REG - Barclays PLC Empiric Student Prop - Form 8.3 EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC
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RNS Number : 3434G Barclays PLC 05 November 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: 04 Nov 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: 18,995,420 2.86% 3,759,537 0.57%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
2,523,065 0.38% 18,773,549 2.83%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 21,518,485 3.24% 22,533,086 3.39%
(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 883,927 0.7829 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 427,864 0.7753 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 230,000 0.7831 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 89,340 0.7811 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 76,528 0.7830 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 16,025 0.7810 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 6,862 0.7827 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 5,612 0.7736 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,162 0.7719 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 872 0.7730 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 854 0.7840 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 385 0.7850 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 214,345 0.7824 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 200,000 0.7790 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 200,000 0.7697 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 184,149 0.7831 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 114,083 0.7827 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 87,600 0.7818 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 60,003 0.7764 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 58,829 0.7830 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 25,814 0.7815 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 24,922 0.7825 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 19,588 0.7786 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 18,794 0.7725 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 15,318 0.7801 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 13,924 0.7810 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 9,768 0.7826 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 8,385 0.7837 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 3,237 0.7840 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,853 0.7853 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,868 0.7805 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,578 0.7850 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,539 0.7829 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 68 0.7739 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 200,000 0.7697 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 400 0.7729 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 68 0.7739 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 19,588 0.7786 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 200,000 0.7789 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 11,901 0.7810 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 25,814 0.7815 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 87,600 0.7818 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 13,659 0.7821 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 214,345 0.7824 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 83,568 0.7827 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,539 0.7829 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 7,535 0.7830 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 12,841 0.7837 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 502 0.7853 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,162 0.7720 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 872 0.7730 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,612 0.7736 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 427,864 0.7753 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,880 0.7801 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 53,220 0.7802 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,733 0.7803 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 16,025 0.7810 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,862 0.7827 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 693,152 0.7829 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 63,192 0.7830 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 385 0.7850 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 36,801 0.7723 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 18,794 0.7725 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 20,191 0.7812 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 172,007 0.7829 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 7,201 0.7846 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: 05 Nov 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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