Empiric Regulatory News (ESP)

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

EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC

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:

22 Jan 2026

(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?

UNITE GROUP PLC/THE

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:

1p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

32,988,936

4.97%

5,101,701

0.77%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

3,764,086

0.57%

32,894,620

4.95%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

36,753,022

5.53%

37,996,321

5.72%

(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

1p ordinary

Purchase

339,330

0.7927 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

78,041

0.7941 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

70,598

0.7924 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

69,214

0.7953 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

67,009

0.7918 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

52,515

0.7939 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

46,269

0.7910 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

23,743

0.7921 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

18,173

0.7956 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12,657

0.7940 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,334

0.7928 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,393

0.7930 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,701

0.7920 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,313

0.7929 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,172

0.7945 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,782

0.7919 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,193

0.7925 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,978

0.7923 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,684

0.7914 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

778

0.7950 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

107

0.7935 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

61,823

0.7919 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

59,875

0.7951 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

24,266

0.7920 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

20,631

0.7910 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

10,173

0.7960 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

7,309

0.7930 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,590

0.7953 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,650

0.7950 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,581

0.7912 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,210

0.7940 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,193

0.7925 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,333

0.7913 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,386

0.7959 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

121

0.7909 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

107

0.7935 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

55

0.7946 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6

0.7916 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

121

0.7909 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

741

0.7910 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,581

0.7912 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

86

0.7923 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

28,185

0.7925 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

16,408

0.7927 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

331

0.7929 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

81

0.7939 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,872

0.7949 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,219

0.7951 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

34,722

0.7910 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,684

0.7914 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,782

0.7920 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

75,404

0.7921 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,978

0.7923 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

70,598

0.7924 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

350,599

0.7927 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

28,302

0.7928 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,273

0.7930 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,447

0.7939 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,071

0.7947 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,376

0.7955 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,898

0.7961 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

3,815

0.7910 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

52,509

0.7939 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:

23 Jan 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213