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 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:

24,642,718

3.71%

3,919,903

0.59%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

2,976,648

0.45%

24,410,508

3.68%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

27,619,366

4.16%

28,330,411

4.27%

(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

151,371

0.7568 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

141,196

0.7576 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

75,008

0.7543 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

52,871

0.7549 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

27,112

0.7588 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

21,611

0.7567 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

19,500

0.7584 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

17,726

0.7600 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,993

0.7560 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

694

0.7540 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

678

0.7505 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

49

0.7620 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4

0.7510 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

135,620

0.7599 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

70,963

0.7567 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

59,955

0.7559 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

26,215

0.7523 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

22,618

0.7566 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

20,648

0.7548 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

17,604

0.7563 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

17,387

0.7600 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

10,622

0.7589 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

9,299

0.7515 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

9,207

0.7529 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,225

0.7581 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,531

0.7521 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,005

0.7607 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,299

0.7625 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,993

0.7560 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,638

0.7557 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,161

0.7530 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,973

0.7510 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,647

0.7540 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,528

0.7555 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,439

0.7500 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

25

0.7610 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

4,666

0.7518 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,500

0.7523 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

20,648

0.7548 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,490

0.7553 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,528

0.7555 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

59,955

0.7559 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

22,618

0.7566 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,820

0.7599 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,831

0.7600 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,299

0.7625 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

0.7540 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

75,008

0.7543 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

52,871

0.7549 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,339

0.7558 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,760

0.7569 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

23,987

0.7575 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

27,112

0.7588 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

36,861

0.7599 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

23,985

0.7600 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

6,917

0.7492 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

953

0.7540 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

19,053

0.7558 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

119,800

0.7599 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

6,005

0.7607 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

53,012

0.7565 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

151,371

0.7568 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 Nov 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213