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:

15 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:

15,063,989

2.27%

3,273,806

0.49%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

2,066,362

0.31%

15,003,640

2.26%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

17,130,351

2.58%

18,277,446

2.75%

(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

212,726

0.8098 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

167,590

0.8080 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

148,694

0.8129 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

108,482

0.8106 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

93,973

0.8122 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

30,619

0.8107 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

27,388

0.8112 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

23,820

0.8128 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

20,468

0.8115 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

20,303

0.8135 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

20,000

0.8090 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

18,930

0.8114 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

17,431

0.8104 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

14,677

0.8083 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

11,863

0.8075 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

11,801

0.8108 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,994

0.8079 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,564

0.8111 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,969

0.8100 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,335

0.8130 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,387

0.8124 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,834

0.8126 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,257

0.8103 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,183

0.8120 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,922

0.8072 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,804

0.8105 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

102

0.8096 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

266,479

0.8150 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

196,108

0.8080 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

58,926

0.8102 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

53,316

0.8109 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

47,695

0.8112 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

24,556

0.8114 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,643

0.8124 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,156

0.8103 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,404

0.8098 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,187

0.8115 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,399

0.8110 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,518

0.8105 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,023

0.8106 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

608

0.8164 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

500

0.8140 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

408

0.8070 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

235

0.8117 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

231

0.8100 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

153

0.8187 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

48,164

0.8079 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

87,677

0.8080 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

231

0.8099 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

34

0.8100 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,023

0.8106 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,934

0.8107 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

19,927

0.8111 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

19,103

0.8125 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

266,479

0.8150 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,994

0.8079 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

194,818

0.8080 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,677

0.8083 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

102,750

0.8106 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,471

0.8112 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

34,843

0.8118 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

97,193

0.8120 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

93,973

0.8122 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,387

0.8124 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,834

0.8126 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

148,694

0.8129 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

4,634

0.8151 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

24,543

0.8108 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

31,985

0.8111 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:

16 Oct 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213