REG - Barclays PLC Empiric Student Prop - Form 8.3 EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC
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RNS Number : 4824J Barclays PLC 28 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: 27 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: 25,568,683 3.85% 3,837,066 0.58%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
2,899,017 0.44% 25,389,239 3.82%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 28,467,700 4.29% 29,226,305 4.40%
(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 704,340 0.7524 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 219,752 0.7520 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 214,567 0.7488 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 133,459 0.7571 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 98,144 0.7500 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 50,515 0.7538 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 50,000 0.7537 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 39,651 0.7518 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 37,763 0.7461 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 17,620 0.7575 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 14,760 0.7574 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 12,574 0.7517 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 12,441 0.7527 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 12,287 0.7460 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 10,696 0.7562 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 8,810 0.7570 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 7,854 0.7503 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 6,488 0.7450 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,397 0.7435 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,202 0.7490 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,380 0.7480 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,094 0.7550 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 571 0.7560 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 279 0.7470 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1 0.7430 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 191,099 0.7492 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 182,877 0.7500 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 79,800 0.7532 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 50,000 0.7572 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 45,776 0.7535 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 23,768 0.7465 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 21,973 0.7490 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 10,885 0.7499 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 7,298 0.7464 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 6,909 0.7518 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 6,485 0.7537 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 6,045 0.7460 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 5,000 0.7450 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4,263 0.7613 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,238 0.7488 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,975 0.7570 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,886 0.7530 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,380 0.7480 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 670 0.7442 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 279 0.7470 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 204 0.7497 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 32 0.7631 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1 0.7430 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 670 0.7442 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 17,314 0.7456 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,743 0.7475 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,238 0.7488 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 28,612 0.7492 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 204 0.7496 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,104 0.7499 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 88,138 0.7500 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 353 0.7552 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 32 0.7629 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 14 0.7630 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1 0.7430 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 772 0.7450 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,242 0.7460 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 14,551 0.7484 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 214,567 0.7488 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 142,686 0.7500 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7,854 0.7503 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 217,862 0.7520 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 308,588 0.7524 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 136,881 0.7527 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 28,879 0.7532 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 86,319 0.7558 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 133,459 0.7571 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 7,298 0.7464 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 162,487 0.7492 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 2,344 0.7499 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 3,513 0.7500 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 4,263 0.7612 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 37,763 0.7461 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 43,265 0.7519 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: 28 Nov 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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