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RNS Number : 1749F JPMorgan Securities Plc 28 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
connected:
(d) Date dealing undertaken: 23 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 1,868,916 5.9450 GBP 5.8002 GBP
Sale 1,195,204 5.9300 GBP 5.7650 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 191 5.8644 GBP
1,101 5.8645 GBP
374 5.8908 GBP
8,693 5.9011 GBP
706 5.9030 GBP
810 5.9052 GBP
3,481 5.9259 GBP
Decrease Short 359 5.7649 GBP
16,700 5.8595 GBP
6,661 5.8711 GBP
3,648 5.8714 GBP
53,750 5.8737 GBP
8,926 5.8773 GBP
8,600 5.8794 GBP
11,902 5.8804 GBP
50,683 5.8906 GBP
17,056 5.8955 GBP
3,333 5.8957 GBP
12,793 5.8977 GBP
45,420 5.8988 GBP
11,120 5.9005 GBP
559 5.9294 GBP
4,141 5.9299 GBP
194 5.9300 GBP
Increase Long 15,067 5.8459 GBP
6,596 5.8624 GBP
1,852 5.8641 GBP
6 5.8643 GBP
557 5.8651 GBP
2 5.8660 GBP
11,950 5.8854 GBP
10,538 5.9279 GBP
716 5.9293 GBP
13,131 5.9300 GBP
Increase Short 50 5.8195 GBP
6,385 5.8223 GBP
4 5.8404 GBP
190 5.8429 GBP
3,937 5.9045 GBP
8,031 5.9098 GBP
66 5.9129 GBP
Opening a Long Position 4,197 5.8735 GBP
4,507 5.8842 GBP
143 5.8844 GBP
3,684 5.8965 GBP
Opening a Short Position 189 5.8102 GBP
396 5.8204 GBP
716 5.8946 GBP
11,087 5.9300 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: 28 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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