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RNS Number : 7181D Barclays PLC 16 October 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: 15 Oct 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: 15,063,989 2.27% 3,273,806 0.49%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
2,066,362 0.31% 15,003,640 2.26%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 17,130,351 2.58% 18,277,446 2.75%
(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 212,726 0.8098 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 167,590 0.8080 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 148,694 0.8129 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 108,482 0.8106 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 93,973 0.8122 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 30,619 0.8107 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 27,388 0.8112 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 23,820 0.8128 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 20,468 0.8115 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 20,303 0.8135 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 20,000 0.8090 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 18,930 0.8114 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 17,431 0.8104 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 14,677 0.8083 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 11,863 0.8075 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 11,801 0.8108 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 9,994 0.8079 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 9,564 0.8111 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 6,969 0.8100 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 6,335 0.8130 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 5,387 0.8124 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 4,834 0.8126 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 4,257 0.8103 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 4,183 0.8120 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,922 0.8072 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,804 0.8105 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 102 0.8096 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 266,479 0.8150 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 196,108 0.8080 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 58,926 0.8102 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 53,316 0.8109 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 47,695 0.8112 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 24,556 0.8114 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 6,643 0.8124 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 5,156 0.8103 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4,404 0.8098 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4,187 0.8115 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,399 0.8110 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,518 0.8105 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,023 0.8106 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 608 0.8164 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 500 0.8140 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 408 0.8070 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 235 0.8117 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 231 0.8100 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 153 0.8187 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 48,164 0.8079 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 87,677 0.8080 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 231 0.8099 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 34 0.8100 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,023 0.8106 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,934 0.8107 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 19,927 0.8111 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 19,103 0.8125 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 266,479 0.8150 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9,994 0.8079 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 194,818 0.8080 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 14,677 0.8083 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 102,750 0.8106 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,471 0.8112 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 34,843 0.8118 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 97,193 0.8120 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 93,973 0.8122 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,387 0.8124 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,834 0.8126 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 148,694 0.8129 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 4,634 0.8151 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 24,543 0.8108 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 31,985 0.8111 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: 16 Oct 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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