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RNS Number : 4082Q  Barclays PLC  09 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:                                                     08 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:                                                      2,790,062          0.42%            2,659,245      0.40%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                      1,634,517          0.25%            2,299,023      0.35%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                        0                  0.00%            0              0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                  4,424,579          0.67%            4,958,268      0.75%
 (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                              125,262                             0.9970  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              103,403                             0.9976  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              49,618                              0.9974  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              11,592                              0.9980  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              3,290                               1.0005  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              1,036                               0.9965  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              411                                 1.0030  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              118                                 1.0019  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              68                                  0.9990  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              30                                  1.0000  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              9                                   0.9961  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  94,034                              0.9970  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  53,725                              0.9992  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  35,721                              1.0000  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  14,988                              0.9980  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  9,059                               0.9977  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  4,243                               0.9988  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  3,830                               0.9984  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  1,827                               1.0017  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  577                                 0.9942  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  136                                 0.9990  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  130                                 1.0020  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  38                                  0.9940  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  24                                  1.0034  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                    7,046          0.9970  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    7,693          0.9980  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    30,320         0.9988  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    32,155         0.9970  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    31,926         0.9976  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    1,201          1.0004  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    289            1.0018  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    380            1.0025  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Decreasing Short                    14,853         0.9980  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Decreasing Short                    3,510          1.0039  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Increasing Short                    6,616          0.9997  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:                                                                      09 Jul 2025
 Contact name:                                                                            Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                        020 3134 7213

 

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