RNS Number : 3580F

Barclays PLC

29 October 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:				28 Oct 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:			17,791,855	2.68%	3,722,546	0.56%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				2,501,782	0.38%	17,520,220	2.64%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			20,293,637	3.06%	21,242,766	3.20%
(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		309,927		0.7881  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		123,165		0.7880  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		88,826		0.7893  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		44,687		0.7894  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15,463		0.7903  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15,167		0.7904  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		14,951		0.7911  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,013		0.7921  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,271		0.7865  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,606		0.7848  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,456		0.7905  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,034		0.7908  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,319		0.7915  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,805		0.7850  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,766		0.7910  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		802		0.7890  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		492		0.7870  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		472		0.7840  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2		0.7879  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		100,000		0.7930  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		67,941		0.7861  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		60,444		0.7878  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		56,500		0.7894  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		55,743		0.7862  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		52,407		0.7880  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		50,209		0.7899  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		50,000		0.7860  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		31,826		0.7895  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		17,646		0.7855  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		13,897		0.7858  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,723		0.7863  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,411		0.7852  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,190		0.7840  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,379		0.7891  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,039		0.7850  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		3,847	0.7839  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29,743	0.7880  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		400	0.7889  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31,294	0.7895  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50,209	0.7899  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		826	0.7900  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,610	0.7905  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	0.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,606	0.7848  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,805	0.7850  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		33,785	0.7880  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		54,615	0.7893  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44,687	0.7894  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,883	0.7905  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,039	0.7850  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		60,444	0.7878  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		20,782	0.7879  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		532	0.7895  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,751	0.7959  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		10,271	0.7865  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		12,415	0.7913  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:				29 Oct 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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