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:

21 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:

6,001,733

0.90%

2,246,750

0.34%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,195,560

0.18%

5,817,411

0.88%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

7,197,293

1.08%

8,064,161

1.21%

(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

169,060

0.9221 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

149,784

0.9227 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

141,204

0.9226 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

131,871

0.9224 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

63,138

0.9202 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

52,812

0.9228 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

51,398

0.9190 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

30,210

0.9250 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

26,394

0.9229 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,597

0.9236 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,042

0.9220 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,205

0.9230 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

619

0.9240 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

592

0.9225 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

332

0.9210 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

155

0.9200 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

224,398

0.9190 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

79,773

0.9234 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

52,615

0.9219 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

16,320

0.9250 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

13,851

0.9249 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

13,654

0.9223 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

9,436

0.9238 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,047

0.9225 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,042

0.9220 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,947

0.9231 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,704

0.9230 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,216

0.9248 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

619

0.9240 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

296

0.9260 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

227

0.9235 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

7

0.9239 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

62,014

0.9190 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,715

0.9219 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13,654

0.9223 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

59,973

0.9230 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

227

0.9235 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,464

0.9237 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,436

0.9238 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7

0.9239 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,273

0.9250 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,648

0.9190 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

154

0.9200 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,000

0.9220 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

261,846

0.9223 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

217,971

0.9225 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

30,845

0.9226 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

43,064

0.9227 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,011

0.9229 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

228

0.9230 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,439

0.9239 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

540

0.9248 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

220,606

0.9189 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

5,899

0.9207 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

4,047

0.9225 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

6,992

0.9263 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

132,284

0.9189 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

92,369

0.9224 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

10,020

0.9226 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:

22 Aug 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213