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

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RNS Number : 4675U  Barclays PLC  07 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:                                                     06 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:                                                      3,030,428          0.46%            3,026,758       0.46%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                                                                                          1,907,160          0.29%            2,466,936       0.37%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                        0                  0.00%            0               0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                  4,937,588          0.74%            5,493,694       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                              57,059                              0.9816  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              31,957                              0.9815  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              18,239                              0.9820  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              16,466                              0.9805  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              10,481                              0.9809  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              3,193                               0.9798  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              2,622                               0.9800  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              2,036                               0.9785  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              1,689                               0.9850  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              1,509                               0.9830  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              1,476                               0.9780  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              123                                 0.9840  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              7                                   0.9790  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  52,178                              0.9814  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  43,724                              0.9820  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  11,284                              0.9813  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  9,687                               0.9818  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  4,262                               0.9790  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  4,187                               0.9810  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  1,577                               0.9797  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  1,418                               0.9805  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  657                                 0.9830  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                    1,200           0.9787  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    1,400           0.9789  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    6,633           0.9802  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    490             0.9808  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    1,275           0.9811  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    11,284          0.9813  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    8,504           0.9814  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    4,380           0.9819  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    51,726          0.9820  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    1,783           0.9812  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    14              0.9813  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    50,855          0.9816  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    376             0.9817  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    10,346          0.9820  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Decreasing Short                    10,287          0.9815  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Opening Long                        9,469           0.9820  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Increasing Long                     657             0.9830  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Opening Short                       10,481          0.9810  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Increasing Short                    10,073          0.9816  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:                                                                      07 Aug 2025
 Contact name:                                                                            Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                        020 3134 7213

 

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