Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC/THE

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

UNITE GROUP PLC/THE

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:

12 Jun 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?

EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC

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:

25p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

4,600,401

0.94%

646,467

0.13%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

551,972

0.11%

4,274,713

0.87%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

5,152,373

1.05%

4,921,180

1.01%

(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Purchases and sales

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Number of

Price per unit

security

securities

25p ordinary

Purchase

198,847

8.4200 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

111,307

8.4214 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

74,802

8.4269 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

34,889

8.4292 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

28,922

8.4194 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

19,927

8.4171 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

17,692

8.4169 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

15,038

8.4189 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

13,722

8.4266 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

9,575

8.4198 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

8,988

8.4110 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

8,878

8.4239 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

8,271

8.4258 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

7,142

8.4153 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

5,132

8.4265 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

4,912

8.4240 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

4,570

8.4322 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

4,016

8.4362 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

3,851

8.4051 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,982

8.4204 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,846

8.4217 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,476

8.4029 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

2,431

8.4220 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,992

8.4437 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,952

8.4250 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,700

8.4367 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,696

8.4114 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,359

8.4212 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,194

8.4100 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,184

8.4447 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

985

8.4288 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

875

8.4228 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

664

8.3964 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

632

8.4520 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

563

8.4199 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

558

8.4206 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

541

8.4176 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

535

8.4524 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

456

8.4125 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

389

8.4400 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

388

8.4261 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

296

8.4151 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

236

8.3825 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

224

8.3850 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

153

8.3900 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

87

8.4150 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

81

8.4191 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

30

8.4226 GBP

25p ordinary

Purchase

1

8.3800 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

101,640

8.4200 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

61,629

8.4212 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

48,185

8.4164 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

45,025

8.4066 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

41,594

8.4193 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

32,762

8.4229 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

26,468

8.4295 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

26,415

8.4183 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

19,927

8.4171 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

10,712

8.4228 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

10,667

8.3941 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

9,771

8.4198 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

8,954

8.4220 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

7,368

8.4195 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

6,502

8.4188 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

3,232

8.4215 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

2,655

8.4204 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,820

8.3750 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,238

8.4029 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,126

8.4199 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

995

8.4191 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

935

8.4214 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

878

8.4256 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

813

8.4100 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

761

8.3926 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

756

8.4250 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

739

8.4300 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

707

8.4050 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

673

8.4034 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

665

8.4150 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

636

8.4153 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

609

8.4399 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

592

8.4447 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

509

8.4406 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

388

8.4402 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

388

8.4400 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

251

8.3900 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

127

8.4154 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

45

8.4039 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1

8.4000 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,667

8.3941 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

8.4000 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

108

8.4100 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

636

8.4153 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

127

8.4154 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

995

8.4191 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

33,053

8.4195 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

196

8.4198 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

83,935

8.4200 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

935

8.4214 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,954

8.4220 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

32,762

8.4229 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

609

8.4399 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

509

8.4406 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

8.3800 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

664

8.3964 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,696

8.4114 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

87

8.4150 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,692

8.4169 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,219

8.4189 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

28,922

8.4194 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

113,823

8.4200 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,359

8.4212 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,846

8.4217 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,431

8.4220 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,662

8.4221 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

30

8.4228 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,878

8.4239 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

46

8.4243 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,219

8.4246 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

388

8.4261 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,502

8.4262 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,132

8.4265 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

74,802

8.4269 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

985

8.4288 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

31,243

8.4292 GBP

25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,992

8.4437 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

294

8.3944 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

45

8.4100 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

237

8.4150 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

10,516

8.4193 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

93

8.4200 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

51,022

8.4200 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

5,584

8.4311 GBP

25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

4,261

8.4359 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)

Exercising

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:

13 Jun 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213