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 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:

7,188,371

1.08%

2,356,612

0.35%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,292,776

0.19%

6,866,593

1.03%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

8,481,147

1.28%

9,223,205

1.39%

(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

196,744

0.9254 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

142,661

0.9245 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

108,159

0.9324 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

73,373

0.9234 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

66,028

0.9271 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

65,542

0.9222 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

55,579

0.9239 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

47,330

0.9242 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

34,045

0.9274 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

28,114

0.9200 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

22,783

0.9230 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

20,168

0.9244 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

17,770

0.9302 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

16,008

0.9264 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

15,683

0.9267 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

14,180

0.9240 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12,274

0.9216 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,445

0.9236 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,266

0.9231 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,142

0.9258 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,250

0.9316 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,417

0.9301 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,678

0.9250 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,167

0.9235 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,769

0.9218 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,723

0.9237 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,684

0.9320 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,583

0.9220 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

444

0.9329 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

156

0.9350 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2

0.9232 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

52,450

0.9310 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

48,645

0.9315 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

46,172

0.9200 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

27,256

0.9236 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

24,278

0.9326 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

17,509

0.9324 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

16,237

0.9328 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

12,278

0.9256 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

10,872

0.9289 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

9,056

0.9350 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,545

0.9269 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,442

0.9190 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,378

0.9335 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,166

0.9220 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,986

0.9235 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,496

0.9250 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,395

0.9244 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

836

0.9318 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

760

0.9359 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

597

0.9230 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

444

0.9330 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

177

0.9245 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

18

0.9346 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

3,442

0.9190 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,949

0.9199 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

21,637

0.9200 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,395

0.9244 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,872

0.9289 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,665

0.9293 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,075

0.9307 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,805

0.9310 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13,715

0.9317 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17,509

0.9324 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,573

0.9365 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,834

0.9200 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,274

0.9216 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,769

0.9218 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

55,861

0.9224 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2

0.9232 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

73,373

0.9234 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,241

0.9236 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,521

0.9237 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

55,579

0.9239 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,418

0.9240 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

279,285

0.9253 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

231,561

0.9256 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

112

0.9313 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

15,248

0.9200 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

12,305

0.9256 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

13,776

0.9310 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

760

0.9359 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1

0.9200 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,770

0.9234 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

16,008

0.9264 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 Aug 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213