REG - Barclays PLC Empiric Student Prop - Form 8.3 - EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC
14/01/2026 12:00
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RNS Number : 9053O Barclays PLC 14 January 2026
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: 13 Jan 2026
(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: 31,504,595 4.74% 4,634,331 0.70%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
3,393,435 0.51% 31,460,862 4.74%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 34,898,030 5.25% 36,095,193 5.43%
(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 486,673 0.7840 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 290,758 0.7830 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 73,488 0.7850 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 41,151 0.7842 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 23,524 0.7856 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 5,766 0.7837 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,989 0.7854 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,534 0.7860 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 249 0.7839 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 674,395 0.7840 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 318,418 0.7830 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 122,725 0.7846 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 71,377 0.7835 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 10,809 0.7834 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 8,058 0.7851 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 6,632 0.7849 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 5,100 0.7858 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 3,700 0.7820 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,954 0.7859 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,600 0.7837 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,156 0.7850 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 116 0.7860 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4 0.7845 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 Increasing Short 475,000 0.7840 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 144,568 0.7830 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 10,809 0.7834 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,609 0.7837 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,026 0.7838 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 676,965 0.7840 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 40,518 0.7843 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 7,752 0.7844 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,900 0.7849 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 46,675 0.7830 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,766 0.7837 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 249 0.7839 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,009 0.7840 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 41,151 0.7842 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 69,797 0.7850 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 13,596 0.7855 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9,928 0.7856 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 70,310 0.7845 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 2 0.7850 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: 14 Jan 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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