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:

28 Aug 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:

7,351,836

1.11%

2,354,699

0.35%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,285,306

0.19%

7,036,011

1.06%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

8,637,142

1.30%

9,390,710

1.41%

(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

86,052

0.9141 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

53,844

0.9132 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

42,082

0.9189 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

42,022

0.9146 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

36,157

0.9155 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

31,932

0.9170 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

29,148

0.9139 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

25,342

0.9101 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

17,675

0.9167 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12,766

0.9168 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12,502

0.9140 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

11,371

0.9133 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,216

0.9131 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,918

0.9160 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,026

0.9206 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,293

0.9161 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

110,550

0.9126 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

89,616

0.9170 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

40,524

0.9190 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,752

0.9151 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,380

0.9147 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,147

0.9125 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,166

0.9220 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

947

0.9094 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

843

0.9130 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

43

0.9169 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

49,924

0.9117 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

913

0.9145 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,361

0.9160 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,111

0.9169 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

61,898

0.9170 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,021

0.9216 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

115

0.9219 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,094

0.9131 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

53,844

0.9132 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

57,318

0.9135 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

112,112

0.9145 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

30,171

0.9146 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,814

0.9149 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

36,157

0.9155 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,738

0.9160 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,293

0.9161 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,675

0.9167 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,163

0.9170 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

75

0.9220 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

46,969

0.9114 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

13,525

0.9154 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

40,590

0.9170 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

25,342

0.9101 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

5,986

0.9156 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

40,590

0.9170 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

5,943

0.9228 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:

29 Aug 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213