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:

11 Jun 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:

4,374,882

0.89%

551,777

0.11%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

345,817

0.07%

4,046,844

0.83%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

4,720,699

0.96%

4,598,621

0.94%

(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Purchases and sales

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Number of

Price per unit

security

securities

25p ordinary

Purchase

154,455

8.4100 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

123,438

8.4145 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

65,255

8.4654 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

21,742

8.4333 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

18,094

8.4660 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

14,102

8.4563 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

12,142

8.4800 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

8,681

8.4359 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

8,451

8.4590 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

5,774

8.4320 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

5,743

8.4546 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

4,892

8.4233 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

4,598

8.4326 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,298

8.4306 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,367

8.4221 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,753

8.4263 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,425

8.4473 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,369

8.4493 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,308

8.4210 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,300

8.4667 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,180

8.4500 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

928

8.4162 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

886

8.4864 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

626

8.4948 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

598

8.5550 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

500

8.4200 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

342

8.4846 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

322

8.4929 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

252

8.5250 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

203

8.4400 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

78

8.4778 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

33

8.4350 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

15

8.5501 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

13

8.5200 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

7

8.5300 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

4

8.4595 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2

8.5000 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2

8.5350 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2

8.4300 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1

8.4939 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

116,595

8.4100 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

37,909

8.4109 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

17,069

8.4127 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,711

8.4249 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,201

8.4628 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,958

8.4725 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,932

8.4853 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,713

8.4515 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,680

8.4597 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,964

8.4642 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,844

8.4445 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,522

8.4157 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,489

8.4177 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,133

8.4371 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,777

8.4682 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,724

8.4095 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,511

8.4435 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,200

8.4789 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,136

8.4775 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,124

8.4830 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,109

8.5011 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,035

8.4650 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,032

8.4292 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

735

8.4613 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

628

8.4777 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

565

8.4093 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

557

8.5250 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

553

8.4575 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

513

8.4400 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

408

8.4450 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

368

8.4612 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

280

8.4500 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

257

8.4475 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

218

8.4976 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

211

8.4449 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

211

8.5121 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

203

8.4402 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

78

8.4787 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

56

8.4255 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

43

8.4690 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

33

8.4358 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

21

8.5358 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

20

8.4700 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

14

8.4800 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

9

8.4200 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4

8.4750 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3

8.5066 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1

8.5400 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

565

8.4093 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,724

8.4095 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

37,513

8.4100 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,522

8.4157 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,489

8.4177 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9

8.4200 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,711

8.4249 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

625

8.4252 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

56

8.4255 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

249

8.4262 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,032

8.4292 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,086

8.4296 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,844

8.4445 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

211

8.4449 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,680

8.4597 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

8.4648 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

751

8.4650 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,777

8.4682 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

19

8.4700 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,124

8.4830 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,109

8.5011 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3

8.5083 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

211

8.5121 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

557

8.5250 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

392

8.5321 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

8.5348 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,000

8.5350 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

118,505

8.4100 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

928

8.4162 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

20,413

8.4187 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,892

8.4233 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,753

8.4263 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,774

8.4320 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,598

8.4326 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

21,742

8.4333 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,681

8.4359 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,689

8.4406 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,444

8.4451 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,425

8.4473 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,180

8.4500 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,231

8.4543 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,102

8.4563 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4

8.4587 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,451

8.4590 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

65,255

8.4654 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,142

8.4800 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

886

8.4864 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2

8.5001 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

8.5250 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

22

8.4200 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

10,516

8.4222 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,543

8.4420 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

181

8.4450 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

12,993

8.4100 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

3,599

8.4106 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

4,168

8.4217 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

792

8.4405 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)

Exercising

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 Jun 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213