                  0.00%            0               0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                  27,619,366         4.16%            28,330,411      4.27%
 (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                              151,371                             0.7568  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              141,196                             0.7576  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              75,008                              0.7543  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              52,871                              0.7549  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              27,112                              0.7588  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              21,611                              0.7567  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              19,500                              0.7584  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              17,726                              0.7600  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              4,993                               0.7560  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              694                                 0.7540  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              678                                 0.7505  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              49                                  0.7620  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              4                                   0.7510  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  135,620                             0.7599  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  70,963                              0.7567  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  59,955                              0.7559  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  26,215                              0.7523  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  22,618                              0.7566  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  20,648                              0.7548  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  17,604                              0.7563  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  17,387                              0.7600  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  10,622                              0.7589  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  9,299                               0.7515  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  9,207                               0.7529  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  8,225                               0.7581  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  6,531                               0.7521  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  6,005                               0.7607  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  5,299                               0.7625  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  4,993                               0.7560  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  4,638                               0.7557  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  2,161                               0.7530  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  1,973                               0.7510  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  1,647                               0.7540  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  1,528                               0.7555  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  1,439                               0.7500  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  25                                  0.7610  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                    4,666           0.7518  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    1,500           0.7523  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    20,648          0.7548  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    3,490           0.7553  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    1,528           0.7555  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    59,955          0.7559  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    22,618          0.7566  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    15,820          0.7599  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    9,831           0.7600  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    5,299           0.7625  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    1               0.7540  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    75,008          0.7543  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    52,871          0.7549  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    25,339          0.7558  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    16,760          0.7569  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    23,987          0.7575  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    27,112          0.7588  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    36,861          0.7599  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    23,985          0.7600  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Decreasing Short                    6,917           0.7492  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Decreasing Short                    953             0.7540  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Decreasing Short                    19,053          0.7558  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Decreasing Short                    119,800         0.7599  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Decreasing Short                    6,005           0.7607  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Increasing Short                    53,012          0.7565  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Increasing Short                    151,371         0.7568  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:                                                                      27 Nov 2025
 Contact name:                                                                            Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                        020 3134 7213

 

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