REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Unite Group PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Unite Group plc
24/12/2025 11:00
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RNS Number : 8538M JPMorgan Securities Plc 24 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: 23 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 139,784 5.5550 GBP 5.4700 GBP
Sale 248,741 5.5505 GBP 5.4650 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 713 5.4753 GBP
244 5.4756 GBP
1,579 5.4926 GBP
10,780 5.5000 GBP
777 5.5075 GBP
1 5.5100 GBP
2,810 5.5150 GBP
470 5.5410 GBP
Decrease Short 5,531 5.4753 GBP
48,725 5.5206 GBP
22,620 5.5219 GBP
12,510 5.5379 GBP
Increase Long 50 5.4743 GBP
826 5.4746 GBP
1,164 5.4750 GBP
3,393 5.4767 GBP
22,304 5.4789 GBP
5 5.4795 GBP
101 5.4845 GBP
2,407 5.4855 GBP
4,600 5.4980 GBP
10,780 5.5000 GBP
3,531 5.5065 GBP
777 5.5075 GBP
1 5.5100 GBP
1,339 5.5150 GBP
369 5.5198 GBP
995 5.5300 GBP
200 5.5324 GBP
22,656 5.5422 GBP
891 5.5515 GBP
Increase Short 3,729 5.4754 GBP
6,416 5.4997 GBP
165 5.5004 GBP
3,481 5.5126 GBP
1,000 5.5150 GBP
22,686 5.5167 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: 24 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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