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:

05 Nov 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?

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:

19,373,975

2.92%

4,002,363

0.60%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

2,573,514

0.39%

19,107,260

2.88%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

21,947,489

3.30%

23,109,623

3.48%

(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

266,764

0.7773 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

94,618

0.7809 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

71,081

0.7830 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

54,544

0.7802 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

50,120

0.7825 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

48,738

0.7827 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

34,938

0.7807 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

17,400

0.7769 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

17,267

0.7828 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,666

0.7810 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,651

0.7797 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,367

0.7816 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,211

0.7780 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,909

0.7800 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,600

0.7826 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,231

0.7804 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

756

0.7838 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

139,951

0.7820 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

93,641

0.7828 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

61,684

0.7818 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

56,271

0.7796 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

47,916

0.7812 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

47,696

0.7830 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

21,919

0.7782 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

16,351

0.7790 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

15,239

0.7760 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,910

0.7809 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,071

0.7821 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

10,769

0.7810 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,348

0.7785 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,615

0.7815 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,115

0.7832 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,046

0.7800 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,907

0.7829 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,000

0.7825 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,662

0.7805 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

21

0.7852 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

15,239

0.7760 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,348

0.7785 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,713

0.7797 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

36,873

0.7798 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

20,005

0.7809 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

37,519

0.7824 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

89,661

0.7828 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,907

0.7829 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

21,043

0.7830 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,115

0.7832 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,125

0.7848 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

21

0.7849 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

911

0.7850 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

284,164

0.7772 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,211

0.7780 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

705

0.7790 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,651

0.7797 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,126

0.7804 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,644

0.7810 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

72,781

0.7825 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,600

0.7826 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,267

0.7828 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

59,152

0.7830 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

604

0.7836 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

12,549

0.7781 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

33,606

0.7811 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,616

0.7820 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

94,618

0.7809 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

16,990

0.7830 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:

06 Nov 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213