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:

27 Nov 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:

25,568,683

3.85%

3,837,066

0.58%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

2,899,017

0.44%

25,389,239

3.82%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

28,467,700

4.29%

29,226,305

4.40%

(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

704,340

0.7524 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

219,752

0.7520 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

214,567

0.7488 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

133,459

0.7571 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

98,144

0.7500 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

50,515

0.7538 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

50,000

0.7537 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

39,651

0.7518 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

37,763

0.7461 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

17,620

0.7575 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

14,760

0.7574 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12,574

0.7517 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12,441

0.7527 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12,287

0.7460 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,696

0.7562 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,810

0.7570 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,854

0.7503 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,488

0.7450 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,397

0.7435 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,202

0.7490 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,380

0.7480 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,094

0.7550 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

571

0.7560 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

279

0.7470 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1

0.7430 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

191,099

0.7492 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

182,877

0.7500 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

79,800

0.7532 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

50,000

0.7572 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

45,776

0.7535 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

23,768

0.7465 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

21,973

0.7490 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

10,885

0.7499 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

7,298

0.7464 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,909

0.7518 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,485

0.7537 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,045

0.7460 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,000

0.7450 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,263

0.7613 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,238

0.7488 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,975

0.7570 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,886

0.7530 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,380

0.7480 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

670

0.7442 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

279

0.7470 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

204

0.7497 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

32

0.7631 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1

0.7430 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

670

0.7442 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17,314

0.7456 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,743

0.7475 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,238

0.7488 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

28,612

0.7492 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

204

0.7496 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,104

0.7499 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

88,138

0.7500 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

353

0.7552 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

32

0.7629 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14

0.7630 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

0.7430 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

772

0.7450 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,242

0.7460 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,551

0.7484 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

214,567

0.7488 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

142,686

0.7500 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,854

0.7503 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

217,862

0.7520 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

308,588

0.7524 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

136,881

0.7527 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

28,879

0.7532 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

86,319

0.7558 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

133,459

0.7571 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

7,298

0.7464 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

162,487

0.7492 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,344

0.7499 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

3,513

0.7500 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

4,263

0.7612 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

37,763

0.7461 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

43,265

0.7519 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:

28 Nov 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213