| 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: | 08 Dec 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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| 26,676,927 | 4.02% | 943,559 | 0.14% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 69,358 | 0.01% | 26,611,162 | 4.01% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 26,746,285 | 4.03% | 27,554,721 | 4.15% |
| (b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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| Class of relevant security in relation to |
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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 | 2,520,897 | 0.7350 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 125,000 | 0.7362 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 61,823 | 0.7372 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 47,737 | 0.7380 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 29,990 | 0.7367 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 18,552 | 0.7374 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 15,577 | 0.7382 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 15,052 | 0.7377 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 14,100 | 0.7384 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 7,545 | 0.7393 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 7,511 | 0.7366 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,522 | 0.7364 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 5,675 | 0.7360 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,429 | 0.7395 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,114 | 0.7389 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,508 | 0.7375 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,920 | 0.7349 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,716 | 0.7399 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,238 | 0.7390 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,887 | 0.7359 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,776 | 0.7379 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,577 | 0.7370 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,469 | 0.7369 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 875 | 0.7392 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 518 | 0.7400 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 332 | 0.7410 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 2 | 0.7430 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 180,453 | 0.7365 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 119,457 | 0.7350 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 106,022 | 0.7360 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 32,724 | 0.7399 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 28,214 | 0.7372 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 21,303 | 0.7369 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 13,074 | 0.7368 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 10,364 | 0.7380 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 10,069 | 0.7378 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 3,885 | 0.7370 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 3,811 | 0.7377 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 3,684 | 0.7393 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 3,508 | 0.7375 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 2,238 | 0.7390 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,963 | 0.7361 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 934 | 0.7330 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 711 | 0.7353 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 332 | 0.7410 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 162 | 0.7400 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 2 | 0.7430 GBP | ||||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
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| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 30,055 | 0.7350 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 711 | 0.7353 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,445 | 0.7359 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 99,904 | 0.7360 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 13,074 | 0.7367 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 21,303 | 0.7369 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,308 | 0.7370 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 14,072 | 0.7372 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 10,069 | 0.7377 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4 | 0.7380 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,296 | 0.7390 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,419,659 | 0.7350 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,591 | 0.7360 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,511 | 0.7366 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 14,596 | 0.7372 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5 | 0.7374 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 89,551 | 0.7375 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 15,052 | 0.7377 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 12,377 | 0.7380 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 386 | 0.7390 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 8 | 0.7395 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 14,274 | 0.7411 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 10,211 | 0.7393 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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| Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
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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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| NONE | |||||||
| (c) | Attachments |
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| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
| Date of disclosure: | 09 Dec 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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