REG - Barclays PLC Empiric Student Prop - Form 8.3 EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC
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RNS Number : 5862I Barclays PLC 21 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: 20 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: 24,274,705 3.65% 3,840,438 0.58%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
2,792,806 0.42% 24,247,961 3.65%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 27,067,511 4.08% 28,088,399 4.23%
(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 700,005 0.7640 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 385,063 0.7620 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 43,900 0.7643 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 38,812 0.7618 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 27,148 0.7670 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 12,413 0.7635 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 10,403 0.7636 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 564 0.7615 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 25 0.7660 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 5 0.7630 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 3 0.7650 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 3 0.7680 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1 0.7600 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1 0.7610 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 549,661 0.7620 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 93,539 0.7643 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 89,268 0.7630 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 74,020 0.7641 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 72,698 0.7636 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 48,968 0.7635 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 29,609 0.7642 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 23,123 0.7639 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 20,181 0.7670 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 17,460 0.7626 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 16,245 0.7653 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 15,406 0.7627 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 14,156 0.7622 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 14,101 0.7647 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 10,690 0.7644 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 5,106 0.7633 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 5,073 0.7632 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,182 0.7660 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 266 0.7600 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 175 0.7621 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 5 0.7640 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 3 0.7680 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 3 0.7650 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1 0.7610 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 265 0.7599 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 100 0.7600 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 285,471 0.7620 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 14,156 0.7622 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 15,642 0.7624 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 15,406 0.7627 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,073 0.7632 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,811 0.7634 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 48,968 0.7635 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 72,698 0.7636 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 34,825 0.7637 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 18,839 0.7639 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 25,877 0.7641 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 29,609 0.7642 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 93,539 0.7643 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,200 0.7644 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 484 0.7646 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 9,300 0.7654 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 564 0.7615 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 60,469 0.7620 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,782 0.7622 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 12,413 0.7635 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 700,000 0.7640 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 25 0.7645 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,565 0.7647 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 10 0.7655 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 175 0.7621 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 87,270 0.7630 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 1,419 0.7634 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 2,280 0.7649 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 528 0.7660 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 38,812 0.7618 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: 21 Nov 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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