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: |
02 Jul 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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4,834,410 |
0.99% |
451,078 |
0.09% |
(2) |
Cash-settled derivatives: |
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and/or controlled: |
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470,027 |
0.10% |
4,540,174 |
0.93% |
(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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5,304,437 |
1.08% |
4,991,252 |
1.02% |
(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 |
210,041 |
8.1350 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
200,000 |
8.1309 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
84,986 |
8.1368 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
61,915 |
8.1356 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
41,841 |
8.2295 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
26,566 |
8.2372 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
17,630 |
8.2391 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
16,016 |
8.2023 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
11,356 |
8.1748 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
10,531 |
8.1354 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
9,128 |
8.2413 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
8,669 |
8.2647 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
7,950 |
8.2280 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
7,396 |
8.2078 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
6,048 |
8.1919 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
4,875 |
8.1542 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
3,333 |
8.3700 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
3,286 |
8.1950 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
3,077 |
8.2233 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
2,800 |
8.4429 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
2,478 |
8.3062 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
2,301 |
8.1577 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
2,015 |
8.2398 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
1,901 |
8.2300 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
1,703 |
8.3757 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
1,252 |
8.1665 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
1,220 |
8.1600 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
1,094 |
8.4050 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
753 |
8.2230 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
675 |
8.1550 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
639 |
8.2550 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
600 |
8.1528 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
593 |
8.1500 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
589 |
8.3688 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
582 |
8.1597 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
545 |
8.2650 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
528 |
8.2450 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
522 |
8.1647 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
471 |
8.2404 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
431 |
8.3711 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
381 |
8.2415 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
368 |
8.2050 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
325 |
8.1547 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
312 |
8.1358 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
283 |
8.2600 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
271 |
8.3400 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
266 |
8.1650 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
264 |
8.1700 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
250 |
8.2250 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
212 |
8.2000 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
202 |
8.3550 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
202 |
8.1753 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
185 |
8.1850 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
142 |
8.1750 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
120 |
8.2150 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
46 |
8.1778 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
21 |
8.1609 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
5 |
8.3750 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
3 |
8.1433 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
2 |
8.5141 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Purchase |
1 |
8.3600 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
230,350 |
8.1350 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
80,000 |
8.1380 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
78,351 |
8.1469 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
25,271 |
8.2166 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
15,089 |
8.3437 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
11,762 |
8.1748 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
11,222 |
8.2658 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
10,737 |
8.3762 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
9,855 |
8.2095 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
8,397 |
8.1952 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
6,975 |
8.2126 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
5,855 |
8.3335 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
5,733 |
8.2575 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
5,560 |
8.1422 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
5,480 |
8.2781 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
4,400 |
8.3560 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
3,201 |
8.3833 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
2,990 |
8.2613 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
2,567 |
8.1345 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
2,386 |
8.1773 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
2,366 |
8.2457 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
2,158 |
8.2379 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
1,887 |
8.2305 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
1,694 |
8.3738 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
1,657 |
8.3714 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
1,568 |
8.2702 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
1,355 |
8.1874 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
1,231 |
8.3418 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
1,220 |
8.1600 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
1,094 |
8.4050 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
1,000 |
8.1477 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
914 |
8.3116 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
837 |
8.1865 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
759 |
8.2456 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
605 |
8.1550 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
593 |
8.1500 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
545 |
8.2650 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
528 |
8.2450 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
526 |
8.3229 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
429 |
8.2852 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
395 |
8.2210 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
368 |
8.2050 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
350 |
8.2550 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
334 |
8.2920 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
283 |
8.2600 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
271 |
8.3400 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
263 |
8.4150 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
250 |
8.2250 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
212 |
8.2000 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
209 |
8.1650 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
185 |
8.1850 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
134 |
8.2200 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
120 |
8.2150 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
111 |
8.3641 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
74 |
8.2500 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
43 |
8.4700 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
6 |
8.1525 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
5 |
8.3758 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
Sale |
4 |
8.3550 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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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 |
2,567 |
8.1345 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
18,713 |
8.1350 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
33,776 |
8.1352 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
20,359 |
8.1415 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
5,560 |
8.1422 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
1,000 |
8.1477 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
382 |
8.1600 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
266 |
8.1650 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
432 |
8.1687 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
6,452 |
8.1929 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
173 |
8.1995 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
76 |
8.2057 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
3,649 |
8.2072 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
9,855 |
8.2095 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
1 |
8.2100 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
25,271 |
8.2166 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
1,887 |
8.2305 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
1,568 |
8.2702 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
429 |
8.2852 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
49,582 |
8.3119 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
526 |
8.3229 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
1,231 |
8.3418 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
4 |
8.3550 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
4,400 |
8.3560 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
111 |
8.3641 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
100 |
8.3699 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
102,592 |
8.1350 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
16,210 |
8.1354 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
61,915 |
8.1356 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
312 |
8.1358 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
3 |
8.1416 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
600 |
8.1528 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
4,875 |
8.1542 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
70 |
8.1550 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
2,301 |
8.1577 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
21 |
8.1609 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
233 |
8.1650 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
202 |
8.1753 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
46 |
8.1778 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
6,048 |
8.1919 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
16,016 |
8.2023 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
7,396 |
8.2078 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
41,841 |
8.2295 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
17,630 |
8.2391 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
9,128 |
8.2413 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
381 |
8.2415 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
8,669 |
8.2647 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
15,949 |
8.2832 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
876 |
8.2886 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
394 |
8.2929 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
214 |
8.3121 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
36 |
8.3166 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
938 |
8.3644 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
589 |
8.3688 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
3,333 |
8.3700 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
1,196 |
8.3829 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
2,800 |
8.4429 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
CFD |
Decreasing Short |
10,054 |
8.2171 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
CFD |
Decreasing Short |
6,884 |
8.2657 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
CFD |
Increasing Short |
2,999 |
8.1356 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
CFD |
Increasing Short |
19,931 |
8.1919 GBP |
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25p ordinary |
CFD |
Increasing Short |
1,187 |
8.3805 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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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? |
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Date of disclosure: |
03 Jul 2025 |
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Contact name: |
Large Holdings Regulatory Operations |
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Telephone number: |
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