Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC, THE

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

UNITE GROUP PLC, THE

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:

04 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?

EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC

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:

25p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

8,111,680

1.66%

1,620,728

0.33%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,403,211

0.29%

8,099,753

1.65%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

9,514,891

1.94%

9,720,481

1.98%

(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

25p ordinary

Purchase

394,450

5.6326 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

201,837

5.6350 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

194,074

5.6364 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

60,499

5.6309 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

53,502

5.6378 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

34,285

5.6356 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

33,000

5.6395 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

27,312

5.6352 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

24,830

5.6301 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

23,775

5.6380 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

21,855

5.6418 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

18,131

5.6384 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

15,554

5.6451 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

15,254

5.6280 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

9,925

5.6311 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

7,975

5.6302 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

5,906

5.6360 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

5,391

5.6336 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

5,299

5.6400 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

4,551

5.6550 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

4,311

5.6425 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

4,311

5.6300 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,787

5.6095 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,257

5.6600 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,021

5.6192 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,979

5.6750 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,928

5.6423 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,640

5.6292 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,519

5.6250 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,256

5.6447 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,190

5.6650 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,153

5.6237 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,133

5.6411 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,993

5.6227 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,942

5.5550 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,925

5.6200 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,792

5.6100 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,714

5.6275 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,709

5.6575 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,676

5.6338 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,377

5.6224 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,166

5.6450 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,162

5.5801 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,000

5.6186 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

948

5.6359 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

899

5.5800 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

845

5.6625 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

824

5.6057 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

823

5.6551 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

811

5.6325 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

703

5.6396 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

690

5.6519 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

690

5.5750 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

671

5.5900 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

664

5.6605 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

632

5.6225 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

549

5.6658 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

543

5.5700 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

536

5.6475 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

534

5.6375 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

530

5.6500 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

488

5.6606 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

483

5.6775 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

398

5.6700 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

389

5.5875 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

332

5.6075 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

175

5.6421 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

154

5.6409 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

9

5.5744 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

166,450

5.6350 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

110,994

5.6292 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

77,263

5.6311 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

58,918

5.6419 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

45,119

5.6338 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

37,477

5.6376 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

36,278

5.6156 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

23,108

5.6275 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

19,893

5.6344 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

11,181

5.6334 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

10,514

5.6699 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

10,141

5.6385 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

9,964

5.6378 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

9,243

5.6336 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

8,704

5.6046 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

6,506

5.6483 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

6,102

5.6348 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

5,995

5.6550 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

5,109

5.6297 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

5,067

5.6551 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,884

5.6400 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,619

5.6448 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,439

5.6268 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,311

5.6300 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,200

5.6277 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,257

5.6600 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,228

5.5992 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,979

5.6750 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,949

5.5982 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,875

5.5892 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,649

5.6408 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,444

5.6536 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,419

5.6250 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,170

5.6650 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,012

5.6341 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,942

5.5550 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,902

5.6239 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,820

5.6100 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,727

5.6475 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,709

5.6575 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,690

5.6436 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,631

5.6227 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,543

5.6654 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,521

5.6487 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,408

5.6450 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,371

5.6425 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,295

5.6114 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,235

5.6050 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,137

5.6454 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,029

5.6542 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

899

5.5800 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

845

5.6625 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

811

5.6325 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

793

5.5701 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

699

5.5750 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

690

5.6525 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

681

5.6371 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

671

5.5900 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

632

5.6225 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

571

5.5774 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

565

5.6200 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

543

5.5700 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

534

5.6375 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

530

5.6500 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

520

5.6057 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

483

5.6775 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

398

5.6700 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

392

5.6125 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

389

5.5875 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

361

5.6000 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

26

5.6462 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

313

5.5500 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

380

5.5750 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,875

5.5892 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

520

5.6057 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

28

5.6100 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,204

5.6134 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

391

5.6151 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

36,278

5.6156 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,631

5.6227 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,200

5.6277 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

315

5.6300 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,181

5.6334 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,243

5.6336 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,504

5.6340 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,012

5.6341 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

397

5.6344 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,102

5.6348 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

49,903

5.6350 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,847

5.6352 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,976

5.6371 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

18,266

5.6376 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

738

5.6400 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

58,918

5.6419 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

727

5.6421 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,137

5.6454 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

26

5.6462 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,191

5.6475 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,506

5.6483 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,521

5.6487 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,444

5.6536 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,029

5.6542 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

824

5.6057 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,000

5.6185 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,021

5.6192 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,153

5.6237 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

100

5.6250 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,640

5.6292 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

43,023

5.6309 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,981

5.6311 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

20,561

5.6316 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

56,576

5.6322 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,325

5.6326 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

118,464

5.6331 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,676

5.6338 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

138,208

5.6350 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

27,312

5.6352 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,510

5.6353 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

34,285

5.6356 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,906

5.6360 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,204

5.6364 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

53,502

5.6378 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

23,775

5.6380 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,131

5.6384 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

33,000

5.6395 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

369

5.6400 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

20,184

5.6418 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,940

5.6425 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,107

5.6464 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,314

5.6482 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,979

5.6535 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

823

5.6551 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

100

5.6600 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

20

5.6650 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

2,748

5.6266 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

44,264

5.6403 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:

05 Nov 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213