Form 8.3 EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC

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 Nov 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:

27,309,702

4.11%

3,791,568

0.57%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

2,876,729

0.43%

27,144,087

4.09%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

30,186,431

4.54%

30,935,655

4.66%

(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

1,607,310

0.7530 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

435,200

0.7513 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

132,019

0.7501 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

110,040

0.7508 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

68,376

0.7503 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

56,539

0.7509 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

45,768

0.7490 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

33,373

0.7534 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

21,389

0.7535 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

18,650

0.7502 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,929

0.7505 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,452

0.7487 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,690

0.7480 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,009

0.7489 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,417

0.7495 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,624

0.7485 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,175

0.7527 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,477

0.7470 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,153

0.7525 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

844

0.7510 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

781

0.7520 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

549

0.7460 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

406

0.7540 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

281

0.7500 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

435,200

0.7512 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

221,776

0.7530 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

31,968

0.7508 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

29,582

0.7500 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

21,518

0.7526 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

16,507

0.7499 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

15,708

0.7486 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,690

0.7480 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,026

0.7503 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,477

0.7470 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,153

0.7525 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,030

0.7490 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,209

0.7495 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

844

0.7510 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

549

0.7460 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

406

0.7540 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

291

0.7520 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

Opening Short

1,500,000

0.7529 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

300

0.7479 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

27,966

0.7500 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,026

0.7503 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

18,605

0.7526 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14,709

0.7529 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

165,508

0.7530 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2

0.7830 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,101

0.7487 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

41,261

0.7490 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,010

0.7492 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

41,758

0.7498 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,628

0.7499 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

0.7500 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,650

0.7502 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

68,376

0.7503 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

56,539

0.7509 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

71,747

0.7530 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

33,373

0.7534 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

21,389

0.7535 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

355

0.7536 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

15,708

0.7486 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

31,968

0.7508 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,913

0.7526 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

149,164

0.7501 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

35,489

0.7504 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:

01 Dec 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213