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:

14 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?

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:

6,062,168

1.24%

1,958,250

0.40%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,814,879

0.37%

5,880,156

1.20%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

7,877,047

1.61%

7,838,406

1.60%

(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

235,212

6.0033 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

204,235

6.0105 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

109,586

6.0577 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

101,676

5.9900 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

90,426

6.0740 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

69,526

6.1200 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

56,960

6.0086 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

51,238

6.0256 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

32,341

6.0397 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

26,257

5.9948 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

22,177

5.9960 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

20,000

6.1375 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

18,408

6.0147 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

15,593

6.0142 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

15,393

6.0471 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

14,597

6.0101 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

10,195

6.0527 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

9,249

6.0274 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

9,059

6.0479 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

8,426

5.9916 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

7,392

6.0278 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

6,987

6.0158 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

6,241

5.9996 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

6,157

5.9942 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

5,204

6.0199 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

5,140

6.0102 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,593

5.9808 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,134

5.9823 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,117

6.0681 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,919

5.9817 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,729

5.9991 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,294

5.9549 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,172

5.9986 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,156

6.1275 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,087

6.0687 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,990

5.9824 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,815

6.0849 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,798

5.9802 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,741

6.0828 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,699

5.9903 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,620

6.0775 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,600

6.0200 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,553

6.0310 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,243

5.9821 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,192

5.9902 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

887

5.9700 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

836

6.0071 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

781

6.0702 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

607

6.0000 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

595

5.9800 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

445

6.0478 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

400

6.0250 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

250

6.1138 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

245

6.0559 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

192

6.0048 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

192

6.0050 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

145

6.0703 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

143

6.1234 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

127

6.0700 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

115

6.0270 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

114

6.0650 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

88

6.0750 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

67

5.9959 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

114,031

6.0092 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

81,184

6.0026 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

70,000

6.1200 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

68,668

5.9854 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

63,343

5.9900 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

33,958

6.0461 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

28,173

5.9904 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

27,488

5.9813 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

25,229

6.0281 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

21,140

6.1295 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

15,962

6.0515 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

13,388

5.9948 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

12,917

5.9897 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

12,541

6.0228 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

9,378

6.0499 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

8,214

6.0116 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

7,926

5.9835 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

7,873

6.0670 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

7,605

6.0027 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

7,056

6.0362 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

6,562

6.0750 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

5,001

6.0064 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,962

6.0282 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,671

6.0160 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,443

6.0021 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,145

5.9989 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,127

6.0571 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,083

6.1220 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,054

6.0151 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,000

6.0218 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,847

5.9763 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,746

6.1076 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,730

6.0112 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,611

6.0375 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,583

6.0044 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,514

6.0224 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,513

6.0322 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,262

5.9750 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,146

6.0128 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,096

6.0005 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,035

5.9961 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,916

6.1217 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,902

6.0097 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,740

6.1350 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,653

6.0169 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,648

6.0309 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,587

5.9950 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,500

6.1416 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,349

6.0691 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,248

6.0000 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,245

6.0549 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,160

6.0113 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,000

6.0025 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,000

5.9915 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,000

6.1449 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

997

5.9783 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

906

6.0106 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

887

5.9700 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

847

5.9879 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

825

6.0548 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

823

6.0693 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

771

6.0619 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

740

5.9834 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

739

6.0123 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

724

6.0339 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

662

5.9984 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

660

6.0551 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

655

6.1049 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

560

6.0050 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

508

6.0381 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

495

6.0152 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

467

6.0159 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

454

6.0500 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

412

6.0665 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

400

6.0684 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

389

6.0697 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

383

6.0100 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

374

6.0550 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

364

5.9747 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

334

5.9749 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

331

5.9815 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

330

6.1377 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

326

6.0657 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

283

5.9762 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

267

5.9712 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

250

6.1349 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

250

6.0752 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

232

5.9597 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

197

6.0533 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

167

5.9760 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

167

5.9634 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

162

6.0620 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

160

6.0377 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

150

6.0502 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

135

6.0528 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

114

6.0096 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

86

6.0046 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

83

5.9550 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

83

5.9600 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

83

6.1022 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

82

5.9945 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

81

6.0694 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

66

5.9960 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

65

5.9853 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

50

6.0777 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

41

5.9845 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

33

5.9796 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

33

5.9496 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

33

6.0045 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

22

6.1352 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

20

6.0296 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

19

5.9800 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

16

6.0350 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

16

6.0547 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

16

6.0313 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

16

5.9596 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

12

6.0196 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4

6.1100 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

2,000

5.9744 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

466

5.9834 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,200

5.9835 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

158

5.9853 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

68,575

5.9854 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

847

5.9879 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,917

5.9897 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,201

5.9900 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

28,173

5.9904 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,249

5.9914 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

66

5.9960 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,035

5.9961 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,005

6.0000 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

86,570

6.0026 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,219

6.0027 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,583

6.0044 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,001

6.0064 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

114,031

6.0092 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

555

6.0201 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,529

6.0224 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

25,229

6.0281 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,513

6.0322 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,605

6.0324 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

508

6.0381 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,930

6.0387 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

572

6.0461 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13,497

6.0500 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

135

6.0529 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,245

6.0549 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,873

6.0670 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4

6.1100 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

183,396

5.9900 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,299

5.9903 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,426

5.9916 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

26,257

5.9948 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

22,177

5.9960 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,729

5.9991 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,241

5.9996 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

836

6.0071 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

56,960

6.0086 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

204,235

6.0105 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,198

6.0128 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,408

6.0147 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,987

6.0158 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,000

6.0216 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,311

6.0253 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

51,238

6.0256 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,249

6.0274 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,553

6.0313 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,997

6.0325 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

27,836

6.0380 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,393

6.0471 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,702

6.0477 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

445

6.0478 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,497

6.0500 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,527

6.0525 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

380

6.0550 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

245

6.0559 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,117

6.0681 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

90,426

6.0740 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,815

6.0849 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,620

6.0928 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,164

6.0978 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

143

6.1234 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

4,490

6.0721 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,587

6.0293 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

421

6.0544 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

2,484

5.9897 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

4,959

6.0130 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

257

6.0377 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

15,439

6.0724 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:

15 Oct 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213