Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Unite Group plc

  • 15 October 2025 11:31:40
  • Source: Sharecast
RNS Number : 5118D
JPMorgan Securities Plc
15 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, The

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

14 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

829,760

6.1199 GBP

5.9500 GBP


Sale


707,837


6.1350 GBP


5.9731 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

690

5.9904 GBP



2,423

5.9920 GBP



3,484

5.9927 GBP



1,350

5.9957 GBP



18,800

6.0219 GBP



4,650

6.0661 GBP



1,065

6.0670 GBP

 


Decrease Short


15,321


5.9900 GBP



21,687

5.9917 GBP



1,006

6.0024 GBP



192

6.0048 GBP



5,189

6.0494 GBP



189

6.0700 GBP



369

6.0798 GBP

 


Increase Long


4,485


5.9801 GBP



147

5.9835 GBP



183

5.9836 GBP



423

5.9854 GBP



98

5.9893 GBP



1,018

5.9929 GBP



44

5.9961 GBP



35

5.9963 GBP



546

6.0027 GBP



15,087

6.0084 GBP



1,812

6.0378 GBP



27

6.0380 GBP



3,014

6.0536 GBP



12,978

6.0540 GBP



44,044

6.0857 GBP



3

6.0967 GBP



186

6.0970 GBP

 


Increase Short


52


5.9802 GBP



41,635

5.9900 GBP



39,674

5.9993 GBP



84,831

5.9996 GBP



839

6.0077 GBP



9,070

6.0106 GBP



1,286

6.0186 GBP



27

6.0202 GBP



500

6.0652 GBP



2,066

6.0655 GBP



4,042

6.0701 GBP

 


Opening a short position


2,159


5.9969 GBP



4,221

6.0236 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:

15 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 +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

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

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