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:

03 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:

8,349,430

1.26%

2,603,961

0.39%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,500,247

0.23%

8,092,581

1.22%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

9,849,677

1.48%

10,696,542

1.61%

(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

151,019

0.8913 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

124,568

0.8938 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

83,914

0.8990 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

58,760

0.8940 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

30,762

0.8923 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

24,084

0.8963 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

11,949

0.8917 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,015

0.8920 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,474

0.8970 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,455

0.8961 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,430

0.8945 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,341

0.8888 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,137

0.8999 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,137

0.9000 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,734

0.8988 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,594

0.8890 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,487

0.8955 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

900

0.8894 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

768

0.8980 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

328

0.8930 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

156

0.8902 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

25

0.8840 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

162,402

0.8940 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

44,705

0.8960 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

44,598

0.8938 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

34,747

0.8950 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

28,823

0.8990 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

21,466

0.8970 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,800

0.8951 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

10,400

0.8922 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

7,725

0.8929 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,859

0.8945 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,371

0.8905 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,279

0.8962 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,100

0.8883 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,883

0.8925 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,832

0.8902 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,771

0.8982 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,489

0.8931 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,143

0.8955 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,217

0.8939 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,137

0.9000 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,036

0.8910 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,794

0.8930 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,752

0.8920 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,738

0.8967 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,674

0.8911 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,545

0.8986 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,499

0.8890 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

768

0.8980 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

23

0.8857 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

5,100

0.8883 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

24,843

0.8918 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,679

0.8927 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

44,598

0.8938 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,421

0.8939 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,782

0.8940 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,917

0.8945 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

34,747

0.8950 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

44,471

0.8960 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,274

0.8974 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,771

0.8982 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,545

0.8986 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

38,742

0.8990 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

29

0.8840 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,594

0.8890 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

128,535

0.8937 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3

0.8940 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

84,164

0.8942 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

698

0.8986 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,734

0.8988 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

87

0.8989 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

48,569

0.8990 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

23

0.8856 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

6,371

0.8905 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

37,438

0.8917 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

4,489

0.8931 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

22,989

0.8941 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

177,459

0.8989 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

2,341

0.8888 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

900

0.8894 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

156

0.8902 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

151,019

0.8913 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

3,112

0.8959 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

177,459

0.8989 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:

04 Sep 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213