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REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Unite Group PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Unite Group plc Amend

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RNS Number : 9893C  JPMorgan Securities Plc  10 October 2025

AMENDMENT

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

 

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED
INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1.         KEY INFORMATION

 

 (a) Name of exempt principal trader:                                            J.P. Morgan Securities Plc
 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form  Unite Group plc, The
 relates:

      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is        Corporate Broker to Unite Group plc, The
 connected:
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                    08 October 2025
 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader    Yes, Empiric Student Property plc
 making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?

      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

 

2.         DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

 

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

 

(a)        Purchases and sales

 

 Class of relevant security  Purchases/ sales  Total number of securities  Highest price per unit paid/received  Lowest price per unit paid/received

 25p ordinary                Purchase          1,687,847                   6.9500 GBP                            6.2800 GBP
                             Sale              1,594,819                   6.9675 GBP                            6.2850 GBP

 

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Nature of dealing                                                              Number of reference securities  Price per unit

                             e.g. CFD             e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
                                                  position
 25p ordinary                Equity Swap          Decrease Long                                                                  6,959                           6.3050 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,702                          6.3053 GBP

                                                                                                                                  232                            6.3054 GBP

                                                                                                                                  21,760                         6.3056 GBP

                                                                                                                                  30,315                         6.3065 GBP

                                                                                                                                  5,840                          6.3067 GBP

                                                                                                                                  88,125                         6.3110 GBP

                                                                                                                                  11,299                         6.3119 GBP

                                                                                                                                  12,993                         6.3135 GBP

                                                                                                                                  92                             6.3207 GBP

                                                                                                                                  19,869                         6.5614 GBP

                                                                                                                                  45,244                         6.6106 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,129                          6.6890 GBP

                                                                                                                                  36,154                         6.7007 GBP

                                                                                                                                  689                            6.8928 GBP

                                                  Decrease Short                                                                  34,037                         6.3050 GBP

                                                                                                                                  24,748                         6.3083 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,119                          6.3348 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,536                          6.3695 GBP

                                                                                                                                  387                            6.3698 GBP

                                                                                                                                  50,000                         6.3829 GBP

                                                                                                                                  50,000                         6.3977 GBP

                                                                                                                                  36,350                         6.4636 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,871                          6.4739 GBP

                                                                                                                                  29,357                         6.5482 GBP

                                                                                                                                  12,102                         6.5799 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,418                          6.9675 GBP

                                                  Increase Long                                                                   7,199                          6.3041 GBP

                                                                                                                                  938                            6.3042 GBP

                                                                                                                                  200                            6.3047 GBP

                                                                                                                                  31,928                         6.3050 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,593                          6.3083 GBP

                                                                                                                                  500                            6.3150 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,450                          6.3635 GBP

                                                                                                                                  26,896                         6.4169 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,579                          6.4274 GBP

                                                                                                                                  294                            6.4350 GBP

                                                                                                                                  28                             6.4601 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,848                          6.4602 GBP

                                                                                                                                  673                            6.6788 GBP

                                                                                                                                  132                            6.6867 GBP

                                                                                                                                  22                             6.6868 GBP

                                                  Increase Short                                                                  25,000                         6.2805 GBP

                                                                                                                                  18,815                         6.3050 GBP

                                                                                                                                  39,096                         6.3826 GBP

                                                                                                                                  9,385                          6.4486 GBP

                                                                                                                                  9,570                          6.4656 GBP

                                                                                                                                  5,739                          6.4699 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4,400                          6.5202 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,981                          6.5936 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,080                          6.6695 GBP

                                                  Opening a long position                                                         48                             6.3050 GBP

                                                                                                                                  87                             6.6900 GBP

                                                  Opening a short position                                                        74                             6.3334 GBP

                                                                                                                                  48                             6.3400 GBP

                                                                                                                                  432                            6.6705 GBP

                                                                                                                                  87                             6.6900 GBP

 

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

 

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description e.g. call option  Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.  Number of securities to which option relates  Exercise price per unit  Type                           Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit

                                                                                                                                                                                      e.g. American, European etc.

 

(ii)        Exercise

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Exercising/ exercised against  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit

                             e.g. call option

 

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

 Class of relevant security  Nature of dealing               Details  Price per unit (if applicable)

                             e.g. subscription, conversion

 

3.         OTHER INFORMATION

 

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing 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:

 Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included.  If
 there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
 None

 

(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to
options or derivatives

 

 Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal,
 between the exempt principal trader 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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant
 securities to which any derivative is referenced:

 If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
 None

 

 

 Date of disclosure:  10 October 2025
 Contact name:        Hetvi Shah
 Telephone number:    44 2034 936359

 

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service.

 

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation
to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .

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