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:

09 Oct 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:

14,192,843

2.14%

3,216,457

0.48%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

2,043,000

0.31%

14,112,601

2.12%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

16,235,843

2.44%

17,329,058

2.61%

(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

146,255

0.8293 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

116,965

0.8310 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

102,855

0.8292 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

77,003

0.8278 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

73,950

0.8240 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

56,514

0.8265 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

40,265

0.8298 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

35,609

0.8272 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

23,059

0.8332 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

14,059

0.8245 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12,164

0.8297 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,728

0.8253 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,245

0.8329 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,142

0.8324 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,163

0.8280 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,011

0.8209 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,034

0.8359 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,452

0.8215 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

283

0.8355 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1

0.8360 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

295,504

0.8310 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

126,457

0.8298 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

38,044

0.8280 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,916

0.8278 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,068

0.8283 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

599

0.8285 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

304

0.8279 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

235

0.8320 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

134

0.8260 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

94,905

0.8274 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,916

0.8278 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

38,044

0.8280 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,971

0.8283 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

140,883

0.8310 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

56

0.8370 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

56,514

0.8265 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,408

0.8271 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

77,003

0.8278 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

86,868

0.8283 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

102,855

0.8292 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

62,825

0.8298 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

141,201

0.8310 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,142

0.8324 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,245

0.8329 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,034

0.8360 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

576

0.8239 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

20,728

0.8370 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

99

0.8240 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

23,697

0.8310 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:

10 Oct 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213