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:

22 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:

6,392,033

0.96%

2,253,620

0.34%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,194,049

0.18%

6,211,218

0.94%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

7,586,082

1.14%

8,464,838

1.27%

(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

248,194

0.9286 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

157,826

0.9292 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

99,636

0.9370 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

88,419

0.9281 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

83,003

0.9293 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

70,670

0.9246 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

67,221

0.9288 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

52,799

0.9282 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

33,247

0.9273 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

28,841

0.9289 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

25,537

0.9298 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

15,465

0.9280 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,662

0.9301 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,382

0.9360 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,053

0.9287 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,160

0.9284 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,030

0.9379 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,030

0.9380 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,746

0.9367 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

82

0.9310 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

219,535

0.9370 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

180,330

0.9277 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

114,536

0.9281 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

32,800

0.9290 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

27,551

0.9364 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

19,999

0.9270 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

13,309

0.9288 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,574

0.9276 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,212

0.9275 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,030

0.9380 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,504

0.9280 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,311

0.9269 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,302

0.9170 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

380

0.9239 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

200

0.9360 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

22,071

0.9256 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,495

0.9262 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,311

0.9269 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,028

0.9270 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

79,504

0.9277 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

114,536

0.9281 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

19,629

0.9284 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,446

0.9300 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

200

0.9359 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

133,901

0.9370 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,078

0.9280 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,160

0.9284 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

587,362

0.9289 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,091

0.9292 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

83,003

0.9293 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,537

0.9298 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,200

0.9311 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,382

0.9360 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,746

0.9367 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

33,370

0.9370 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

25,723

0.9197 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

6,317

0.9217 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

35,550

0.9285 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:

26 Aug 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213