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RNS Number : 1976Z Barclays PLC 12 September 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: 11 Sep 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: 10,519,665 1.58% 3,260,985 0.49%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
2,170,714 0.33% 10,272,169 1.55%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 12,690,379 1.91% 13,533,154 2.04%
(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 357,929 0.9058 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 151,149 0.9030 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 67,596 0.9050 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 42,191 0.9061 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 22,369 0.9042 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 18,320 0.9062 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 8,279 0.9075 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 6,395 0.9049 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 6,100 0.9057 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 5,008 0.9046 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 4,962 0.9034 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 4,507 0.9040 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 3,200 0.9099 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,663 0.9055 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,744 0.9060 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,595 0.9009 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 768 0.9052 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 99,756 0.9030 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 62,744 0.9049 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 62,119 0.9047 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 39,299 0.9041 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 36,302 0.9053 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 33,918 0.9057 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 14,278 0.9039 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 13,519 0.9058 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 8,208 0.9061 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 6,153 0.9050 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 6,072 0.9064 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 5,033 0.9042 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 3,649 0.9018 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 3,423 0.9074 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 3,186 0.9010 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 3,069 0.9095 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,663 0.9056 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,148 0.9055 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,072 0.9048 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,744 0.9060 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 739 0.9046 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 45 0.9066 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1 0.9070 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 1,100 0.9029 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 40,715 0.9030 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 39,299 0.9041 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,072 0.9048 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,747 0.9049 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 85,169 0.9050 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 35,644 0.9057 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 13,519 0.9058 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 45 0.9066 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1 0.9070 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 69,185 0.9030 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4 0.9035 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,507 0.9040 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,395 0.9049 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 82,033 0.9051 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 20,696 0.9043 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 15,244 0.9051 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 259,676 0.9058 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 98,650 0.9059 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 25,974 0.9081 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: 12 Sep 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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