Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Unite Group plc, The

JPMorgan Securities Plc

17 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 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
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	16 October 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 Sale	2,188,148 1,661,412	5.9300 GBP 5.9300 GBP	5.7150 GBP 5.7360 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	41,899 128,346 15,200 11,051 1,279 587 134 16 1,639 998 411 3,295 47,559 20 1,350 10,369 467 1,135 3,456 634 15,057 141 8,622 73 339 2 16 95 1,976 5,698 30,000 33,493 8,417 13,632 32,441 4,263 26,161 19,617 5,329 45,655 1,790 1,851 18,650 214,186 925	5.8201 GBP 5.8238 GBP 5.8366 GBP 5.8388 GBP 5.8400 GBP 5.8404 GBP 5.8456 GBP 5.8534 GBP 5.8537 GBP 5.8784 GBP 5.8785 GBP 5.7898 GBP 5.8400 GBP 5.8000 GBP 5.8001 GBP 5.8110 GBP 5.8126 GBP 5.8170 GBP 5.8363 GBP 5.8388 GBP 5.8391 GBP 5.8392 GBP 5.8412 GBP 5.8545 GBP 5.8790 GBP 5.9125 GBP 5.9144 GBP 5.9146 GBP 5.9162 GBP 5.7901 GBP 5.7931 GBP 5.7959 GBP 5.7977 GBP 5.7993 GBP 5.8101 GBP 5.8147 GBP 5.8194 GBP 5.8236 GBP 5.8312 GBP 5.8375 GBP 5.8400 GBP 5.8442 GBP 5.8478 GBP 5.8502 GBP 5.8814 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:	17 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 [phone].

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

 

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