Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Unite Group plc Amend

JPMorgan Securities Plc

05 November 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 relates:      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Unite Group plc, The
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Corporate Broker to Unite Group plc, The
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	03 November 2025
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	Yes, Empiric Student Property plc

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	484,941	5.6397 GBP	5.5450 GBP
	Sale	530,950	5.6700 GBP	5.5450 GBP

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities	Price per unit
25p ordinary	Equity Swap	Decrease Long Decrease Short Increase Long Increase Short	567  1,123  16,330  348  14,382  2,391  2,300  9,923  46,365  948  866  578  166,462  42,331  1,046  35,000  7,641  517  1,527  1  836  4,786  10  658  8  1,421  2  442  457  6,570  1,486  18,158  9,345  8  55  4,134  1  835  266  163,037  859  490  930  177  107  212	5.5576 GBP 5.5676 GBP 5.5760 GBP 5.5807 GBP 5.5817 GBP 5.5875 GBP 5.5904 GBP 5.5923 GBP 5.5951 GBP 5.6256 GBP 5.5682 GBP 5.5700 GBP 5.5800 GBP 5.5876 GBP 5.5892 GBP 5.5900 GBP 5.6077 GBP 5.6094 GBP 5.6151 GBP 5.6700 GBP 5.5539 GBP 5.5596 GBP 5.5625 GBP 5.5627 GBP 5.5630 GBP 5.5649 GBP 5.5655 GBP 5.5748 GBP 5.5774 GBP 5.5794 GBP 5.5798 GBP 5.5858 GBP 5.5897 GBP 5.6006 GBP 5.6009 GBP 5.6010 GBP 5.6018 GBP 5.6115 GBP 5.5506 GBP 5.5800 GBP 5.5802 GBP 5.5804 GBP 5.5867 GBP 5.6013 GBP 5.6177 GBP 5.6200 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 e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)        Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security	Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion	Details	Price per unit (if applicable)

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:	05 November 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 [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

 

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