Form 8.3 EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC

02 August 2025 00:05:30

Source: Sharecast

RNS Number : 6693T

Barclays PLC

01 August 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:				31 Jul 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:			2,949,494	0.44%	3,084,774	0.46%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,842,473	0.28%	2,367,313	0.36%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			4,791,967	0.72%	5,452,087	0.82%
(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
1p ordinary		Purchase		65,637		0.9682 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		26,956		0.9715 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		16,256		0.9692 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,695		0.9680 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,253		0.9640 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,751		0.9677 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,485		0.9675 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,285		0.9685 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		841		0.9670 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12		0.9740 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		69,556		0.9657 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		25,606		0.9686 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,948		0.9640 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,737		0.9674 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,227		0.9698 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14,191		0.9676 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,650		0.9691 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,935		0.9690 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,095		0.9641 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,111		0.9664 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,802		0.9673 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,510		0.9709 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,812		0.9680 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,813		0.9660 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		841		0.9670 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		56		0.9710 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		3,725	0.9639 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,202	0.9643 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,560	0.9644 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,192	0.9645 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,111	0.9664 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,417	0.9676 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,871	0.9690 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,602	0.9702 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		380	0.9703 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,477	0.9640 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		51	0.9663 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		900	0.9676 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,751	0.9677 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,095	0.9680 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,975	0.9682 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		35,228	0.9700 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		162,202	0.9640 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		12,774	0.9676 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		6,147	0.9705 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		148,020	0.9640 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		26,956	0.9715 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)	Exercising
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 Aug 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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