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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 : 2142Z  JPMorgan Securities Plc  12 September 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:                                                    10 September 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          226,002                     7.1050 GBP                            7.0000 GBP

                             Sale              272,819                     7.1100 GBP                            7.0000 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                                                                  124                             7.0719 GBP
                             200                                                                                                      7.0728 GBP
                             6,390                                                                                                    7.0892 GBP
                             22                                                                                                       7.0909 GBP
                             15,539                                                                                                   7.0921 GBP

                             Decrease Short                                                                                           36                              7.0392 GBP
                             1,505                                                                                                    7.0468 GBP
                             824                                                                                                      7.0471 GBP
                             4,613                                                                                                    7.0562 GBP
                             272                                                                                                      7.0595 GBP
                             319                                                                                                      7.0670 GBP
                             6,932                                                                                                    7.0816 GBP
                             9,885                                                                                                    7.0893 GBP
                             89                                                                                                       7.0896 GBP
                             10,756                                                                                                   7.0897 GBP
                             3,879                                                                                                    7.0900 GBP
                             5,339                                                                                                    7.0913 GBP

                             Increase Long                                                                                            9,007                           7.0446 GBP
                             4,250                                                                                                    7.0465 GBP
                             730                                                                                                      7.0779 GBP
                             4,250                                                                                                    7.0886 GBP
                             673                                                                                                      7.0897 GBP
                             3,954                                                                                                    7.0913 GBP
                             2,659                                                                                                    7.0926 GBP

                             Increase Short                                                                                           397                             7.0513 GBP
                             2,399                                                                                                    7.0555 GBP
                             200                                                                                                      7.0626 GBP
                             960                                                                                                      7.0806 GBP
                             4,988                                                                                                    7.0902 GBP
                             3,984                                                                                                    7.0904 GBP
                             124                                                                                                      7.0910 GBP

                             Opening a long position                                                                                  7,409                           7.0475 GBP
                             1,611                                                                                                    7.0499 GBP
                             19,402                                                                                                   7.0569 GBP
                             3,127                                                                                                    7.0820 GBP
                             371                                                                                                      7.0891 GBP
                             941                                                                                                      7.0914 GBP
                             1,976                                                                                                    7.0925 GBP
                             1,842                                                                                                    7.1031 GBP

                             Opening a short position                                                                                 24,733                          7.0900 GBP
                             9                                                                                                        7.0952 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:  12 September 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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