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:

27 Jan 2026

(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:

34,346,406

5.17%

4,860,374

0.73%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

3,867,487

0.58%

34,272,076

5.16%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

38,213,893

5.75%

39,132,450

5.89%

(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

2,635,672

0.8000 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,743,602

0.7991 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

864,133

0.7858 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

89,614

0.7847 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

67,783

0.7842 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

45,698

0.7839 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

34,988

0.7860 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

34,301

0.7851 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

30,164

0.7849 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

29,518

0.7835 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

28,484

0.7834 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

24,468

0.7840 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

18,726

0.7819 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

16,683

0.7848 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

15,811

0.7908 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

14,308

0.7836 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,077

0.7850 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,002

0.7853 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,991

0.7870 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,924

0.7830 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,044

0.7805 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,581

0.7800 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,623

0.7820 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,273

0.7810 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

889

0.7780 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

475

0.7790 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

39

0.7880 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,253,364

0.8000 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,189,715

0.7990 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,053,574

0.7999 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

689,872

0.7987 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

69,942

0.7852 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

69,281

0.7840 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

31,549

0.7850 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

31,162

0.7860 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

17,242

0.7843 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

13,581

0.7800 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,924

0.7830 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,710

0.7870 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,546

0.7841 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,623

0.7820 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,273

0.7810 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,131

0.7859 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

889

0.7780 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

475

0.7790 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

342,313

0.7852 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

521,820

0.7862 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,001

0.7834 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,546

0.7841 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

58,194

0.7843 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

71,073

0.7852 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,060

0.7863 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,053,574

0.7999 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

882,438

0.8000 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,387

0.7819 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,046

0.7830 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

27,082

0.7836 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,278

0.7837 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

45,698

0.7839 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

52,455

0.7847 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,550

0.7850 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

34,301

0.7851 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

39

0.7880 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,811

0.7908 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

679,871

0.7986 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,115,933

0.7988 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

29,467

0.8000 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

17,242

0.7843 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

689,872

0.7987 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

4,203

0.7999 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

37,159

0.7848 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

39,221

0.7849 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

749,450

0.8000 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:

28 Jan 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213