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:

29 Dec 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:

29,914,049

4.50%

1,139,210

0.17%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

34,681

0.01%

29,846,044

4.49%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

29,948,730

4.51%

30,985,254

4.67%

(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

128,337

0.7767 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

122,018

0.7730 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

75,000

0.7722 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

60,981

0.7742 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

25,291

0.7749 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

11,904

0.7765 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,686

0.7690 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,163

0.7680 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,095

0.7790 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,731

0.7773 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,724

0.7740 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,671

0.7780 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,276

0.7739 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,043

0.7710 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,038

0.7750 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

936

0.7770 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

603

0.7650 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

520

0.7720 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

406

0.7800 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

369

0.7700 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

150

0.7760 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

85,608

0.7743 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

69,626

0.7730 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

26,908

0.7741 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

26,437

0.7760 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

26,379

0.7756 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

26,264

0.7750 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

23,408

0.7780 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,346

0.7772 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

10,965

0.7738 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

9,702

0.7736 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,686

0.7690 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,095

0.7790 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,043

0.7710 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

603

0.7650 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

520

0.7720 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

490

0.7770 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

369

0.7700 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

150

0.7680 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

Increasing Short

75,000

0.7722 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,745

0.7726 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,262

0.7730 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,965

0.7738 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

26,908

0.7741 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

25,226

0.7750 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

26,379

0.7756 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

26,287

0.7760 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,218

0.7770 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,128

0.7774 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

21,737

0.7780 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

62,085

0.7730 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,276

0.7739 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

128,337

0.7767 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

9,501

0.7747 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:

30 Dec 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213