Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC/THE
Source: RNS
FORM 8.3 |
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PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY |
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A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR |
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MORE |
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Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code") |
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1. |
KEY INFORMATION |
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(a) |
Full name of discloser: |
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Barclays PLC. |
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(b) |
Owner or controller of interest and short |
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positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): |
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(c) |
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose |
UNITE GROUP PLC/THE |
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relevant securities this form relates: |
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(d) |
If an exempt fund manager connected with an |
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offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of |
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offeror/offeree: |
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(e) |
Date position held/dealing undertaken: |
30 Jun 2025 |
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(f) |
In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making |
YES: |
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disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? |
EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC |
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2. |
POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE |
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(a) |
Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any) |
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Class of relevant security: |
25p ordinary |
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Interests |
Short Positions |
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Number |
(%) |
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(1) |
Relevant securities owned |
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and/or controlled: |
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4,591,057 |
0.94% |
542,139 |
0.11% |
(2) |
Cash-settled derivatives: |
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and/or controlled: |
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492,344 |
0.10% |
4,298,091 |
0.88% |
(3) |
Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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and agreements to purchase/sell: |
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0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
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TOTAL: |
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5,083,401 |
1.04% |
4,840,230 |
0.99% |
(b) |
Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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options) |
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Class of relevant security in relation to |
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which subscription right exists |
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Details, including nature of the rights |
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concerned and relevant percentages: |
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3. |
DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER |
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(a) |
Purchases and sales |
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Class of relevant |
Purchase/sale |
Number of |
Price per unit |
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security |
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securities |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
115,641 |
8.4750 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
28,560 |
8.4754 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
16,326 |
8.4771 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
13,945 |
8.5065 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
8,565 |
8.4968 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
7,663 |
8.4682 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
6,811 |
8.4810 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
5,086 |
8.5151 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
4,382 |
8.4759 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
3,774 |
8.5148 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
3,631 |
8.5091 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
3,400 |
8.5917 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
2,649 |
8.5295 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
2,339 |
8.4723 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
1,540 |
8.5130 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
1,302 |
8.5962 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
1,201 |
8.4619 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
915 |
8.4633 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
909 |
8.4744 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
828 |
8.5515 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
666 |
8.4694 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
635 |
8.4738 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
625 |
8.5289 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
621 |
8.4494 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
592 |
8.5277 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
457 |
8.5075 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
347 |
8.5494 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
284 |
8.5300 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
284 |
8.5400 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
281 |
8.4844 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
281 |
8.5000 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
254 |
8.4778 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
248 |
8.4863 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
226 |
8.5444 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
193 |
8.5473 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
157 |
8.6075 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
122 |
8.4660 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
36 |
8.5545 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
32 |
8.5121 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
11 |
8.6118 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
11 |
8.5997 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
5 |
8.4600 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
3 |
8.6016 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
3 |
8.6100 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
2 |
8.6050 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
1 |
8.5700 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
1 |
8.5500 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
27,634 |
8.4750 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
23,404 |
8.4815 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
7,353 |
8.4702 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
5,257 |
8.5106 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
4,689 |
8.5462 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
3,662 |
8.4763 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
3,308 |
8.4826 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
2,937 |
8.5804 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
2,094 |
8.5450 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
1,710 |
8.5424 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
1,675 |
8.5429 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
1,469 |
8.5005 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
1,015 |
8.5345 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
992 |
8.5749 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
972 |
8.5234 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
945 |
8.4663 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
909 |
8.4758 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
905 |
8.5475 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
888 |
8.5817 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
846 |
8.5361 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
828 |
8.4751 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
797 |
8.4924 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
532 |
8.5810 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
510 |
8.6048 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
384 |
8.5454 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
282 |
8.5058 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
281 |
8.4850 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
261 |
8.6100 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
180 |
8.5709 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
170 |
8.6050 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
154 |
8.4897 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
148 |
8.5375 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
55 |
8.5500 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
21 |
8.5323 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
19 |
8.6075 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
11 |
8.4727 GBP |
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(b) |
Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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Class of |
Product |
Nature of dealing |
Number of |
Price per |
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relevant |
description |
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reference |
unit |
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security |
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securities |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
7,353 |
8.4702 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
11 |
8.4723 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
6,838 |
8.4750 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
743 |
8.4751 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
3,662 |
8.4763 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
8,340 |
8.4843 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
25 |
8.4896 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
129 |
8.4897 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
1,469 |
8.5005 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
972 |
8.5234 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
21 |
8.5323 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
148 |
8.5375 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
1,710 |
8.5424 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
913 |
8.5450 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
4,689 |
8.5462 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
1 |
8.5498 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
180 |
8.5709 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
992 |
8.5749 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
2,937 |
8.5804 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
888 |
8.5817 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
170 |
8.6050 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
5 |
8.4600 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
915 |
8.4633 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
7,663 |
8.4682 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
2,339 |
8.4723 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
635 |
8.4738 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
64,945 |
8.4750 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
28,560 |
8.4754 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
4,382 |
8.4759 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
16,326 |
8.4771 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
6,811 |
8.4810 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
248 |
8.4863 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
1,374 |
8.4925 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
3,631 |
8.5091 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
32 |
8.5120 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
3,264 |
8.5134 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
5,086 |
8.5151 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
214 |
8.5210 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
2,649 |
8.5295 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
1 |
8.5501 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
2,226 |
8.5508 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
3,400 |
8.5917 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
CFD |
Decreasing Short |
3,073 |
8.4628 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
CFD |
Decreasing Short |
10,210 |
8.4676 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
CFD |
Decreasing Short |
8,864 |
8.4743 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
CFD |
Increasing Short |
10,210 |
8.4676 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
CFD |
Increasing Short |
3,779 |
8.5756 GBP |
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(c) |
Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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(i) |
Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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Class |
Product |
Writing, |
Number |
Exercise |
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Expiry |
Option |
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description |
purchasing, |
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price |
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date |
money |
relevant |
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selling, |
securities |
per unit |
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paid/ |
security |
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varying etc |
to which |
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received |
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option |
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per unit |
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relates |
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(ii) |
Exercising |
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Class of relevant |
Product description |
Exercising/ exercised against |
Number of |
Exercise price per |
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security |
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securities |
unit |
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(d) |
Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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Class of relevant |
Nature of Dealings |
Details |
Price per unit (if |
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security |
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applicable) |
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4. |
OTHER INFORMATION |
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(a) |
Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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NONE |
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(b) |
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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any derivative is referenced: |
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NONE |
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(c) |
Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? |
NO |
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Date of disclosure: |
01 Jul 2025 |
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Contact name: |
Large Holdings Regulatory Operations |
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Telephone number: |
020 3134 7213 |
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