Form 8.3 EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC

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Barclays (BARC)
Empiric Student Property (ESP)

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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:				15 Jan 2026
(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:			31,235,293	4.70%	4,644,920	0.70%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				3,390,359	0.51%	31,181,908	4.69%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			34,625,652	5.21%	35,826,828	5.39%
(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		190,531		0.7955 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		145,312		0.7960 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		47,909		0.7963 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		23,034		0.7957 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,603		0.7934 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,718		0.7930 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,601		0.7950 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		648		0.7959 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		180		0.7956 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		19		0.7912 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		184,835		0.7957 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		99,251		0.7936 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		39,695		0.7960 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		27,205		0.7950 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,730		0.7946 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,059		0.7949 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,718		0.7930 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,000		0.7941 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,992		0.7955 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		187,500	0.7955 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,600	0.7879 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		934	0.7910 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		189,894	0.7957 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,220	0.7960 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,603	0.7934 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,600	0.7950 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		180	0.7956 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		81,911	0.7960 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		64,831	0.7963 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		81,819	0.7935 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		10,453	0.7950 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:				16 Jan 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213