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:

03 Jul 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:

4,864,334

0.99%

450,327

0.09%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

468,511

0.10%

4,566,839

0.93%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

5,332,845

1.09%

5,017,166

1.03%

(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

105,000

8.1941 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

59,254

8.2043 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

24,285

8.2045 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

18,769

8.2086 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

16,477

8.2047 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

13,558

8.2050 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

13,155

8.1772 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

12,821

8.1841 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

11,902

8.2008 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

8,218

8.1913 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

7,400

8.1838 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

5,838

8.2020 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

5,429

8.1950 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

5,359

8.1944 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

5,314

8.2016 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

5,106

8.1862 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

4,038

8.2457 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,763

8.1779 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,717

8.2002 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,575

8.2012 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,323

8.2400 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,874

8.2041 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,577

8.1900 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,345

8.2013 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,275

8.1826 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,084

8.1820 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,066

8.1990 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,844

8.1966 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,268

8.2257 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

931

8.2094 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

710

8.2000 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

691

8.2346 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

650

8.2003 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

567

8.2116 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

505

8.1976 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

494

8.1816 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

357

8.1800 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

310

8.2700 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

293

8.2263 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

267

8.1850 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

241

8.1891 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

220

8.2161 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

61

8.1978 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

45

8.1750 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

27

8.2144 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

22

8.1825 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

6

8.2150 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1

8.1975 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

78,513

8.2050 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

59,254

8.2043 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

18,058

8.2197 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

13,946

8.1750 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

13,425

8.2194 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

13,155

8.1772 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

10,257

8.1848 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

8,008

8.1872 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

5,976

8.2223 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

5,610

8.1823 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

5,435

8.2260 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

5,400

8.1993 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

5,084

8.1826 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,168

8.1820 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,610

8.1900 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,580

8.1887 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,520

8.1833 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,438

8.1915 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,364

8.1757 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,919

8.2135 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,654

8.2045 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,614

8.1865 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,514

8.1762 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,249

8.1761 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,246

8.1921 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,153

8.1862 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,821

8.2031 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,743

8.2098 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,325

8.1875 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,183

8.1950 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,177

8.1881 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,166

8.2438 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,082

8.1763 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,068

8.1776 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,048

8.1850 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,020

8.1991 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

961

8.2206 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

926

8.2102 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

847

8.2000 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

838

8.1868 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

758

8.1975 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

700

8.1981 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

555

8.2084 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

506

8.1825 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

357

8.1800 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

287

8.2025 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

150

8.2027 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

134

8.2200 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

94

8.1852 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

69

8.2450 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

48

8.1851 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

43

8.2087 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

29

8.2308 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

29

8.2058 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

23

8.2400 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

28,220

8.1350 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,177

8.1881 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

758

8.1975 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,400

8.1993 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

137

8.2000 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

150

8.2027 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,212

8.2042 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,654

8.2045 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,349

8.2050 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,645

8.2055 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

43

8.2087 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,743

8.2098 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

616

8.2135 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

18,058

8.2197 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

961

8.2206 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,976

8.2223 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,435

8.2260 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,166

8.2438 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

34

8.1850 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,106

8.1862 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,218

8.1913 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,359

8.1944 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

61

8.1978 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,066

8.1990 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,575

8.2012 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,345

8.2013 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,314

8.2016 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,838

8.2020 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,105

8.2037 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

24,285

8.2045 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,477

8.2047 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,258

8.2050 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,769

8.2086 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,013

8.2088 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,333

8.2094 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

220

8.2161 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

214

8.2197 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,096

8.2237 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

684

8.2317 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

193

8.2343 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,323

8.2400 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,038

8.2457 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

3,069

8.1920 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

5,974

8.2121 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:

04 Jul 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213