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 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:

17,791,855

2.68%

3,722,546

0.56%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

2,501,782

0.38%

17,520,220

2.64%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

20,293,637

3.06%

21,242,766

3.20%

(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

309,927

0.7881 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

123,165

0.7880 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

88,826

0.7893 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

44,687

0.7894 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

15,463

0.7903 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

15,167

0.7904 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

14,951

0.7911 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

11,013

0.7921 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,271

0.7865 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,606

0.7848 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,456

0.7905 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,034

0.7908 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,319

0.7915 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,805

0.7850 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,766

0.7910 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

802

0.7890 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

492

0.7870 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

472

0.7840 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2

0.7879 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

100,000

0.7930 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

67,941

0.7861 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

60,444

0.7878 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

56,500

0.7894 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

55,743

0.7862 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

52,407

0.7880 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

50,209

0.7899 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

50,000

0.7860 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

31,826

0.7895 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

17,646

0.7855 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

13,897

0.7858 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

10,723

0.7863 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,411

0.7852 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,190

0.7840 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,379

0.7891 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,039

0.7850 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

3,847

0.7839 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

29,743

0.7880 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

400

0.7889 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

31,294

0.7895 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

50,209

0.7899 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

826

0.7900 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,610

0.7905 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2

0.8000 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,606

0.7848 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,805

0.7850 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

33,785

0.7880 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

54,615

0.7893 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

44,687

0.7894 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,883

0.7905 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,039

0.7850 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

60,444

0.7878 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

20,782

0.7879 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

532

0.7895 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,751

0.7959 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

10,271

0.7865 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

12,415

0.7913 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 Oct 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213