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:

09 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:

3,741,200

0.76%

1,175,256

0.24%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,178,028

0.24%

3,458,071

0.71%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

4,919,228

1.01%

4,633,327

0.95%

(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

283,189

7.0575 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

76,289

7.0550 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

37,346

7.0549 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

34,222

7.0611 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

30,280

7.0553 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

26,582

7.0502 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

24,081

7.0371 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

22,240

7.0651 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

21,614

7.0567 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

14,800

7.0777 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

14,703

7.0551 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

10,258

7.0417 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

10,000

7.1200 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

9,861

7.0534 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

8,502

7.0487 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

7,882

7.0737 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

7,853

7.0565 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

7,578

7.0824 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,714

7.0474 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,383

7.0560 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,629

7.0537 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,251

7.0900 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,245

7.0648 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,154

7.0411 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,143

7.0350 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,005

7.0896 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

984

7.0800 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

965

7.0303 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

812

7.0899 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

743

7.0300 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

721

7.0400 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

644

7.0525 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

601

7.0200 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

422

7.0500 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

407

7.0150 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

384

7.0700 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

302

7.1000 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

269

7.0250 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

62

7.0593 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

49

7.0451 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

17

7.0576 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1

7.0600 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1

7.0950 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

111,403

7.0581 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

98,008

7.0550 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

56,041

7.0575 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

24,213

7.0576 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

20,418

7.0589 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

19,837

7.0694 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

16,203

7.0664 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

12,293

7.0613 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

10,964

7.0532 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

10,524

7.0554 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

10,000

7.0850 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

9,938

7.0756 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

7,489

7.0724 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,090

7.0805 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,754

7.0840 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,524

7.0667 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,522

7.0681 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,504

7.0300 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,138

7.0565 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,058

7.0453 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,946

7.0551 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,703

7.0655 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,379

7.0478 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,172

7.0639 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,117

7.0524 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

668

7.0794 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

636

7.0750 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

611

7.0725 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

609

7.0201 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

601

7.0200 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

600

7.0800 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

386

7.0500 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

370

7.0525 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

141

7.0960 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

49

7.0350 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

38

7.0501 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

23

7.0499 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

8

7.0150 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2

7.0700 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

1

7.0298 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

80

7.0428 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,058

7.0453 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,379

7.0478 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

53

7.0494 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

23

7.0499 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

7.0500 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,117

7.0524 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

99

7.0525 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

120,491

7.0550 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,524

7.0554 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,138

7.0565 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

107

7.0571 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

56,041

7.0575 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

24,213

7.0576 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,106

7.0586 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,293

7.0613 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,172

7.0639 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

16,203

7.0664 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,522

7.0681 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

19,837

7.0694 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

19,324

7.0704 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,026

7.0708 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

273

7.0749 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

634

7.0750 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,648

7.0773 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,090

7.0805 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,000

7.0842 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

7.0300 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

7.0301 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,659

7.0367 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,827

7.0372 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,595

7.0373 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,258

7.0417 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

49

7.0450 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,513

7.0458 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,714

7.0474 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,498

7.0481 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

26,582

7.0502 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,061

7.0510 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,861

7.0534 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,629

7.0537 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

37,346

7.0549 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

24,027

7.0550 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,703

7.0551 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

20,596

7.0553 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,383

7.0560 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,853

7.0565 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

21,614

7.0567 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,189

7.0574 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

291,385

7.0575 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

62

7.0592 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,855

7.0601 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,453

7.0602 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,050

7.0605 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

178

7.0614 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

988

7.0631 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,251

7.0647 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,729

7.0648 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,882

7.0665 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,794

7.0670 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,375

7.0671 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

126

7.0676 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

143

7.0677 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,220

7.0684 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

52

7.0700 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13

7.0714 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,124

7.0716 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,369

7.0719 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

525

7.0721 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

80

7.0723 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

416

7.0751 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

821

7.0755 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,800

7.0777 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,552

7.0788 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,769

7.0789 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

604

7.0808 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,637

7.0882 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

224

7.0894 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12

7.0899 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,251

7.0900 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

576

7.0901 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

7.0950 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

302

7.1000 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,000

7.1207 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

29,338

7.0527 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

13,962

7.0529 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

5,910

7.0943 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,154

7.0416 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

125

7.0705 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:

10 Sep 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213