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:

02 Sep 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:

8,193,347

1.23%

2,537,339

0.38%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,467,544

0.22%

7,921,137

1.19%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

9,660,891

1.45%

10,458,476

1.57%

(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

195,295

0.8928 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

76,813

0.8927 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

61,219

0.8900 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

56,278

0.8929 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

52,030

0.8916 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

50,000

0.8890 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

38,979

0.8938 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

38,538

0.8931 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

17,162

0.8924 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

16,250

0.8922 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,566

0.8926 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,489

0.8921 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,730

0.8896 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,486

0.8923 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,950

0.8914 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,304

0.8991 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,046

0.8910 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

868

0.8919 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

567

0.8930 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

146,663

0.8945 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

86,354

0.8900 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

81,028

0.8893 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

41,578

0.8922 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

21,198

0.8915 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

17,866

0.8914 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,052

0.9022 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,091

0.8942 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,917

0.8926 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,255

0.8960 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,220

0.8920 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,917

0.8890 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,709

0.9049 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,284

0.9040 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

567

0.8930 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

544

0.9015 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

69,759

0.8900 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17,866

0.8914 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

41,578

0.8922 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,917

0.8926 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,392

0.8941 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

45,545

0.8943 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

18,018

0.8976 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

544

0.9015 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,709

0.9049 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

128

0.8900 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,046

0.8910 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

52,030

0.8916 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

868

0.8919 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,098

0.8920 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,486

0.8923 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,790

0.8925 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

159,055

0.8929 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

260,747

0.8931 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,030

0.8945 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

400

0.8950 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8

0.9000 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

17,433

0.8926 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

53,901

0.8960 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,251

0.8920 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:

03 Sep 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213