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Barclays PLC, Empiric Student Property PLC

Form 8.3 EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 3082W
Barclays PLC
21 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:

20 Aug 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:

 

 

5,540,309

0.83%

2,193,587

0.33%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,163,180

0.18%

5,360,919

0.81%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

6,703,489

1.01%

7,554,506

1.14%

(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

469,787

0.9272  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

110,900

0.9290  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

80,917

0.9264  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

75,329

0.9274  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

59,643

0.9266  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

47,002

0.9254  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

28,459

0.9200  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

26,494

0.9284  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

24,699

0.9214  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

15,819

0.9282  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,914

0.9327  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,583

0.9295  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,500

0.9237  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,850

0.9329  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,850

0.9330  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,351

0.9291  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

884

0.9280  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

600

0.9320  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

509

0.9250  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

126,184

0.9248  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

99,023

0.9269  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

65,013

0.9290  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

61,809

0.9260  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

50,149

0.9270  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

45,200

0.9280  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

35,740

0.9313  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

29,059

0.9202  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

29,027

0.9288  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

15,818

0.9264  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,476

0.9242  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,354

0.9227  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,720

0.9249  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,788

0.9240  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,980

0.9319  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,850

0.9330  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

704

0.9294  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

494

0.9220  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

597

0.9235  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

67,510

0.9240  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,075

0.9242  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,720

0.9249  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

68,641

0.9260  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,520

0.9264  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

99,023

0.9269  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

50,149

0.9270  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,966

0.9274  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

23,772

0.9290  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

704

0.9294  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,980

0.9319  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

509

0.9250  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

227,081

0.9267  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

516,476

0.9272  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,241

0.9280  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,726

0.9290  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,914

0.9327  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

22,459

0.9220  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

3,877

0.9226  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

27,656

0.9290  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

35,740

0.9313  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

24,699

0.9214  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

38,697

0.9289  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

4,882

0.9308  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:

21 Aug 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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