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

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RNS Number : 0708M  JPMorgan Securities Plc  09 June 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
 connected:
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                    5 June 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          615,421                     8.6650 GBP                            8.2304 GBP

                             Sale              556,182                     8.6700 GBP                            8.2200 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                                                                  91                              8.2303 GBP

                                                                                                                                  173                            8.2304 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,920                          8.3107 GBP

                                                                                                                                  12,457                         8.3623 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,944                          8.3636 GBP

                                                                                                                                  5,986                          8.3700 GBP

                                                                                                                                  367                            8.3705 GBP

                                                                                                                                  700                            8.3706 GBP

                                                                                                                                  15,386                         8.3707 GBP

                                                                                                                                  17,797                         8.3823 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,597                          8.3948 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4,630                          8.4118 GBP

                                                                                                                                  338                            8.4428 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4,333                          8.4667 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,272                          8.4668 GBP

                                                                                                                                  6,686                          8.4732 GBP

                                                                                                                                  5,479                          8.4766 GBP

                                                                                                                                  500                            8.5484 GBP

                                                                                                                                  507                            8.5500 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1                              8.5550 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,296                          8.5702 GBP

                                                                                                                                  229                            8.5905 GBP

                                                  Decrease Short                                                                  47,680                         8.3519 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,989                          8.3606 GBP

                                                                                                                                  30,000                         8.3684 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4,177                          8.3815 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,609                          8.4377 GBP

                                                  Increase Long                                                                   2,092                          8.2717 GBP

                                                                                                                                  862                            8.3690 GBP

                                                                                                                                  57                             8.3692 GBP

                                                                                                                                  71                             8.3694 GBP

                                                                                                                                  726                            8.3698 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,356                          8.3699 GBP

                                                                                                                                  18,060                         8.3700 GBP

                                                                                                                                  9,469                          8.3818 GBP

                                                                                                                                  5,405                          8.4063 GBP

                                                                                                                                  37,826                         8.4480 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,049                          8.4499 GBP

                                                                                                                                  6,460                          8.5127 GBP

                                                                                                                                  5,945                          8.5163 GBP

                                                                                                                                  334                            8.5844 GBP

                                                                                                                                  886                            8.6654 GBP

                                                  Increase Short                                                                  6,935                          8.3240 GBP

                                                                                                                                  21,907                         8.3520 GBP

                                                                                                                                  12,793                         8.3548 GBP

                                                                                                                                  15,185                         8.3692 GBP

                                                                                                                                  5,155                          8.3703 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,020                          8.3852 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4,702                          8.4387 GBP

                                                                                                                                  758                            8.5579 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,503                          8.5925 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,768                          8.5955 GBP

                                                  Opening a long position                                                         66                             8.3304 GBP

                                                                                                                                  15,327                         8.3700 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,500                          8.6133 GBP

                                                                                                                                  5,000                          8.6194 GBP

                                                                                                                                  660                            8.6300 GBP

                                                                                                                                  99                             8.6373 GBP

                                                  Opening a short position                                                        334                            8.3357 GBP

                                                                                                                                  38                             8.3408 GBP

                                                                                                                                  69,863                         8.3700 GBP

                                                                                                                                  14,360                         8.4080 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,392                          8.4871 GBP

                                                                                                                                  5,000                          8.5057 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,500                          8.5148 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:  9 June 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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