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:

16 Oct 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:

15,469,133

2.33%

3,293,525

0.50%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

2,085,410

0.31%

15,414,878

2.32%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

17,554,543

2.64%

18,708,403

2.82%

(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

292,853

0.7979 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

221,186

0.8000 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

115,327

0.7973 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

79,366

0.7964 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

71,008

0.7941 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

36,723

0.7976 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

31,000

0.8010 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

29,691

0.7945 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

29,286

0.7988 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

27,012

0.7968 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

24,395

0.7966 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

16,002

0.7971 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

14,990

0.7998 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,800

0.7986 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,637

0.7980 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,534

0.7961 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,342

0.8007 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,518

0.7990 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,426

0.7995 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,402

0.7999 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

353

0.8020 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4

0.7960 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

261,076

0.8020 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

255,914

0.8000 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

53,781

0.8005 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

20,267

0.7982 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

18,133

0.8042 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

7,883

0.8002 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,939

0.7983 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,677

0.8010 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,541

0.7964 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,032

0.7976 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

648

0.7980 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

314

0.7963 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

188

0.7987 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

36

0.8023 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1

0.8040 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

1,065

0.7973 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,032

0.7976 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

20,171

0.7982 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,939

0.7983 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

44,486

0.8000 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,677

0.8010 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

259,555

0.8020 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,128

0.8052 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

43,657

0.7939 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

29,691

0.7945 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

0.7950 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

27,565

0.7951 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3

0.7960 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

58,960

0.7964 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

27,012

0.7968 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

667

0.7969 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

104,840

0.7971 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

115,327

0.7973 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

27,448

0.7975 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

29,286

0.7988 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,990

0.7998 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,175

0.7999 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

216,984

0.8000 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,342

0.8007 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,940

0.7997 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

34,842

0.7990 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

4,393

0.7997 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:

17 Oct 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213