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:

18 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:

11,183,749

1.68%

2,509,605

0.38%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,548,609

0.23%

11,023,497

1.66%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

12,732,358

1.92%

13,533,102

2.04%

(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

395,529

0.9040 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

207,124

0.9051 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

83,375

0.9039 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

59,069

0.9054 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

58,597

0.9063 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

27,305

0.9080 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

22,693

0.9075 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

20,830

0.9042 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

20,087

0.9061 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

16,973

0.9049 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

13,524

0.9060 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,604

0.9086 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,363

0.9059 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,871

0.9057 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,623

0.9047 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,976

0.9090 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,973

0.9030 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,825

0.9017 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,581

0.9050 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

396,615

0.9040 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

385,744

0.8990 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

23,109

0.9033 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,357

0.9092 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,150

0.9084 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,895

0.9086 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,677

0.9054 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,782

0.9073 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,123

0.9100 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,998

0.9080 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,154

0.9060 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

654

0.9055 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

2,921

0.8970 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

385,744

0.8990 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

239,345

0.9040 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,191

0.9051 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,677

0.9054 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,232

0.9076 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,895

0.9086 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,700

0.9090 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,357

0.9092 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,123

0.9100 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

89

0.8985 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,973

0.9030 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

32,867

0.9039 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

235,839

0.9040 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

40,019

0.9041 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

100,419

0.9045 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,990

0.9047 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

59,069

0.9054 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,588

0.9060 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

20,087

0.9061 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

58,597

0.9063 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,241

0.9071 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

9,997

0.9032 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

27,858

0.9038 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

31,674

0.9040 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,458

0.9047 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

61,389

0.9080 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

52,744

0.9085 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:

19 Sep 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213