| 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: | 29 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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| 17,985,416 | 2.71% | 3,721,682 | 0.56% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 2,519,113 | 0.38% | 17,722,530 | 2.67% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 20,504,529 | 3.09% | 21,444,212 | 3.23% |
| (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 | 109,441 | 0.7912 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 92,452 | 0.7910 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 69,012 | 0.7905 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 49,570 | 0.7920 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 48,866 | 0.7900 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 17,480 | 0.7918 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 7,183 | 0.7890 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,882 | 0.7881 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,418 | 0.7882 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,395 | 0.7913 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,051 | 0.7895 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,029 | 0.7894 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,736 | 0.7891 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 337 | 0.7892 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 232 | 0.7860 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 58,116 | 0.7919 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 37,476 | 0.7908 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 24,890 | 0.7910 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 21,038 | 0.7920 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 17,433 | 0.7903 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 15,790 | 0.7893 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 12,718 | 0.7901 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 9,937 | 0.7911 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 7,465 | 0.7895 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 7,445 | 0.7890 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 2,195 | 0.7914 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,254 | 0.7923 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 631 | 0.7925 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 261 | 0.7900 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 9 | 0.7930 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1 | 0.8200 GBP | ||||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1 | 0.7890 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 13,505 | 0.7892 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,465 | 0.7895 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,272 | 0.7899 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 12,718 | 0.7901 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 17,433 | 0.7903 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 640 | 0.7906 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 618 | 0.7908 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 18,467 | 0.7910 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 9,937 | 0.7911 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,195 | 0.7914 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,858 | 0.7919 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 19,848 | 0.7920 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,254 | 0.7923 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1 | 0.8179 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 13 | 0.8180 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 532 | 0.7850 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,882 | 0.7881 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 46,399 | 0.7900 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 69,012 | 0.7905 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 30,369 | 0.7909 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 63,525 | 0.7910 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 17,480 | 0.7918 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 40,522 | 0.7920 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,260 | 0.7930 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 36,580 | 0.7907 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 278 | 0.7908 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 6,216 | 0.7910 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 2,051 | 0.7895 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 63,246 | 0.7910 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: | 30 Oct 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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