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:

26 Sep 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:

3,549,482

0.73%

2,073,029

0.42%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,943,869

0.40%

3,479,256

0.71%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

5,493,351

1.12%

5,552,285

1.13%

(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

204,521

7.1100 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

59,799

7.1109 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

29,523

7.0871 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

23,324

7.0877 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

19,529

7.0551 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

12,906

7.1059 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

10,100

7.0882 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

10,031

7.1113 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

8,202

7.0646 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

7,533

7.0865 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

7,526

7.1101 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

6,464

7.0555 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

5,919

7.1050 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

4,487

7.0768 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

4,020

7.0476 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,622

7.0593 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,958

7.0692 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,176

7.0617 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,935

7.1107 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,810

7.1061 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,615

7.1025 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,597

7.0902 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,465

7.0501 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,457

7.0529 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,410

7.0779 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,105

7.0385 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,018

7.0359 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

662

7.0600 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

580

7.0959 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

579

7.0650 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

545

7.0786 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

495

7.0847 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

424

7.0597 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

248

7.0550 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

175

7.0425 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

138

7.0950 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

134

7.0300 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

100

7.0701 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

94

7.0405 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

87

7.1112 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

22

7.1000 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

9

7.0850 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2

7.0200 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2

7.0900 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

303,834

7.1100 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

134,550

7.1023 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

16,813

7.1096 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

15,175

7.0941 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

8,910

7.1044 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

5,919

7.1050 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

5,560

7.0921 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

5,041

7.0466 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,903

7.0889 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,383

7.0708 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,383

7.0760 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,240

7.1064 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,136

7.0951 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,879

7.0927 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,449

7.0810 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,872

7.0877 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,729

7.0888 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,638

7.0738 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,430

7.0868 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,128

7.0778 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,486

7.0782 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,477

7.0599 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,412

7.0994 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,407

7.0686 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,398

7.1056 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,384

7.0731 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,377

7.0865 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,296

7.0836 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,238

7.0862 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,102

7.0846 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

940

7.0375 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

845

7.0250 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

752

7.0445 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

747

7.0576 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

699

7.0690 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

696

7.0600 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

677

7.1154 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

655

7.0450 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

552

7.0287 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

521

7.1076 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

501

7.0700 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

434

7.0650 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

422

7.0875 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

419

7.1022 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

405

7.0750 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

382

7.0325 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

243

7.0149 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

238

7.0602 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

204

7.0985 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

147

7.0420 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

140

7.0684 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

49

7.0671 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

34

7.0850 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

25

7.0766 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

25

7.1125 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

14

7.0197 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

14

7.0648 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

6

7.0225 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2

7.0900 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2

7.0200 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

552

7.0287 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,041

7.0466 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,973

7.0570 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,078

7.0625 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

495

7.0705 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,128

7.0778 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,238

7.0862 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,807

7.0865 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,119

7.0872 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

215

7.0874 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

82

7.0877 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

880

7.0894 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,339

7.0895 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,560

7.0921 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,879

7.0927 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,136

7.0951 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

204

7.0985 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,412

7.0994 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,257

7.0998 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,951

7.1014 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,403

7.1035 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,910

7.1044 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

16,813

7.1096 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

195,086

7.1100 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

25

7.1125 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

21

7.0100 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

134

7.0300 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,105

7.0385 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

94

7.0405 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,998

7.0438 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,976

7.0455 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,020

7.0476 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,322

7.0492 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,465

7.0501 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,457

7.0529 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

19,529

7.0551 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,036

7.0560 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

69

7.0690 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,586

7.0692 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

100

7.0701 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18

7.0705 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,487

7.0768 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

21,415

7.0778 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

545

7.0786 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,680

7.0816 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,533

7.0865 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8

7.0869 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,100

7.0882 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,597

7.0902 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

580

7.0959 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

22

7.1000 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,906

7.1059 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,810

7.1061 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,229

7.1100 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,526

7.1101 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,960

7.1103 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,935

7.1106 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

59,799

7.1109 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

87

7.1112 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,031

7.1113 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,012

7.1114 USD

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

15,492

7.0612 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,112

7.0628 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

8,165

7.0675 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

191

7.0127 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

303

7.0509 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

512

7.0794 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,742

7.0810 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 Sep 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213