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:

29 Aug 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:

7,633,605

1.15%

2,354,202

0.35%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,273,740

0.19%

7,307,352

1.10%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

8,907,345

1.34%

9,661,554

1.45%

(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

64,642

0.9048 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

60,555

0.9083 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

47,242

0.9098 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

45,154

0.9072 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

42,900

0.9095 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

28,622

0.9030 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

25,413

0.9091 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

21,566

0.9064 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

21,129

0.9086 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

19,739

0.9063 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

11,792

0.9089 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

11,217

0.9110 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,607

0.9104 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,297

0.9070 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,455

0.9080 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,442

0.9079 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,184

0.9115 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,281

0.9085 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

246

0.9090 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

56

0.9100 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

56

0.9099 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

52,312

0.9092 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

43,151

0.9030 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

28,245

0.9052 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,400

0.9110 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,836

0.9098 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,230

0.9100 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,720

0.9080 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,679

0.9081 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,522

0.9070 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,520

0.9109 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,462

0.9065 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

246

0.9090 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6

0.9150 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

Decreasing Short

14,875

0.9029 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

26,055

0.9030 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,028

0.9037 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

83

0.9048 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,462

0.9065 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,288

0.9073 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,069

0.9092 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

20,884

0.9103 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

31,381

0.9030 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

19,739

0.9063 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

66,720

0.9069 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,775

0.9070 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,442

0.9079 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

86,483

0.9083 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

55,159

0.9092 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,986

0.9095 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,867

0.9096 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

39,110

0.9098 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

227

0.9100 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,217

0.9110 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,184

0.9115 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,394

0.9170 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

11,749

0.9066 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

17,996

0.9093 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

3,836

0.9099 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

3,397

0.9100 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

36,404

0.9030 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,281

0.9085 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

3,397

0.9100 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

11,863

0.9102 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 Sep 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213