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

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RNS Number : 8420N  JPMorgan Securities Plc  06 January 2026

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:                                                    05 January 2026
 (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          397,227                     5.5500 GBP                            5.4800 GBP
                             Sale              311,272                     5.5500 GBP                            5.4750 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                                                                  229                             5.4800 GBP
                                                                                                                                 894                             5.5042 GBP
                                                                                                                                 614                             5.5204 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,000                           5.5286 GBP
                                                                                                                                 15,040                          5.5296 GBP
                                                                                                                                 13,080                          5.5475 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 17,496                          5.5107 GBP
                                                                                                                                 4,820                           5.5322 GBP
                                                                                                                                 8,725                           5.5482 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  32                              5.4772 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,609                           5.4773 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,603                           5.4940 GBP
                                                                                                                                 100                             5.5000 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,149                           5.5196 GBP
                                                                                                                                 13,221                          5.5298 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,252                           5.5404 GBP
                                                                                                                                 979                             5.5420 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,932                           5.5457 GBP
                                                                                                                                 728                             5.5493 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,856                           5.5494 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,599                           5.5498 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 9,603                           5.4979 GBP
                                                                                                                                 27                              5.5104 GBP
                                                                                                                                 5,897                           5.5107 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,831                           5.5165 GBP
                                                                                                                                 9,644                           5.5396 GBP
                                                  Opening a long position                                                        240                             5.5098 GBP
                                                                                                                                 9,182                           5.5176 GBP
                                                                                                                                 34,877                          5.5500 GBP
                                                  Opening a short position                                                       3,069                           5.5233 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,206                           5.5287 GBP
                                                                                                                                 25,842                          5.5500 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:  06 January 2026
 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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