BlackRock Group Empiric Student Prop - Form 8.3 - Empiric Student Property plc

Empiric Student Property

23/01/2026 15:20

RNS Number : 2045Q

BlackRock Group

23 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:
BlackRock, Inc.
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
N/A
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
Empiric Student Property plc
(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:
For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure
22 January 2026
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
Yes, Unite Group plc, The

 

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

 

(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:
36,486,838
5.49%
0
0.00%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
4,600,257
0.69%
0
0.00%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
TOTAL:
41,087,095
6.18%
0
0.00%

*BlackRock, Inc. does not have voting authority over 2,149,159 shares, however investment discretion is retained.

 

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

 

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

 

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee 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

 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

 

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

 

(a)        Purchases and sales

 

Class of relevant security
Purchase/sale
Number of securities
Price per unit
1p ordinary
Purchase
46,360
GBP 0.7910
1p ordinary
Sale
59,005
GBP 0.7950

 

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. CFD
Nature of dealing
e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position
Number of reference securities
Price per unit


 

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

 

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

Class of relevant security
Product descriptione.g. call option
Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.
Number of securities to which option relates
Exercise price per unit
Type
e.g. American, European etc.
Expiry date
Option money paid/ received per unit


 

(ii)        Exercise

 

Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
Exercising/ exercised against
Number of securities
Exercise price per unit


 

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

Class of relevant security
Nature of dealing
e.g. subscription, conversion
Details
Price per unit (if applicable)
1p ordinary
Transfer In of Shares
15,160


 

 

4.         OTHER INFORMATION

 

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing 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 person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None.

 

(c)        Attachments

 

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
No

 

Date of disclosure:
23 January 2026
Contact name:
Jana Blumenstein
Telephone number:
+44 20 7743 3650

 

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service. 

 

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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