RNS Number : 1327W

Barclays PLC

20 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:				19 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:			5,054,174	0.76%	2,096,154	0.32%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,093,880	0.16%	4,877,783	0.73%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			6,148,054	0.93%	6,973,937	1.05%
(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		309,325		0.9260  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		181,804		0.9257  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		93,639		0.9253  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		79,214		0.9250  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		70,075		0.9280  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		69,866		0.9210  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		58,117		0.9226  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		56,734		0.9273  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		51,238		0.9256  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		50,185		0.9254  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		33,818		0.9197  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		33,035		0.9269  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		20,226		0.9248  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,543		0.9255  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,665		0.9161  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,284		0.9287  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,481		0.9240  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,433		0.9224  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,828		0.9239  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,559		0.9300  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,215		0.9230  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		188,902		0.9261  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		106,754		0.9210  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		60,471		0.9270  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		58,585		0.9207  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		54,654		0.9250  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		38,559		0.9238  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		22,264		0.9280  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		17,662		0.9227  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,250		0.9245  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14,850		0.9251  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,886		0.9268  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,191		0.9257  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,828		0.9240  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,215		0.9230  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		416		0.9276  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		294		0.9215  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		15,035	0.9210  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,428	0.9215  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		32,251	0.9224  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		433	0.9227  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,223	0.9245  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		52,322	0.9250  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,850	0.9251  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,794	0.9254  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50,734	0.9270  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,665	0.9161  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,356	0.9206  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,825	0.9210  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,433	0.9224  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		499	0.9236  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,653	0.9240  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		224,043	0.9251  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,185	0.9254  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,543	0.9255  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,771	0.9257  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		439,543	0.9258  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,078	0.9260  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,424	0.9270  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,559	0.9300  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		13,605	0.9145  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		38,697	0.9210  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		33,818	0.9196  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		10,255	0.9239  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		11,032	0.9246  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:				20 Aug 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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