REG - Barclays PLC Empiric Student Prop - Form 8.3 EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC
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RNS Number : 6908J Barclays PLC 01 December 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: 28 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: 27,309,702 4.11% 3,791,568 0.57%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
2,876,729 0.43% 27,144,087 4.09%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 30,186,431 4.54% 30,935,655 4.66%
(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 1,607,310 0.7530 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 435,200 0.7513 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 132,019 0.7501 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 110,040 0.7508 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 68,376 0.7503 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 56,539 0.7509 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 45,768 0.7490 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 33,373 0.7534 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 21,389 0.7535 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 18,650 0.7502 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 10,929 0.7505 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 8,452 0.7487 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 5,690 0.7480 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 5,009 0.7489 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 4,417 0.7495 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 3,624 0.7485 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 3,175 0.7527 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,477 0.7470 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,153 0.7525 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 844 0.7510 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 781 0.7520 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 549 0.7460 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 406 0.7540 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 281 0.7500 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 435,200 0.7512 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 221,776 0.7530 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 31,968 0.7508 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 29,582 0.7500 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 21,518 0.7526 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 16,507 0.7499 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 15,708 0.7486 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 5,690 0.7480 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 3,026 0.7503 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,477 0.7470 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,153 0.7525 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,030 0.7490 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,209 0.7495 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 844 0.7510 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 549 0.7460 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 406 0.7540 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 291 0.7520 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 Opening Short 1,500,000 0.7529 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 300 0.7479 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 27,966 0.7500 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,026 0.7503 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 18,605 0.7526 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 14,709 0.7529 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 165,508 0.7530 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2 0.7830 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,101 0.7487 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 41,261 0.7490 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9,010 0.7492 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 41,758 0.7498 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,628 0.7499 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1 0.7500 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 18,650 0.7502 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 68,376 0.7503 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 56,539 0.7509 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 71,747 0.7530 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 33,373 0.7534 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 21,389 0.7535 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 355 0.7536 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 15,708 0.7486 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 31,968 0.7508 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 2,913 0.7526 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 149,164 0.7501 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 35,489 0.7504 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: 01 Dec 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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