| FORM 8.3 | |||||||
| PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY | |||||||
| A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR | |||||||
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| 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 |
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| positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): | ||||||
| (c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC | |||||
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| relevant securities this form relates: | ||||||
| (d) | If an exempt fund manager connected with an |
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| (e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 24 Oct 2025 | |||||
| (f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | YES: |
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| disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? | UNITE GROUP PLC/THE |
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| 2. | POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
| (a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any) |
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| Class of relevant security: | 1p ordinary | ||||||
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| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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| (1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 17,234,826 | 2.59% | 3,688,082 | 0.56% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 2,459,241 | 0.37% | 17,176,223 | 2.59% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 19,694,067 | 2.97% | 20,864,305 | 3.14% |
| (b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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| which subscription right exists |
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| Details, including nature of the rights |
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| concerned and relevant percentages: |
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| 3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
| (a) | Purchases and sales |
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| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 301,736 | 0.7984 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 261,513 | 0.7988 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 190,713 | 0.8000 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 77,491 | 0.7985 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 77,163 | 0.7967 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 26,952 | 0.7968 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 16,659 | 0.7991 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 7,667 | 0.7982 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,542 | 0.7977 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,628 | 0.7990 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,840 | 0.7976 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,696 | 0.7994 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 571 | 0.8030 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 27 | 0.8040 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 369,040 | 0.7940 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 297,722 | 0.8000 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 202,211 | 0.7982 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 151,275 | 0.7984 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 43,601 | 0.7996 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 33,137 | 0.7972 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 17,921 | 0.7990 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 9,043 | 0.7959 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 8,391 | 0.7994 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 7,229 | 0.7985 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 6,777 | 0.7975 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 4,043 | 0.7998 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 2,672 | 0.7970 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 775 | 0.8016 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 31 | 0.8006 GBP | ||||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 369,040 | 0.7940 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 9,390 | 0.7954 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 9,043 | 0.7959 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,390 | 0.7969 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,356 | 0.7979 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 22,538 | 0.7980 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 186,450 | 0.7982 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 151,275 | 0.7984 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11,200 | 0.7986 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 8,391 | 0.7994 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 27,616 | 0.8000 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 31 | 0.8005 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,061 | 0.7970 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 105,775 | 0.7981 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 292,624 | 0.7985 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 206 | 0.7990 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 18,744 | 0.7991 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 13,113 | 0.7994 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,504 | 0.7996 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 120,032 | 0.8000 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,280 | 0.8002 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 27 | 0.8040 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 4,281 | 0.7972 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 14,023 | 0.7980 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 7,229 | 0.7985 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 17,921 | 0.7990 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 77,163 | 0.7967 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 7,518 | 0.7975 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 28,457 | 0.7979 GBP | |||
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| (c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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| (i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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| (ii) | Exercise |
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| (d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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| 4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
| (a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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| Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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| formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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| or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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| NONE | |||||||
| (b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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| Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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| the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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| (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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| (ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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| (c) | Attachments |
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| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
| Date of disclosure: | 27 Oct 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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