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:

11 Nov 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:

23,410,298

3.52%

3,758,974

0.57%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

2,484,425

0.37%

23,341,025

3.51%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

25,894,723

3.90%

27,099,999

4.08%

(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

107,993

0.7920 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

94,116

0.7873 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

51,192

0.7902 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

49,801

0.7913 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

43,100

0.7880 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

42,484

0.7908 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

17,305

0.7888 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

15,422

0.7892 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12,737

0.7905 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,641

0.7940 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,000

0.7879 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,442

0.7955 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,544

0.7900 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,359

0.7950 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,978

0.7925 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,623

0.7960 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,035

0.7927 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

166

0.7869 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

113

0.7885 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

16

0.7870 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

14

0.7895 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

47,775

0.7932 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

41,548

0.7880 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

35,186

0.7915 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

33,743

0.7952 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

17,417

0.7951 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

16,752

0.7892 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

15,896

0.7934 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,916

0.7882 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,555

0.7938 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,417

0.7914 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

838

0.7920 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

289

0.7881 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

261

0.7875 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

226

0.7856 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

200

0.7960 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

78

0.7850 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

52

0.7867 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

36

0.7885 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

35

0.7700 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

13

0.7930 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

35

0.7699 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

900

0.7848 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

16,752

0.7892 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,417

0.7914 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

419

0.7920 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,896

0.7934 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,205

0.7950 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17,417

0.7951 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

33,743

0.7952 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

200

0.7959 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,263

0.7880 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,305

0.7888 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,422

0.7892 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

51,192

0.7902 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,737

0.7905 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

42,484

0.7908 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,745

0.7913 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

57

0.7917 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

155

0.7918 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,015

0.7919 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

52,271

0.7920 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,887

0.7923 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,641

0.7940 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

11,961

0.7878 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

3,916

0.7882 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

94,116

0.7873 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

16,773

0.7897 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:

12 Nov 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213