{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"147580","rtpr_id":"nBw74ZPmYa-20260918","ticker":"MTO","exchange":"LSE","all_tickers":["MTO"],"title":"REG-Millennium Partners, L.P. Form 8.3","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-09-18T14:25:00.364Z","article_body":"Form 8.3\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:                                                          Millennium International Management LP  \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:                                           17(th) September 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                No                                      \n disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?                                                                      \n \n                                                                                                                            \n \nIf it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”                                                                   \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 (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:                                            35,201,637         2.704%         -               -       \n \n                                                                                                                                  \n \n                                                                                                                                  \n (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to      -                  -              -               -       \n purchase/sell:                                                                                                                     \n                                                                          35,201,637         2.704%         -               -       \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 (EUR)  \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               \n                                 \ne.g. CFD                \ne.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short                                          \n               \n                                                          position                                                                                                                               \n GB0004657408                    Equity Swap              Increasing a Long Position                                                         209,691                             2.10 GBP        \n GB0004657408                    Equity Swap              Increasing a Long Position                                                         62,757                              2.10 GBP        \n GB0004657408                    Equity Swap              Increasing a Long Position                                                         309                                 2.10 GBP        \n GB0004657408                    Equity Swap              Increasing a Long Position                                                         6                                   2.10 GBP        \n GB0004657408                    Equity Swap              Increasing a Long Position                                                         7,465                               2.10 GBP        \n GB0004657408                    Equity Swap              Increasing a Long Position                                                         237                                 2.10 GBP        \n GB0004657408                    Equity Swap              Increasing a Long Position                                                         455,156                             2.11 GBP        \n GB0004657408                    Equity Swap              Increasing a Long Position                                                         1,648                               2.11 GBP        \n GB0004657408                    Equity Swap              Reducing a Long Position                                                           873                                 2.11 GBP        \n GB0004657408                    Equity Swap              Increasing a Long Position                                                         8,705                               2.11 GBP        \n GB0004657408                    Equity Swap              Reducing a Long Position                                                           455,156                             2.11 GBP        \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                                                                                                                       \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                                                                                \n                                 \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                                                                                  \n \n                                                                                \n \nNONE                                                                            \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                                                                              \n \n                                                                            \n \nNONE                                                                        \n \n                                                                            \n \n                                                                            \n\n\n(c) Attachments\n Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?      NO  \n\n Date of disclosure:      18(th) September 2026  \n Contact name:            Stephen Glasper        \n                          \n                      \n                          \n                      \n Telephone number:        +44 203 398 2166       \n\n\nPublic disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory\nInformation Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at\nmonitoring@disclosure.org.uk (mailto:monitoring@disclosure.org.uk) . The\nPanel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation\nto the Code’s disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.\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=54606612&newsitemid=20260918163563&lan=en-US&anchor=www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk&index=1&md5=4abb4ab0c8b4b0478f7b5edb34584dd6)\n.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260918163563/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260918163563/en/)\n\nMillennium Partners, L.P.\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nBw74ZPmYa-20260918","title":"REG-Millennium Partners, L.P. Form 8.3","author":"Business Wire","ticker":"MTO","created":"2026-09-18T14:25:00.364Z","tickers":["MTO"],"exchange":"LSE","article_body":"Form 8.3\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:                                                          Millennium International Management LP  \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:                                           17(th) September 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                No                                      \n disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?                                                                      \n \n                                                                                                                            \n \nIf it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”                                                                   \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 (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:                                            35,201,637         2.704%         -               -       \n \n                                                                                                                                  \n \n                                                                                                                                  \n (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to      -                  -              -               -       \n purchase/sell:                                                                                                                     \n                                                                          35,201,637         2.704%         -               -       \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 (EUR)  \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               \n                                 \ne.g. CFD                \ne.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short                                          \n               \n                                                          position                                                                                                                               \n GB0004657408                    Equity Swap              Increasing a Long Position                                                         209,691                             2.10 GBP        \n GB0004657408                    Equity Swap              Increasing a Long Position                                                         62,757                              2.10 GBP        \n GB0004657408                    Equity Swap              Increasing a Long Position                                                         309                                 2.10 GBP        \n GB0004657408                    Equity Swap              Increasing a Long Position                                                         6                                   2.10 GBP        \n GB0004657408                    Equity Swap              Increasing a Long Position                                                         7,465                               2.10 GBP        \n GB0004657408                    Equity Swap              Increasing a Long Position                                                         237                                 2.10 GBP        \n GB0004657408                    Equity Swap              Increasing a Long Position                                                         455,156                             2.11 GBP        \n GB0004657408                    Equity Swap              Increasing a Long Position                                                         1,648                               2.11 GBP        \n GB0004657408                    Equity Swap              Reducing a Long Position                                                           873                                 2.11 GBP        \n GB0004657408                    Equity Swap              Increasing a Long Position                                                         8,705                               2.11 GBP        \n GB0004657408                    Equity Swap              Reducing a Long Position                                                           455,156                             2.11 GBP        \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                                                                                                                       \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                                                                                \n                                 \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                                                                                  \n \n                                                                                \n \nNONE                                                                            \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                                                                              \n \n                                                                            \n \nNONE                                                                        \n \n                                                                            \n \n                                                                            \n\n\n(c) Attachments\n Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?      NO  \n\n Date of disclosure:      18(th) September 2026  \n Contact name:            Stephen Glasper        \n                          \n                      \n                          \n                      \n Telephone number:        +44 203 398 2166       \n\n\nPublic disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory\nInformation Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at\nmonitoring@disclosure.org.uk (mailto:monitoring@disclosure.org.uk) . The\nPanel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation\nto the Code’s disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.\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=54606612&newsitemid=20260918163563&lan=en-US&anchor=www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk&index=1&md5=4abb4ab0c8b4b0478f7b5edb34584dd6)\n.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260918163563/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260918163563/en/)\n\nMillennium Partners, L.P.\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-09-18T14:25:00.419660215Z","server_sent_at_ms":1789741500419},"received_at":"2026-09-18T14:25:00.509Z","source_url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260918163563/en/"},"analysis":{"id":"136384","press_release_id":"147580","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Commercial Services & Supplies","sector":"Industrials"},"redFlags":["Position is synthetic (cash-settled equity swaps) rather than outright shares — exposure may not carry voting rights","Rule 8.3 filing itself confirms Mitie is operating under Takeover Code offer-period disclosure obligations; question 1(f) answered 'No' rather than 'N/A', consistent with a non-cash (or multi-party) offer structure"],"eventType":"regulatory","narrative":"Millennium International Management LP filed a Rule 8.3 Takeover Code position disclosure relating to Mitie Group plc (LSE: MTO), with the dealing date of 17 September 2026.\n\nThe fund discloses 35,201,637 shares of exposure via cash-settled derivatives (equity swaps), equal to 2.704% of Mitie's 2.5p ordinary shares — above the 1% threshold that triggers public disclosure during an offer period.\n\nThe day's dealings were equity-swap trades mostly increasing the long position at 2.10-2.11 GBP per unit, including one increase and one offsetting reduction of 455,156 reference securities; the fund reports no indemnity, voting, or dealing arrangements and attached no Supplemental Form 8.\n\nThis is procedural Takeover Code boilerplate rather than company news, though the predominantly increasing swap activity signals institutional accumulation in Mitie while the offer period remains live.","sentiment":"neutral","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"Millennium builds a 2.7% synthetic long in Mitie via equity swaps during the offer period — watch for follow-on 8.3 filings from other 1%+ holders."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"dealing_date":"2026-09-17","position_type":"cash-settled derivatives (equity swaps)","class_of_security":"2.5p ordinary (GB0004657408)","swap_price_range_gbp":"2.10-2.11","swap_trades_reported":11,"disclosed_position_pct":2.704,"disclosed_position_shares":35201637}},"namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Stephen Glasper","role":"disclosure contact, Millennium"}],"products":[],"companies":[{"name":"Millennium International Management LP","relationship":"discloser (hedge fund making the Rule 8.3 filing)"},{"name":"Millennium Partners, L.P.","relationship":"disclosing firm brand"},{"name":"Mitie Group plc","ticker":"MTO","relationship":"subject company whose securities the disclosure relates to (offeror/offeree)"},{"name":"The Takeover Panel","relationship":"UK regulator administering the Takeover Code"}],"dollarAmounts":[{"amount":"2.10 GBP","context":"per-unit price on equity swap trades increasing long position"},{"amount":"2.11 GBP","context":"per-unit price on equity swap trades increasing/reducing long position"}]},"materialImpact":{"score":2,"reasoning":"This is a routine Rule 8.3 Takeover Code position disclosure by Millennium, not issuer news. It confirms Mitie is in an offer-period disclosure regime and that a major hedge fund carries a 2.704% synthetic long, but contains no new corporate, financial, or offer information."},"tickerRelevance":{"others":[],"primary":"MTO"},"globalImportance":15,"audienceRelevance":12,"eventTypeSecondary":[],"importanceComponents":{"tickerTier":"UK mid-cap (LSE-listed)","eventGravity":"routine-takeover-code-disclosure","positionSize":"2.704% synthetic long via swaps","issuerAuthored":false,"newInformation":"none beyond position/dealing detail"}},"event_type":"regulatory","event_type_secondary":null,"sentiment":"neutral","material_impact_score":2,"narrative":"Millennium International Management LP filed a Rule 8.3 Takeover Code position disclosure relating to Mitie Group plc (LSE: MTO), with the dealing date of 17 September 2026.\n\nThe fund discloses 35,201,637 shares of exposure via cash-settled derivatives (equity swaps), equal to 2.704% of Mitie's 2.5p ordinary shares — above the 1% threshold that triggers public disclosure during an offer period.\n\nThe day's dealings were equity-swap trades mostly increasing the long position at 2.10-2.11 GBP per unit, including one increase and one offsetting reduction of 455,156 reference securities; the fund reports no indemnity, voting, or dealing arrangements and attached no Supplemental Form 8.\n\nThis is procedural Takeover Code boilerplate rather than company news, though the predominantly increasing swap activity signals institutional accumulation in Mitie while the offer period remains live.","key_figures":{"customDimensions":{"dealing_date":"2026-09-17","position_type":"cash-settled derivatives (equity swaps)","class_of_security":"2.5p ordinary (GB0004657408)","swap_price_range_gbp":"2.10-2.11","swap_trades_reported":11,"disclosed_position_pct":2.704,"disclosed_position_shares":35201637}},"named_entities":{"people":[{"name":"Stephen Glasper","role":"disclosure contact, Millennium"}],"products":[],"companies":[{"name":"Millennium International Management LP","relationship":"discloser (hedge fund making the Rule 8.3 filing)"},{"name":"Millennium Partners, L.P.","relationship":"disclosing firm brand"},{"name":"Mitie Group plc","ticker":"MTO","relationship":"subject company whose securities the disclosure relates to (offeror/offeree)"},{"name":"The Takeover Panel","relationship":"UK regulator administering the Takeover Code"}],"dollarAmounts":[{"amount":"2.10 GBP","context":"per-unit price on equity swap trades increasing long position"},{"amount":"2.11 GBP","context":"per-unit price on equity swap trades increasing/reducing long position"}]},"model_name":"glm-5.3-flash","prompt_hash":"sha256:727b4b9429a443af","schema_hash":"sha256:05005c02d9cffac9","created_at":"2026-09-18T14:25:48.809Z","global_importance":15,"audience_relevance":12,"importance_components":{"tickerTier":"UK mid-cap (LSE-listed)","eventGravity":"routine-takeover-code-disclosure","positionSize":"2.704% synthetic long via swaps","issuerAuthored":false,"newInformation":"none beyond position/dealing detail"}},"durationMs":48224,"modelName":"glm-5.3-flash"}}