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 Sep 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:

10,519,665

1.58%

3,260,985

0.49%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

2,170,714

0.33%

10,272,169

1.55%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

12,690,379

1.91%

13,533,154

2.04%

(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

357,929

0.9058 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

151,149

0.9030 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

67,596

0.9050 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

42,191

0.9061 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

22,369

0.9042 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

18,320

0.9062 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,279

0.9075 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,395

0.9049 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,100

0.9057 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,008

0.9046 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,962

0.9034 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,507

0.9040 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,200

0.9099 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,663

0.9055 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,744

0.9060 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,595

0.9009 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

768

0.9052 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

99,756

0.9030 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

62,744

0.9049 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

62,119

0.9047 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

39,299

0.9041 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

36,302

0.9053 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

33,918

0.9057 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

14,278

0.9039 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

13,519

0.9058 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,208

0.9061 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,153

0.9050 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,072

0.9064 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,033

0.9042 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,649

0.9018 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,423

0.9074 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,186

0.9010 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,069

0.9095 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,663

0.9056 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,148

0.9055 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,072

0.9048 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,744

0.9060 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

739

0.9046 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

45

0.9066 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1

0.9070 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

1,100

0.9029 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

40,715

0.9030 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

39,299

0.9041 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,072

0.9048 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,747

0.9049 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

85,169

0.9050 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

35,644

0.9057 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13,519

0.9058 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

45

0.9066 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

0.9070 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

69,185

0.9030 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4

0.9035 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,507

0.9040 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,395

0.9049 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

82,033

0.9051 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

20,696

0.9043 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

15,244

0.9051 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

259,676

0.9058 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

98,650

0.9059 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

25,974

0.9081 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 Sep 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213