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:

26 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:

6,472,522

0.97%

2,343,937

0.35%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,264,739

0.19%

6,190,673

0.93%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

7,737,261

1.17%

8,534,610

1.29%

(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

396,207

0.9368 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

388,701

0.9370 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

107,671

0.9366 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

47,378

0.9361 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

42,973

0.9364 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

26,627

0.9362 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

25,960

0.9354 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

24,065

0.9344 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

22,059

0.9378 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

20,926

0.9357 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12,324

0.9353 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,408

0.9359 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,357

0.9394 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,185

0.9381 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,788

0.9375 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,930

0.9360 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,491

0.9325 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,611

0.9390 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

392

0.9330 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

501,947

0.9366 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

392,834

0.9370 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

97,857

0.9359 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

53,147

0.9363 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

21,886

0.9367 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

19,381

0.9360 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

12,065

0.9330 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

10,072

0.9355 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,071

0.9345 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

7,438

0.9384 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,615

0.9329 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,578

0.9358 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,555

0.9365 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,840

0.9401 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,836

0.9349 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,366

0.9350 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,745

0.9339 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,492

0.9369 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

156

0.9338 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

5,615

0.9329 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,745

0.9339 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,901

0.9341 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,085

0.9351 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

73,074

0.9359 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

20,783

0.9361 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

53,147

0.9363 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,252

0.9366 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

174,428

0.9369 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

196,409

0.9370 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

729

0.9330 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,773

0.9341 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

276,259

0.9366 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

261,540

0.9368 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

19,558

0.9370 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

396

0.9380 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

79,257

0.9350 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

33,546

0.9365 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,268

0.9367 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

7,020

0.9385 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:

27 Aug 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213