| 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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| 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: |
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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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| 17,791,855 | 2.68% | 3,722,546 | 0.56% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 2,501,782 | 0.38% | 17,520,220 | 2.64% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 20,293,637 | 3.06% | 21,242,766 | 3.20% |
| (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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| Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| 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 | |||
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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: | 29 Oct 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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