Form 8.3 EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC

  • 19 August 2025 23:05:59
  • Source: Sharecast
RNS Number : 9538V
Barclays PLC
19 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:

18 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:

 

 

4,575,923

0.69%

2,173,406

0.33%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,126,184

0.17%

4,307,777

0.65%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

5,702,107

0.86%

6,481,183

0.98%

(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

321,057

0.9131  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

315,110

0.9241  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

131,583

0.9243  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

128,337

0.9090  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

106,543

0.9218  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

82,279

0.9236  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

33,417

0.9247  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,613

0.9280  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,532

0.9208  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,340

0.9197  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,000

0.9246  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,775

0.9220  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,571

0.9190  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,295

0.9270  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,451

0.9214  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,148

0.9210  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1

0.9325  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

332,519

0.9090  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

56,407

0.9104  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

51,010

0.9176  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

49,402

0.9256  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

42,041

0.9234  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

29,607

0.9313  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

26,380

0.9203  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

25,670

0.9216  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

22,051

0.9210  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

20,532

0.9248  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

18,344

0.9146  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

13,688

0.9250  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,340

0.9212  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,000

0.9280  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,824

0.9208  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,302

0.9190  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,263

0.9257  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,200

0.9271  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,590

0.9270  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,879

0.9197  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,202

0.9274  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,893

0.9185  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,419

0.9195  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,200

0.9182  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

484

0.9204  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

87

0.9180  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

82

0.9226  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

38

0.9215  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

15

0.9230  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1

0.9330  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

219,712

0.9090  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

56,407

0.9104  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,419

0.9195  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

26,380

0.9203  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,151

0.9207  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,824

0.9208  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,068

0.9210  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

38

0.9215  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

25,670

0.9216  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

281

0.9226  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

42,041

0.9234  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

319

0.9245  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

49,402

0.9256  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,763

0.9269  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,202

0.9274  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

29,607

0.9313  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

0.9330  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

189,608

0.9090  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

101,213

0.9139  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,340

0.9197  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

206,416

0.9217  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

416,931

0.9228  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,145

0.9264  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,613

0.9280  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

0.9325  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

484

0.9204  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

82

0.9225  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

35,417

0.9090  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

9,736

0.9183  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

18,296

0.9232  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:

19 Aug 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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