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:

17 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:

15,492,570

2.33%

3,457,113

0.52%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

2,256,952

0.34%

15,451,745

2.33%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

17,749,522

2.67%

18,908,858

2.85%

(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

155,976

0.7930 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

98,077

0.7937 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

74,304

0.7936 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

48,120

0.7946 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

25,388

0.7924 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

20,914

0.7928 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

17,650

0.7927 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

17,115

0.7944 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

17,092

0.7934 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

16,722

0.7960 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

11,164

0.7962 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,717

0.7942 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,600

0.7976 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,513

0.7950 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,000

0.7952 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,966

0.7938 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,343

0.7929 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,744

0.7932 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,320

0.7953 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,039

0.7935 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,488

0.7945 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,267

0.7918 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

322

0.7951 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

67

0.7888 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

592,862

0.7930 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

58,641

0.7934 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

34,504

0.7938 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,792

0.7937 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,466

0.7936 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

979

0.7935 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

598

0.7950 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

217

0.7900 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

1,455

0.7929 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

365,812

0.7930 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,045

0.7936 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,792

0.7937 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

34,504

0.7938 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

31,737

0.7942 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,047

0.7929 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

117,204

0.7930 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,744

0.7932 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,092

0.7934 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

148,519

0.7938 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,717

0.7942 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,106

0.7944 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,805

0.7945 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9

0.7948 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

917

0.7955 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

21,634

0.7922 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

12,144

0.7953 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:

20 Oct 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213