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:

29 Aug 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:

4,676,391

0.96%

1,146,587

0.23%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,138,241

0.23%

4,204,141

0.86%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

5,814,632

1.19%

5,350,728

1.09%

(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

385,601

7.0228 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

287,846

6.9800 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

129,241

6.9850 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

77,566

7.0389 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

71,652

6.9901 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

58,680

7.0062 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

48,592

7.1025 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

26,846

7.0533 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

23,802

6.9839 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

23,487

7.0196 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

22,198

6.9959 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

20,568

6.9803 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

17,814

7.0174 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

17,449

7.0082 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

16,577

7.0014 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

14,084

7.0304 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

11,427

7.0184 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

11,232

7.0226 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

10,054

6.9810 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

9,883

7.0150 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

7,844

7.0426 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

7,224

7.0900 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

6,153

7.0343 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

4,114

7.0000 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,980

7.0250 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,328

7.0051 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,303

7.0115 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,132

7.0517 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,825

7.0408 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,767

7.0199 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,773

7.0319 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,632

7.0281 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,588

7.0018 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,207

7.0556 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

889

7.0165 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

828

7.0100 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

827

7.0069 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

776

7.0219 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

724

7.0126 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

644

7.0021 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

608

7.0300 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

584

7.0200 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

540

7.0950 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

355

7.0235 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

299

7.0350 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

214

7.0154 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

56

7.0128 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

9

7.0255 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2

7.0242 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

164,614

6.9950 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

155,363

6.9800 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

89,499

7.0285 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

71,900

7.0010 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

71,652

6.9901 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

71,530

6.9899 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

68,210

7.0237 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

64,782

7.0269 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

58,831

7.0277 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

37,580

7.0263 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

32,120

7.0307 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

31,000

7.0943 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

24,296

7.1025 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

22,859

7.0311 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

18,632

7.0584 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

16,237

7.0626 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

15,688

7.0426 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

15,684

7.0336 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

14,750

7.0589 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

14,258

7.0274 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

13,356

7.0300 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

12,943

7.0261 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

12,191

7.0150 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

11,754

7.0279 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

10,356

7.0389 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

9,639

7.0295 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

8,982

7.0207 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

8,816

7.0350 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

8,576

7.0358 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

8,272

7.0217 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

8,086

7.0222 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

7,692

7.0250 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

6,823

7.0148 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

6,452

7.0345 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

6,111

7.0158 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

5,555

7.0343 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

5,534

7.0199 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

5,398

7.0204 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

5,184

7.0290 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,991

7.0408 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,500

7.0302 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,456

7.0702 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,091

7.0140 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,926

7.0485 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,833

7.0406 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,612

7.0900 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,277

7.0472 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,138

7.0356 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,805

7.0327 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,652

7.0523 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,544

7.0000 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,414

7.0556 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,395

7.0303 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,368

7.0190 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,305

7.0363 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,168

7.0368 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,093

7.0100 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,996

7.0167 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,904

7.0113 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,783

7.0055 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,626

7.0325 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,566

7.0517 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,276

7.0298 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,137

7.0107 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,117

6.9918 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,017

7.0484 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

974

7.0004 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

957

7.0225 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

830

7.0147 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

798

6.9794 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

649

7.0550 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

648

7.0887 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

621

7.1000 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

551

7.0200 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

525

7.0650 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

270

7.0950 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

125

7.0191 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

122

7.0700 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

82

7.0648 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3

7.0133 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

939

6.9786 USD

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

798

6.9794 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14,388

6.9800 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,117

6.9918 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,874

7.0114 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3

7.0123 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

255

7.0158 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,368

7.0190 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

52

7.0194 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14,325

7.0199 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

98

7.0208 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

70,139

7.0221 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

957

7.0225 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

109

7.0250 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,575

7.0280 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7

7.0284 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

853

7.0288 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,276

7.0298 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

243

7.0300 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,737

7.0310 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,067

7.0325 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

785

7.0341 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,991

7.0408 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

282

7.0442 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,017

7.0484 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14,750

7.0589 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

82

7.0649 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,187

7.0900 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

116,657

6.9800 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

20,568

6.9803 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,054

6.9810 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,005

6.9825 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

23,802

6.9839 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,800

6.9859 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

22,198

6.9959 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,577

7.0014 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

644

7.0021 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,328

7.0051 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

827

7.0069 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,449

7.0082 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

725

7.0126 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,928

7.0152 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

214

7.0154 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,814

7.0174 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,427

7.0184 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,541

7.0185 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

23,487

7.0196 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

294

7.0250 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9

7.0251 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

273

7.0300 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,400

7.0304 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,773

7.0319 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,100

7.0337 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,517

7.0437 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

515

7.0547 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

26,866

6.9805 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

14,876

6.9806 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

815

7.0238 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:

01 Sep 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213