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

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RNS Number : 0951K  JPMorgan Securities Plc  03 December 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:                                                    02 December 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          724,365                     5.2250 GBP                            5.1298 GBP
                             Sale              837,451                     5.2261 GBP                            5.1400 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                                                                  4,449                           5.1898 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,300                           5.1978 GBP
                                                                                                                                 28,816                          5.2033 GBP
                                                                                                                                 42,402                          5.2034 GBP
                                                                                                                                 8,199                           5.2165 GBP
                                                                                                                                 18,395                          5.2175 GBP
                                                                                                                                 185                             5.2301 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 212                             5.1468 GBP
                                                                                                                                 748                             5.1770 GBP
                                                                                                                                 44                              5.1961 GBP
                                                                                                                                 27,049                          5.2014 GBP
                                                                                                                                 798                             5.2040 GBP
                                                                                                                                 53                              5.2147 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,226                           5.2195 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  2,671                           5.1499 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,848                           5.1831 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,951                           5.1900 GBP
                                                                                                                                 919                             5.1928 GBP
                                                                                                                                 9,643                           5.1929 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,949                           5.2042 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,559                           5.2060 GBP
                                                                                                                                 85,000                          5.2131 GBP
                                                                                                                                 646                             5.2194 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,433                           5.2195 GBP
                                                                                                                                 14,834                          5.2198 GBP
                                                                                                                                 14,624                          5.2200 GBP
                                                                                                                                 42,500                          5.2261 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 754                             5.1957 GBP
                                                                                                                                 314                             5.2005 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,496                           5.2079 GBP
                                                                                                                                 42,385                          5.2161 GBP
                                                                                                                                 28,136                          5.2204 GBP
                                                  Opening a long position                                                        85,000                          5.1566 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,313                           5.2170 GBP
                                                                                                                                 8,074                           5.2200 GBP
                                                  Opening a short position                                                       86                              5.1702 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,403                           5.1919 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,898                           5.2012 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:  03 December 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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