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RNS Number : 2736U Barclays PLC 06 August 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: 05 Aug 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: 3,025,798 0.46% 3,040,011 0.46%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
1,877,465 0.28% 2,460,618 0.37%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 4,903,263 0.74% 5,500,629 0.83%
(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 85,041 0.9752 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 60,163 0.9720 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 49,413 0.9751 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 42,177 0.9807 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 12,441 0.9820 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 258 0.9810 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 61 0.9804 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 32 0.9800 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 11 0.9760 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 71,919 0.9720 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 26,191 0.9730 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 20,013 0.9779 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 13,375 0.9795 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 13,048 0.9773 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 11,848 0.9769 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 10,060 0.9787 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 7,496 0.9749 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4,204 0.9785 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,924 0.9817 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,818 0.9790 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,605 0.9760 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,541 0.9770 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,530 0.9813 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,371 0.9820 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 202 0.9750 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 199 0.9772 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 32 0.9800 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 24,295 0.9720 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,785 0.9725 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 202 0.9749 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,481 0.9773 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 319 0.9774 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,483 0.9778 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 20,013 0.9779 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 13,375 0.9795 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,103 0.9726 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 41,239 0.9727 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,161 0.9728 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 300 0.9740 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 34,176 0.9785 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 32 0.9800 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 118,156 0.9720 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 7,496 0.9748 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 1,605 0.9760 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 1 0.9700 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 85,080 0.9720 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 49,413 0.9751 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 4,763 0.9764 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Opening Short 42,177 0.9807 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: 06 Aug 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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