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

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RNS Number : 0464L  Barclays PLC  10 December 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:                                                     09 Dec 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:                                                      27,102,670         4.08%            933,276         0.14%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                                                                                          62,914             0.01%            27,040,744      4.07%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                        0                  0.00%            0               0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                  27,165,584         4.09%            27,974,020      4.21%
 (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                              311,616                             0.7300  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              169,794                             0.7337  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              143,481                             0.7391  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              116,812                             0.7312  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              93,027                              0.7380  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              39,307                              0.7405  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              26,568                              0.7410  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              22,723                              0.7402  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              6,248                               0.7351  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              6,066                               0.7364  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              5,306                               0.7419  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              4,915                               0.7400  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              4,168                               0.7420  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              3,337                               0.7414  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              3,029                               0.7330  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              2,957                               0.7320  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              2,914                               0.7390  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              2,591                               0.7310  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              2,315                               0.7371  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              2,161                               0.7409  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              1,462                               0.7360  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              1,461                               0.7319  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              817                                 0.7389  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              546                                 0.7355  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              516                                 0.7315  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              510                                 0.7370  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              510                                 0.7350  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  187,209                             0.7300  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  75,208                              0.7306  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  69,351                              0.7395  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  57,760                              0.7420  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  27,426                              0.7410  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  19,608                              0.7370  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  15,717                              0.7407  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  13,407                              0.7314  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  9,575                               0.7320  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  9,127                               0.7340  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  7,567                               0.7334  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  7,222                               0.7372  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  6,837                               0.7409  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  6,718                               0.7429  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  6,412                               0.7304  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  4,027                               0.7316  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  3,029                               0.7330  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  2,914                               0.7390  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  2,744                               0.7380  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  2,591                               0.7310  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  1,462                               0.7360  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  1,281                               0.7388  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  546                                 0.7355  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  516                                 0.7315  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  510                                 0.7350  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  367                                 0.7400  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                    26              0.7300  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    6,412           0.7304  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    6,962           0.7340  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    19,098          0.7370  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    7,222           0.7372  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    69,351          0.7395  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    26,323          0.7410  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    57,472          0.7420  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    6,718           0.7429  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    267,472         0.7300  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    3,747           0.7330  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    10,560          0.7345  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    6,248           0.7351  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    7,257           0.7369  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    76,792          0.7380  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    143,481         0.7391  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    4,795           0.7396  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    32,506          0.7398  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    4,317           0.7401  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    5,036           0.7405  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    46,685          0.7406  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    1,906           0.7420  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Increasing Short                    24,808          0.7400  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:                                                                      10 Dec 2025
 Contact name:                                                                            Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                        020 3134 7213

 

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