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:

30 Oct 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:

18,259,821

2.75%

3,734,577

0.56%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

2,534,323

0.38%

17,997,231

2.71%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

20,794,144

3.13%

21,731,808

3.27%

(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

310,332

0.7900 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

109,122

0.7821 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

101,661

0.7830 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

63,523

0.7846 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

61,035

0.7850 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

32,032

0.7852 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

27,265

0.7857 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

26,000

0.7836 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

24,545

0.7849 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

22,125

0.7820 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

17,259

0.7805 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

17,107

0.7864 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

15,618

0.7817 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

11,616

0.7851 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

11,598

0.7824 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,822

0.7827 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,077

0.7815 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,335

0.7839 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,101

0.7870 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,888

0.7860 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,160

0.7790 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

522

0.7865 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

203,670

0.7826 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

118,110

0.7849 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

102,670

0.7831 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

47,677

0.7846 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

40,974

0.7834 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

37,233

0.7829 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

28,101

0.7850 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,587

0.7845 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

10,395

0.7841 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

7,108

0.7848 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,520

0.7861 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,846

0.7870 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,265

0.7860 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,888

0.7855 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

903

0.7883 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

405

0.7820 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

300

0.7801 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

252

0.7830 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

163

0.7889 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

83

0.7890 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

81

0.7875 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2

0.7900 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

37,233

0.7829 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,004

0.7834 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,587

0.7845 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

47,677

0.7846 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,696

0.7848 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

54,120

0.7849 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

23,847

0.7850 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

22,624

0.7855 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

961

0.7860 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2

0.7875 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2

0.7879 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

400

0.7790 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,618

0.7817 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,598

0.7824 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,822

0.7827 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

500

0.7830 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

24,545

0.7849 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,199

0.7850 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

19,438

0.7852 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,108

0.7862 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5

0.7868 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

310,332

0.7901 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

300

0.7801 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

17,870

0.7832 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

52,854

0.7846 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

15,995

0.7866 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:

31 Oct 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213