REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Unite Group PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Unite Group plc Amend
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 September 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 | 674,628 | 6.9425 GBP | 6.7298 GBP |
Sale | 687,483 | 6.9400 GBP | 6.7448 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 Opening a long position Opening a short position | 1,401 350 5,692 663 5,539 30 12,504 2,519 1,170 27 4,968 3,268 3,897 23 142 3 351 4,109 4,250 10,874 6,986 4,200 1,455 23 23,500 26,833 887 1,205 17,104 4,301 10,014 4,449 9,482 4,995 23,041 18,583 395 2,254 104 7,700 1,193 650 21,770 7,425 25,429 817 | 6.8494 GBP 6.8495 GBP 6.8541 GBP 6.8609 GBP 6.8934 GBP 6.9003 GBP 6.8540 GBP 6.8547 GBP 6.8567 GBP 6.8996 GBP 6.9000 GBP 6.9009 GBP 6.9228 GBP 6.7665 GBP 6.7666 GBP 6.7667 GBP 6.8033 GBP 6.8034 GBP 6.8462 GBP 6.8494 GBP 6.8567 GBP 6.8585 GBP 6.8616 GBP 6.8617 GBP 6.8739 GBP 6.8990 GBP 6.8991 GBP 6.7298 GBP 6.7923 GBP 6.8363 GBP 6.8719 GBP 6.8873 GBP 6.9001 GBP 6.9004 GBP 6.9010 GBP 6.9030 GBP 6.9401 GBP 6.7448 GBP 6.7948 GBP 6.8641 GBP 6.8750 GBP 6.8800 GBP 6.8908 GBP 6.7646 GBP 6.9000 GBP 6.9202 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 September 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.
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