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 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:

4,575,923

0.69%

2,173,406

0.33%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,126,184

0.17%

4,307,777

0.65%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

5,702,107

0.86%

6,481,183

0.98%

(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

321,057

0.9131 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

315,110

0.9241 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

131,583

0.9243 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

128,337

0.9090 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

106,543

0.9218 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

82,279

0.9236 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

33,417

0.9247 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,613

0.9280 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,532

0.9208 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,340

0.9197 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,000

0.9246 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,775

0.9220 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,571

0.9190 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,295

0.9270 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,451

0.9214 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,148

0.9210 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1

0.9325 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

332,519

0.9090 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

56,407

0.9104 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

51,010

0.9176 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

49,402

0.9256 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

42,041

0.9234 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

29,607

0.9313 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

26,380

0.9203 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

25,670

0.9216 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

22,051

0.9210 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

20,532

0.9248 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

18,344

0.9146 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

13,688

0.9250 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,340

0.9212 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,000

0.9280 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,824

0.9208 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,302

0.9190 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,263

0.9257 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,200

0.9271 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,590

0.9270 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,879

0.9197 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,202

0.9274 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,893

0.9185 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,419

0.9195 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,200

0.9182 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

484

0.9204 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

87

0.9180 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

82

0.9226 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

38

0.9215 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

15

0.9230 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1

0.9330 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

219,712

0.9090 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

56,407

0.9104 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,419

0.9195 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

26,380

0.9203 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,151

0.9207 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,824

0.9208 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,068

0.9210 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

38

0.9215 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

25,670

0.9216 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

281

0.9226 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

42,041

0.9234 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

319

0.9245 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

49,402

0.9256 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,763

0.9269 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,202

0.9274 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

29,607

0.9313 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

0.9330 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

189,608

0.9090 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

101,213

0.9139 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,340

0.9197 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

206,416

0.9217 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

416,931

0.9228 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,145

0.9264 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,613

0.9280 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

0.9325 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

484

0.9204 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

82

0.9225 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

35,417

0.9090 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

9,736

0.9183 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

18,296

0.9232 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 Aug 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213