<div id="readability-page-1"><div>RNS Number : 3944L JPMorgan Securities Plc 12 December 2025 FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITYRule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the &#34;Code&#34;)1. KEY INFORMATION<div><table><tbody><tr><td>(a) Name of exempt principal trader: </td><td>J.P. Morgan Securities Plc</td></tr><tr><td>(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree</td><td>PPHE Hotel Group Limited</td></tr><tr><td>(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:</td><td>Corporate Broker to PPHE Hotel Group Limited</td></tr><tr><td>(d) Date dealing undertaken:</td><td>11 December 2025</td></tr><tr><td>(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 &#34;N/A&#34;</td><td>N/A</td></tr></tbody></table></div>2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERWhere 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<div><table><tbody><tr><td>Class of relevant security</td><td>Purchases/ sales</td><td>Total number of securities</td><td>Highest price per unit paid/received</td><td>Lowest price per unit paid/received</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">Ordinary NPV</td><td>Purchase</td><td>1,527</td><td>17.7208 GBP</td><td>17.5200 GBP</td></tr><tr><td> Sale</td><td> 2,296</td><td> 17.7200 GBP</td><td> 17.5188 GBP</td></tr></tbody></table></div>(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions<div><table><tbody><tr><td>Class of relevant security</td><td>Product descriptione.g. CFD</td><td>Nature of dealinge.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position</td><td>Number of reference securities</td><td>Price per unit</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="9">Ordinary NPV</td><td>Equity Swap</td><td>Decrease Long</td><td>2</td><td>17.5213 GBP</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>2</td><td>17.7200 GBP</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>21</td><td>17.7208 GBP</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>1</td><td>17.7408 GBP</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> Decrease Short</td><td> 214</td><td> 17.7145 GBP</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> Increase Long</td><td> 100</td><td> 17.5188 GBP</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>445</td><td>17.7044 GBP</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>10</td><td>17.7188 GBP</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>2</td><td>17.7495 GBP</td></tr></tbody></table></div>(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying<ul><li>Class of relevant security</li><li>Product description e.g. call option</li><li>Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.</li><li>Number of securities to which option relates</li><li>Exercise price per unit</li><li>Typee.g. American, European etc.</li><li>Expiry date</li><li>Option money paid/ received per unit</li></ul>(ii) Exercise<ul><li>Class of relevant security</li><li>Product descriptione.g. call option</li><li>Exercising/ exercised against</li><li>Number of securities</li><li>Exercise price per unit</li></ul>(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)<ul><li>Class of relevant security</li><li>Nature of dealinge.g. subscription, conversion</li><li>Details</li><li>Price per unit (if applicable)</li></ul>3. OTHER INFORMATION(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements<ul><li>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 &#34;none&#34;</li><li>None</li></ul>(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives<ul><li>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 &#34;none&#34;</li><li>None</li></ul><div><table><tbody><tr><td>Date of disclosure:</td><td>12 December 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Contact name:</td><td>Hetvi Shah</td></tr><tr><td>Telephone number:</td><td>44 2034 936359</td></tr></tbody></table></div>Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service. 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JPMorgan Securities Plc has made a public dealing disclosure under Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code concerning PPHE Hotel Group Limited. The disclosure includes details of purchases, sales, and derivative transactions involving the company's securities. No indemnity or option arrangements were reported. The disclosure was made on 12 December 2025, following dealings on 11 December 2025.

REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc PPHE Hotel Grp Ltd - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-PPHE Hotel Group Limited