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RNS Number : 5430R  Barclays PLC  17 July 2025

 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:                                                     16 Jul 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:                                                      2,944,489          0.44%            2,511,277      0.38%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                      1,639,807          0.25%            2,364,756      0.36%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                        0                  0.00%            0              0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                  4,584,296          0.69%            4,876,033      0.73%
 (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
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              254,686                             0.9820  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              135,888                             0.9832  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              99,050                              0.9778  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              36,936                              0.9827  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              26,251                              0.9815  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              10,832                              0.9812  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              9,285                               0.9839  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              5,795                               0.9821  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              5,396                               0.9880  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              3,085                               0.9994  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              2,893                               0.9836  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              2,744                               0.9810  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              2,741                               0.9916  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              2,416                               0.9840  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              2,262                               0.9830  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              17                                  0.9790  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  139,856                             0.9818  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  126,779                             0.9820  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  111,104                             0.9821  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  74,565                              0.9782  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  25,461                              0.9887  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  20,769                              0.9784  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  16,430                              0.9844  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  13,684                              0.9795  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  6,906                               0.9822  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  3,833                               0.9783  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  3,630                               0.9812  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  3,383                               0.9950  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  3,045                               0.9811  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  1,663                               0.9860  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  1,581                               0.9780  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  1,104                               0.9886  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  998                                 0.9810  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  897                                 0.9819  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  71                                  0.9880  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  17                                  0.9790  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                    3,833          0.9783  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    897            0.9819  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    103,257        0.9820  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    846            0.9824  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    18,330         0.9830  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    5,490          0.9850  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    5,017          0.9864  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    417            0.9790  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    1,200          0.9795  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    5,554          0.9806  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    1,746          0.9810  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    95,354         0.9820  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    5,795          0.9821  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    58,905         0.9832  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    9,285          0.9839  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    1,689          0.9862  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    764            0.9876  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Decreasing Short                    718            0.9829  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Decreasing Short                    2,926          0.9833  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Increasing Short                    1,396          0.9850  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:                                                                      17 Jul 2025
 Contact name:                                                                            Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                        020 3134 7213

 

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