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:

06 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:

18,993,213

2.86%

3,892,195

0.59%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

2,527,401

0.38%

18,819,911

2.83%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

21,520,614

3.24%

22,712,106

3.42%

(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

153,736

0.7857 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

86,940

0.7854 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

76,195

0.7819 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

73,043

0.7790 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

69,926

0.7820 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

32,525

0.7825 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

23,200

0.7816 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

14,562

0.7856 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

11,880

0.7800 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,787

0.7828 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,397

0.7834 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,388

0.7850 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,440

0.7810 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,111

0.7839 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

696

0.7869 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

238,316

0.7861 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

197,270

0.7799 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

81,644

0.7837 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

58,160

0.7797 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

52,927

0.7816 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

49,811

0.7790 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

46,766

0.7820 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

21,928

0.7817 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

16,167

0.7825 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

14,816

0.7836 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

13,809

0.7847 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,551

0.7830 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,472

0.7840 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,069

0.7814 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,482

0.7810 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,411

0.7831 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,802

0.7842 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,375

0.7839 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,309

0.7826 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,190

0.7821 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,822

0.7860 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,058

0.7819 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

265

0.7833 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

16,156

0.7790 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

52,284

0.7796 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,069

0.7814 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

44,945

0.7820 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,315

0.7821 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,035

0.7823 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

22,517

0.7826 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,411

0.7831 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

265

0.7833 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

81,644

0.7837 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,472

0.7840 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13,809

0.7847 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,575

0.7851 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

94,636

0.7790 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,788

0.7803 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,300

0.7805 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,275

0.7810 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

960

0.7824 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,886

0.7825 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,787

0.7828 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,397

0.7834 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

31,447

0.7841 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,070

0.7850 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

696

0.7870 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

197,270

0.7799 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

23,170

0.7816 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

20,546

0.7817 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

9,108

0.7823 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,827

0.7836 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

86,940

0.7854 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:

07 Nov 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213