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:

07 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:

14,311,172

2.15%

3,039,910

0.46%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,912,895

0.29%

14,258,704

2.15%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

16,224,067

2.44%

17,298,614

2.60%

(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

73,009

0.9004 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

36,105

0.8977 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

33,974

0.8999 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

26,678

0.8991 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

25,530

0.8984 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

25,157

0.8978 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

23,608

0.8987 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

17,935

0.8976 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

15,579

0.9000 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12,786

0.8951 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

11,232

0.8950 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

11,100

0.9006 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,211

0.8971 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,285

0.8982 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,261

0.8979 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,224

0.9020 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,098

0.9014 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,572

0.8960 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,426

0.9064 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,086

0.8970 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

877

0.9028 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

458

0.9026 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

88

0.9030 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

82

0.9010 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7

0.8959 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

114,981

0.9000 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

56,421

0.9002 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

23,188

0.8977 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

22,908

0.8988 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

21,545

0.9013 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

13,138

0.8950 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,226

0.8985 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,347

0.8961 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

7,982

0.9019 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,383

0.9004 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,397

0.9001 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,668

0.9030 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,554

0.8960 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,000

0.8973 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

234

0.8999 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

100

0.8959 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

92

0.9010 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

22

0.9005 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

100

0.8959 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,000

0.8973 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

23,188

0.8977 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,226

0.8985 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

18,710

0.8987 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

22,908

0.8988 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

234

0.8999 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

96,481

0.9000 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,383

0.9004 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

21,545

0.9013 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,245

0.9019 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,580

0.9030 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,211

0.8971 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,935

0.8976 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

36,105

0.8977 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,157

0.8978 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,285

0.8982 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,037

0.8984 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

26,678

0.8991 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

41,955

0.8999 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,896

0.9000 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

70,715

0.9001 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,644

0.9027 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

510

0.9050 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:

08 Oct 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213