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:

10 Dec 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:

29,891,085

4.50%

918,006

0.14%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

57,625

0.01%

29,839,140

4.49%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

29,948,710

4.51%

30,757,146

4.63%

(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

3,000,000

0.7406 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

160,587

0.7390 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

45,506

0.7356 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

43,297

0.7398 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

30,000

0.7368 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

14,858

0.7372 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

13,999

0.7371 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,577

0.7409 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,491

0.7393 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,129

0.7425 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,553

0.7395 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,453

0.7370 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,260

0.7386 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,173

0.7354 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,551

0.7410 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,322

0.7360 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,988

0.7374 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,988

0.7375 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,910

0.7380 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,769

0.7382 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,814

0.7359 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,429

0.7350 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,085

0.7365 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,085

0.7364 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

947

0.7400 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

109

0.7420 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

29

0.7389 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1

0.7340 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1

0.7330 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

326,490

0.7330 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

160,009

0.7390 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

23,778

0.7350 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

23,094

0.7391 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

21,583

0.7379 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,126

0.7392 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,551

0.7410 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,988

0.7375 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,910

0.7380 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,809

0.7388 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,584

0.7360 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,163

0.7370 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,085

0.7365 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

946

0.7400 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

109

0.7420 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1

0.7340 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

Increasing Short

3,000,000

0.7406 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

326,489

0.7330 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

21,086

0.7380 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

766

0.7386 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,809

0.7388 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

46,286

0.7390 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,126

0.7392 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,000

0.7358 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,738

0.7360 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,290

0.7370 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,642

0.7371 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,536

0.7386 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

85,444

0.7390 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

59,106

0.7398 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,681

0.7400 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

0.7410 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,129

0.7425 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

497

0.7339 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

10,177

0.7373 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:

11 Dec 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213