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RNS Number : 8881X Barclays PLC 03 September 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: 02 Sep 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: 8,193,347 1.23% 2,537,339 0.38%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
1,467,544 0.22% 7,921,137 1.19%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 9,660,891 1.45% 10,458,476 1.57%
(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 195,295 0.8928 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 76,813 0.8927 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 61,219 0.8900 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 56,278 0.8929 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 52,030 0.8916 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 50,000 0.8890 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 38,979 0.8938 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 38,538 0.8931 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 17,162 0.8924 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 16,250 0.8922 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 7,566 0.8926 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 7,489 0.8921 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 5,730 0.8896 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 4,486 0.8923 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 3,950 0.8914 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 3,304 0.8991 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,046 0.8910 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 868 0.8919 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 567 0.8930 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 146,663 0.8945 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 86,354 0.8900 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 81,028 0.8893 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 41,578 0.8922 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 21,198 0.8915 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 17,866 0.8914 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 8,052 0.9022 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 6,091 0.8942 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4,917 0.8926 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4,255 0.8960 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,220 0.8920 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,917 0.8890 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,709 0.9049 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,284 0.9040 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 567 0.8930 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 544 0.9015 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 69,759 0.8900 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 17,866 0.8914 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 41,578 0.8922 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,917 0.8926 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,392 0.8941 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 45,545 0.8943 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 18,018 0.8976 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 544 0.9015 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,709 0.9049 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 128 0.8900 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,046 0.8910 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 52,030 0.8916 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 868 0.8919 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,098 0.8920 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,486 0.8923 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,790 0.8925 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 159,055 0.8929 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 260,747 0.8931 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9,030 0.8945 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 400 0.8950 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 8 0.9000 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 17,433 0.8926 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 53,901 0.8960 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 2,251 0.8920 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: 03 Sep 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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