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:

30 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:

3,460,633

0.71%

2,343,912

0.48%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

2,250,447

0.46%

3,436,817

0.70%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

5,711,080

1.17%

5,780,729

1.18%

(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

1,219,838

7.1900 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

83,167

7.1200 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

54,196

7.1912 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

42,455

7.1899 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

38,016

7.1454 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

37,308

7.1786 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

28,732

7.1890 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

27,142

7.1467 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

25,061

7.1436 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

23,477

7.1515 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

16,540

7.1659 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

13,035

7.1384 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

7,140

7.1903 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

6,081

7.1443 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

6,073

7.1875 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

5,823

7.1580 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

4,546

7.1516 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

4,247

7.1488 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,462

7.1474 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,751

7.1276 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,299

7.1605 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,204

7.1273 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,820

7.1908 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,699

7.1257 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,445

7.1470 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,135

7.1512 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,134

7.1224 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,101

7.1525 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,064

7.1633 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

883

7.1415 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

814

7.1300 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

804

7.1550 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

555

7.1250 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

541

7.1650 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

539

7.1600 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

519

7.1751 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

505

7.1350 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

433

7.1800 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

379

7.1400 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

361

7.1284 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

348

7.1503 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

208

7.1423 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

145

7.1768 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

130

7.1750 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

114

7.1331 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

94

7.1303 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

55

7.1652 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

4

7.1175 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,196,463

7.1900 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

101,031

7.1769 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

71,291

7.1776 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

37,318

7.1737 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

36,467

7.1763 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

25,061

7.1436 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

14,477

7.1250 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

13,318

7.1650 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

12,925

7.1531 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

12,197

7.1835 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

9,530

7.1750 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

9,457

7.1696 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

9,399

7.1472 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

6,773

7.1398 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

5,251

7.1837 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

5,046

7.1671 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,519

7.1410 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,448

7.1854 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,392

7.1693 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,161

7.1889 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,077

7.1406 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,058

7.1647 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,794

7.1602 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,636

7.1267 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,550

7.1694 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,268

7.1224 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,191

7.1474 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,120

7.1289 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,980

7.1489 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,798

7.1600 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,783

7.1460 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,733

7.1711 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,628

7.1300 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,404

7.1615 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,373

7.1850 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,345

7.1666 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,260

7.1642 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,217

7.1552 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,054

7.1286 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

996

7.1500 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

921

7.1340 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

835

7.1424 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

810

7.1401 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

762

7.1225 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

724

7.1675 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

676

7.1453 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

612

7.1565 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

525

7.1428 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

521

7.1571 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

518

7.1626 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

417

7.1450 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

386

7.1350 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

330

7.1732 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

328

7.1425 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

105

7.1633 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

55

7.1898 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

54

7.1525 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

44

7.1550 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

24

7.1712 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

17

7.1141 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

11

7.1789 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4

7.1182 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

1,343

7.1075 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,316

7.1150 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,475

7.1276 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

692

7.1286 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

337

7.1287 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,070

7.1289 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

50

7.1290 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

25

7.1291 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

921

7.1340 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,267

7.1398 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4

7.1400 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

495

7.1412 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

835

7.1424 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

525

7.1428 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,399

7.1471 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,925

7.1531 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

44

7.1550 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14

7.1564 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

598

7.1565 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

166

7.1570 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

343

7.1571 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12

7.1588 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,794

7.1602 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,686

7.1608 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

105

7.1633 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,260

7.1642 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,265

7.1689 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,550

7.1694 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,457

7.1696 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

330

7.1732 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

37,318

7.1737 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,000

7.1742 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17,932

7.1767 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

70

7.1775 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

53,359

7.1779 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

457

7.1834 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,381

7.1835 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

37,700

7.1841 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,448

7.1854 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,676

7.1859 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,161

7.1889 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

44

7.1895 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

55

7.1898 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

61,627

7.1900 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,343

7.1075 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,316

7.1150 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

83,167

7.1200 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,204

7.1273 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,751

7.1276 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,573

7.1291 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

114

7.1331 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4

7.1400 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

883

7.1415 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

208

7.1423 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,694

7.1443 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

27,142

7.1467 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,902

7.1475 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

415

7.1478 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

348

7.1503 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

23,477

7.1515 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

207

7.1525 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9

7.1550 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,436

7.1574 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,823

7.1580 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,485

7.1605 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

92

7.1651 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

44

7.1734 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

174

7.1735 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

145

7.1768 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

70

7.1775 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

37,308

7.1786 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

54

7.1800 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,073

7.1875 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,422

7.1890 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

42,455

7.1899 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

33,662

7.1900 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,691

7.1903 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,820

7.1908 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

54,196

7.1912 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

593

7.1913 USD

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

926

7.1914 USD

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

21,278

7.1388 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

7,787

7.1404 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

459

7.1893 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

17,844

7.1894 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

4,820

7.1372 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

3,014

7.1461 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

3,089

7.1494 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

4,135

7.1905 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 Oct 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213