{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"146339","rtpr_id":"nBw7whH6la-20260917","ticker":"MTO","exchange":"LSE","all_tickers":["MTO"],"title":"REG-Balyasny Asset Management LP Form 8.3 Mitie Group plc","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-09-17T12:20:00.095Z","article_body":"Form 8.3 Mitie Group plc\n\n \n\nFORM 8.3\n\nPUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY\n\nA PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE\n\nRule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)\n\n1. KEY INFORMATION\n (a) Full name of discloser:                                                      Balyasny Asset Management L.P.  \n (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if                                           \n different from 1(a):                                                                                             \n \n                                                                                                                \n \nThe naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the                                    \n trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.                                                             \n (c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form   Mitie Group plc                 \n relates:                                                                                                         \n \n                                                                                                                \n \nUse a separate form for each offeror/offeree                                                                    \n (d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this                                      \n and specify identity of offeror/offeree:                                                                         \n (e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                       16/09/2026                      \n \n                                                                                                                \n \nFor an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to                                  \n the disclosure                                                                                                   \n (f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making            N/A                             \n disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?                          \n                               \n \n                                                                                \n                               \n \nIf it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”                       \n                               \n                                                                                  \n                               \n                                                                                  \n                               \n                                                                                  \n                               \n\n\n2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE\n\nIf there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one\nclass of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy\ntable 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant\nsecurity.\n\n(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or\nofferee to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)\n Class of relevant security:                                          2.5p ordinary                          \n \n                                                                    \n                                      \n \n                                                                    \n                                      \n                                                                      \n                                      \n                                                                      \nISIN: GB0004657408                    \n                                                                      Interests          Short positions     \n \n                                                                                                           \n \n                                                                                                           \n                                                                      Number      %      Number    %         \n (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                                                            \n (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                        22,307,154  1.70   12        0.00      \n \n                                                                                                           \n \n                                                                                                           \n (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to                                         \n purchase/sell:                                                                                              \n                                                                      22,307,154  1.70   12        0.00      \n \n                                                                                                           \n \nTOTAL:                                                                                                     \n\n\nAll interests and all short positions should be disclosed.\n\nDetails of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded\noptions), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be\ngiven on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).\n\n(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other\nemployee options)\n Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:       \n Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:      \n\n\n3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE\n\nWhere there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities\nof the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as\nappropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.\n\nThe currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.\n\n(a) Purchases and sales\n Class of relevant security  Purchase/sale  Number of securities  Price per unit  \n                             \n                                                    \n                             \n                                                    \n                                                                                  \n\n\n(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions\n Class of relevant security  Product description  Nature of dealing                                                              Number of reference securities  Price per unit  \n                             \n                    \n                                                                                                                              \n                             \ne.g. CFD            \ne.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short                                                  \n                                                  position                                                                                                                       \n 2.5p ordinary               CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     99,393                          GBP 2.10        \n 2.5p ordinary               CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     163,932                         GBP 2.11        \n\n\n(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)\n\n(i) Writing, Selling, purchasing or varying\n 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                           Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit  \n                                                                                                                                                                                      \n                                                                                 \n                                                                                                                                                                                      \ne.g. American, European etc.                                                     \n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        \n\n\n(ii) Exercise\n Class of relevant security  Product description  Exercising/ exercised against  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit  \n                             \n                                                                                                  \n                             \ne.g. call option                                                                                  \n                                                                                                                                \n\n\n(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)\n Class of relevant security  Nature of dealing               Details  Price per unit (if applicable)  \n                             \n                                                                        \n                             \ne.g. subscription, conversion                                           \n                                                                                                      \n\n\n4. OTHER INFORMATION\n\n(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements\n Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or              \n understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may     \n be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person      \n making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in         \n concert with a party to the offer:                                               \n \n                                                                                \n \nIrrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there  \n are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”             \n None                                                                             \n \n                                                                                \n \n                                                                                \n\n\n(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or\nderivatives\n Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal,  \n between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:   \n \n                                                                            \n \n(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or       \n \n                                                                            \n \n(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant    \n securities to which any derivative is referenced:                            \n \n                                                                            \n \nIf there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state      \n “none”                                                                       \n None                                                                         \n \n                                                                            \n \n                                                                            \n \n                                                                            \n \n                                                                            \n\n\n(c) Attachments\n Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?  No  \n\n Date of disclosure:  17/09/2026        \n Contact name:        Jack Satt         \n Telephone number*:   +44 208 164 3693  \n\n\nPublic disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory\nInformation Service.\n\nThe Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in\nrelation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.\n\n*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be\nincluded, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel’s\nMarket Surveillance Unit.\n\nThe Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk&esheet=54606109&newsitemid=20260917875188&lan=en-US&anchor=www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk&index=1&md5=ccfd5f01584383b20e40117070afa3dd)\n.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260917875188/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260917875188/en/)\n\nBalyasny Asset Management LP\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nBw7whH6la-20260917","title":"REG-Balyasny Asset Management LP Form 8.3 Mitie Group plc","author":"Business Wire","ticker":"MTO","created":"2026-09-17T12:20:00.095Z","tickers":["MTO"],"exchange":"LSE","article_body":"Form 8.3 Mitie Group plc\n\n \n\nFORM 8.3\n\nPUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY\n\nA PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE\n\nRule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)\n\n1. KEY INFORMATION\n (a) Full name of discloser:                                                      Balyasny Asset Management L.P.  \n (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if                                           \n different from 1(a):                                                                                             \n \n                                                                                                                \n \nThe naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the                                    \n trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.                                                             \n (c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form   Mitie Group plc                 \n relates:                                                                                                         \n \n                                                                                                                \n \nUse a separate form for each offeror/offeree                                                                    \n (d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this                                      \n and specify identity of offeror/offeree:                                                                         \n (e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                       16/09/2026                      \n \n                                                                                                                \n \nFor an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to                                  \n the disclosure                                                                                                   \n (f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making            N/A                             \n disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?                          \n                               \n \n                                                                                \n                               \n \nIf it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”                       \n                               \n                                                                                  \n                               \n                                                                                  \n                               \n                                                                                  \n                               \n\n\n2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE\n\nIf there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one\nclass of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy\ntable 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant\nsecurity.\n\n(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or\nofferee to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)\n Class of relevant security:                                          2.5p ordinary                          \n \n                                                                    \n                                      \n \n                                                                    \n                                      \n                                                                      \n                                      \n                                                                      \nISIN: GB0004657408                    \n                                                                      Interests          Short positions     \n \n                                                                                                           \n \n                                                                                                           \n                                                                      Number      %      Number    %         \n (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                                                            \n (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                        22,307,154  1.70   12        0.00      \n \n                                                                                                           \n \n                                                                                                           \n (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to                                         \n purchase/sell:                                                                                              \n                                                                      22,307,154  1.70   12        0.00      \n \n                                                                                                           \n \nTOTAL:                                                                                                     \n\n\nAll interests and all short positions should be disclosed.\n\nDetails of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded\noptions), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be\ngiven on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).\n\n(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other\nemployee options)\n Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:       \n Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:      \n\n\n3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE\n\nWhere there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities\nof the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as\nappropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.\n\nThe currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.\n\n(a) Purchases and sales\n Class of relevant security  Purchase/sale  Number of securities  Price per unit  \n                             \n                                                    \n                             \n                                                    \n                                                                                  \n\n\n(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions\n Class of relevant security  Product description  Nature of dealing                                                              Number of reference securities  Price per unit  \n                             \n                    \n                                                                                                                              \n                             \ne.g. CFD            \ne.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short                                                  \n                                                  position                                                                                                                       \n 2.5p ordinary               CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     99,393                          GBP 2.10        \n 2.5p ordinary               CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     163,932                         GBP 2.11        \n\n\n(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)\n\n(i) Writing, Selling, purchasing or varying\n 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                           Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit  \n                                                                                                                                                                                      \n                                                                                 \n                                                                                                                                                                                      \ne.g. American, European etc.                                                     \n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        \n\n\n(ii) Exercise\n Class of relevant security  Product description  Exercising/ exercised against  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit  \n                             \n                                                                                                  \n                             \ne.g. call option                                                                                  \n                                                                                                                                \n\n\n(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)\n Class of relevant security  Nature of dealing               Details  Price per unit (if applicable)  \n                             \n                                                                        \n                             \ne.g. subscription, conversion                                           \n                                                                                                      \n\n\n4. OTHER INFORMATION\n\n(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements\n Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or              \n understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may     \n be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person      \n making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in         \n concert with a party to the offer:                                               \n \n                                                                                \n \nIrrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there  \n are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”             \n None                                                                             \n \n                                                                                \n \n                                                                                \n\n\n(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or\nderivatives\n Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal,  \n between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:   \n \n                                                                            \n \n(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or       \n \n                                                                            \n \n(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant    \n securities to which any derivative is referenced:                            \n \n                                                                            \n \nIf there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state      \n “none”                                                                       \n None                                                                         \n \n                                                                            \n \n                                                                            \n \n                                                                            \n \n                                                                            \n\n\n(c) Attachments\n Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?  No  \n\n Date of disclosure:  17/09/2026        \n Contact name:        Jack Satt         \n Telephone number*:   +44 208 164 3693  \n\n\nPublic disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory\nInformation Service.\n\nThe Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in\nrelation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.\n\n*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be\nincluded, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel’s\nMarket Surveillance Unit.\n\nThe Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk&esheet=54606109&newsitemid=20260917875188&lan=en-US&anchor=www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk&index=1&md5=ccfd5f01584383b20e40117070afa3dd)\n.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260917875188/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260917875188/en/)\n\nBalyasny Asset Management LP\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-09-17T12:20:00.146523622Z","server_sent_at_ms":1789647600146},"received_at":"2026-09-17T12:20:00.204Z","source_url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260917875188/en/"},"analysis":{"id":"135172","press_release_id":"146339","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Environmental & Facilities Services","sector":"Industrials"},"redFlags":["Form 8.3 filing implies Mitie is in a Takeover Code offer period, but this disclosure names no offeror or offer terms","Balyasny's 1.70% exposure is synthetic (cash-settled CFDs), not outright ownership of underlying shares"],"eventType":"regulatory","narrative":"Balyasny Asset Management L.P. filed a Rule 8.3 disclosure under the UK Takeover Code showing interests in Mitie Group plc equal to 22,307,154 shares, or 1.70%, held via cash-settled derivatives as of 16/09/2026.\n\nThe filing shows Balyasny increased its long exposure that day through CFD purchases of 99,393 shares at GBP 2.10 and 163,932 shares at GBP 2.11, against a de minimis short position of 12 shares.\n\nForm 8.3 filings are mandatory for holders of 1% or more during Takeover Code offer periods; this form names no offeror and reports no irrevocable commitments or voting arrangements, making it routine positional disclosure rather than new corporate news from Mitie.","sentiment":"neutral","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"Hedge-fund accumulation signal: Balyasny builds a 1.70% CFD long in Mitie amid Takeover Code offer-period disclosures."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"isin":"GB0004657408","position_date":"16/09/2026","cfd_purchase_prices":["GBP 2.10","GBP 2.11"],"position_instrument":"cash-settled derivatives (CFDs)","short_position_shares":12,"disclosed_position_shares":22307154,"disclosed_position_percent":"1.70%"}},"namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Jack Satt","role":"disclosure contact for Balyasny Asset Management L.P."}],"products":[],"companies":[{"name":"Balyasny Asset Management L.P.","relationship":"disclosing hedge fund position holder"},{"name":"Mitie Group plc","ticker":"MTO","relationship":"subject company (offeree) whose securities the disclosure relates to"}],"dollarAmounts":[{"amount":"GBP 2.10","context":"price per unit for CFD purchase of 99,393 reference shares"},{"amount":"GBP 2.11","context":"price per unit for CFD purchase of 163,932 reference shares"}]},"materialImpact":{"score":2,"reasoning":"Routine UK Takeover Code Rule 8.3 dealing disclosure: Balyasny discloses a 1.70% cash-settled derivative position in Mitie and modest CFD buying (~263K shares). 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