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RNS Number : 3510F JPMorgan Securities Plc 29 October 2025
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: 28 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 286,005 5.9500 GBP 5.7850 GBP
Sale 463,341 5.9500 GBP 5.7849 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 2,820 5.7854 GBP
3,228 5.7892 GBP
2,598 5.8309 GBP
247 5.8506 GBP
893 5.8762 GBP
Decrease Short 8,143 5.7844 GBP
477 5.7849 GBP
50,000 5.8004 GBP
26,811 5.8312 GBP
805 5.8325 GBP
9,876 5.8426 GBP
16,325 5.8460 GBP
472 5.8484 GBP
1,731 5.8901 GBP
Increase Long 368 5.7843 GBP
3,940 5.7867 GBP
857 5.8009 GBP
1,130 5.8017 GBP
20,393 5.8093 GBP
4,022 5.8122 GBP
39 5.8123 GBP
17,900 5.8158 GBP
7 5.8269 GBP
2,777 5.8274 GBP
36 5.8275 GBP
53 5.8313 GBP
2,330 5.8886 GBP
2 5.9150 GBP
287 5.9170 GBP
107 5.9171 GBP
5 5.9180 GBP
65 5.9199 GBP
45 5.9500 GBP
Increase Short 11 5.7854 GBP
75 5.8212 GBP
6,421 5.8308 GBP
Opening a long position 37,754 5.7850 GBP
684 5.8098 GBP
61 5.8398 GBP
Opening a short position 29,495 5.7850 GBP
30 5.7968 GBP
471 5.8249 GBP
2,386 5.8467 GBP
781 5.8684 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: 29 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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