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 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:

4,682,416

0.96%

520,135

0.11%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

373,082

0.08%

4,367,726

0.89%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

5,055,498

1.03%

4,887,861

1.00%

(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

216,233

7.5350 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

56,211

7.5425 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

54,624

7.5422 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

45,804

7.5444 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

30,996

7.5450 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

29,708

7.5611 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

27,974

7.5513 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

27,379

7.5412 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

19,002

7.5250 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

18,780

7.5357 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

18,750

7.5592 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

14,331

7.5505 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

11,198

7.5300 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

9,791

7.5443 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

9,438

7.5445 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

8,281

7.5851 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

6,965

7.5587 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

6,855

7.5343 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

6,496

7.5459 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

5,924

7.5390 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

5,437

7.5353 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

5,181

7.5928 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

4,666

7.5771 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

4,453

7.5335 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

4,374

7.5303 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,491

7.5607 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,321

7.5500 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,243

7.5624 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,216

7.5248 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,134

7.5818 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,997

7.5848 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,787

7.5871 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,483

7.6028 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,448

7.5309 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,369

7.5150 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,276

7.6278 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,133

7.5400 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,100

7.6229 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,031

7.6150 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,027

7.5050 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

715

7.5713 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

646

7.5650 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

626

7.5857 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

620

7.5668 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

596

7.5175 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

578

7.5240 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

467

7.5875 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

436

7.5825 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

425

7.5800 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

393

7.6000 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

382

7.6275 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

355

7.5575 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

322

7.5475 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

309

7.5325 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

302

7.6200 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

298

7.5600 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

297

7.5870 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

288

7.6100 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

250

7.5550 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

242

7.5487 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

237

7.6379 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

210

7.6361 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

194

7.5200 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

143

7.6300 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

29

7.6251 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

248,024

7.5350 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

76,037

7.5376 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

68,893

7.5372 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

62,782

7.5409 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

34,898

7.5444 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

33,265

7.5665 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

22,153

7.5299 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

15,024

7.5670 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

14,459

7.5662 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

14,142

7.5300 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

12,853

7.5353 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

10,822

7.5436 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

9,685

7.5250 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

8,304

7.5388 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

7,590

7.5705 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

7,374

7.5652 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

7,326

7.5713 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

7,204

7.5450 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

6,514

7.5434 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

5,388

7.5580 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,818

7.5362 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,748

7.5720 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,120

7.5373 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

4,018

7.5471 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,797

7.5248 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,296

7.5677 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,135

7.5254 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,880

7.5344 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,753

7.5515 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,433

7.5609 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,356

7.5524 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,315

7.5541 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,183

7.5429 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,046

7.5500 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,015

7.5204 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,654

7.5967 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,578

7.6263 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,467

7.5965 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,369

7.5150 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,129

7.5569 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,109

7.5787 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,031

7.6150 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,027

7.5050 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

988

7.5454 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

944

7.5590 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

942

7.5790 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

896

7.5622 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

784

7.5200 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

734

7.6200 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

646

7.5650 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

596

7.5175 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

534

7.5807 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

467

7.5875 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

436

7.5825 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

425

7.5800 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

393

7.6000 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

382

7.6275 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

373

7.5222 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

352

7.5324 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

349

7.6300 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

322

7.5475 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

309

7.5325 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

298

7.5600 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

288

7.6100 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

279

7.5400 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

268

7.6425 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

210

7.6399 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

157

7.5550 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

120

7.5595 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

20

7.6407 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

352

7.5324 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,880

7.5344 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

125,420

7.5350 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13,522

7.5353 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,120

7.5373 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,183

7.5429 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

59,952

7.5492 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,753

7.5515 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,356

7.5524 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

120

7.5595 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

200

7.5599 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,433

7.5609 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

150

7.5659 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

19,602

7.5662 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

33,265

7.5665 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,004

7.5700 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

669

7.5705 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

998

7.5719 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

942

7.5790 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

734

7.6200 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

63

7.6400 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

268

7.6425 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

578

7.5240 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,216

7.5248 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,855

7.5343 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

51,655

7.5350 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,437

7.5353 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,114

7.5365 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,496

7.5459 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

27,974

7.5513 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

93

7.5550 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,491

7.5607 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

29,708

7.5611 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

53,628

7.5632 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

21,196

7.5645 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

715

7.5713 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,352

7.5807 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,281

7.5851 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

626

7.5857 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

297

7.5870 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,100

7.6229 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

501

7.6293 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

10,331

7.5698 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:

31 Jul 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213