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:

30 Sep 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:

12,702,111

1.91%

2,989,772

0.45%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,880,150

0.28%

12,651,692

1.90%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

14,582,261

2.20%

15,641,464

2.35%

(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

256,265

0.9216 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

141,051

0.9243 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

73,574

0.9260 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

48,280

0.9222 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

46,272

0.9218 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

34,975

0.9214 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

28,472

0.9241 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

21,614

0.9224 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

20,079

0.9212 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

15,906

0.9223 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

13,114

0.9221 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

13,014

0.9217 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,790

0.9220 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,523

0.9211 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,213

0.9204 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,594

0.9240 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,405

0.9205 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,201

0.9199 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,922

0.9190 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1

0.9210 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

195,413

0.9238 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

98,180

0.9245 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

86,064

0.9260 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

60,247

0.9210 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

33,561

0.9207 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,444

0.9214 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,833

0.9204 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,051

0.9249 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,929

0.9224 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,285

0.9240 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,712

0.9223 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,569

0.9180 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,347

0.9198 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

367

0.9200 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

1,347

0.9198 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

33,561

0.9207 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

36,045

0.9210 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

31,953

0.9214 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,712

0.9223 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,929

0.9224 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,105

0.9230 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

85,723

0.9260 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,213

0.9204 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

71,244

0.9225 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

28,472

0.9241 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

546

0.9259 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,822

0.9260 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

241

0.9229 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

501

0.9210 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

236,120

0.9217 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

105,829

0.9218 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 Oct 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213