Form 8 (OPD) - Tritax Big Box REIT plc

Tritax Big Box REIT plc
22 February 2024
 

FORM 8 (OPD)

 

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE BY A PARTY TO AN OFFER

Rules 8.1 and 8.2 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1.         KEY INFORMATION

 

(a) Full name of discloser:

Tritax Big Box REIT plc

(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

     The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient.  For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.

N/A

(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

Tritax Big Box REIT plc

(d) Is the discloser the offeror or the offeree?

OFFEROR

(e) Date position held:

     The latest practicable date prior to the disclosure

21 February 2024

(f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

     If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

UK Commercial Property REIT Limited

 

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PARTY TO THE OFFER MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

 

(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates

 

Class of relevant security:

 

1p Ordinary

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

Nil

-

Nil

-

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

 

Nil

-

Nil

-

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:

Nil

-

Nil

-

 

     TOTAL:

Nil

-

Nil

-

 

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

 

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

 

Details of any securities borrowing and lending positions or financial collateral arrangements should be disclosed on a Supplemental Form 8 (SBL).

 

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities

 

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

N/A

Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

N/A

 

 

3.         POSITIONS OF PERSONS ACTING IN CONCERT WITH THE PARTY TO THE OFFER MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

Details of any interests, short positions and rights to subscribe (including directors' and other employee options) of any person acting in concert with the party to the offer making the disclosure:

 

(a) interests held by the directors of Tritax Big Box REIT plc and their close relatives and related trusts:

 

Person

Position

Number of Ordinary Shares held

Percentage of total issued share capital

Karen Whitworth

Non-Executive Director

30,705

0.0016

Wu Gang

Non-Executive Director

2,600

0.0001

Aubrey Adams

Non-Executive Director

240,000

0.0126

Alastair Hughes

Non-Executive Director

46,483

0.0024

Richard Laing

Non-Executive Director

50,000

0.0026

Elizabeth Brown

Non-Executive Director

20,382

0.0011

 

(b) interests held by members of Tritax Management LLP and their close relatives and related trusts:

 

Person

Position

Number of Ordinary Shares held

Percentage of total issued share capital

Frankie Whitehead

Member

200,178

0.0105

Charlie Withers

Member

58,603

0.0031

Henry Franklin

Member

2,031,369

0.1067

James Watson

Member

55,960

0.0029

Bjorn Hobart

Member

419,316

0.0220

Colin Godfrey

Member

2,800,053

0.1471

Petrina Porter (née Austin)

Member

364,820

0.0192

Phil Redding

Member

85,825

0.0045

Tim Legge

Member

43,384

0.0023

Nick Preston

Member

65,236

0.0034

Alasdair Evans

Member

28,236

0.0015

James Dunlop

Member

2,737,692

0.1438

abrdn Holdings Limited

Corporate member

4,284,282

0.2250

 

(c) interests held by the investment manager of Tritax Big Box REIT plc, Tritax Management LLP:

 

Person

Number of Ordinary Shares held

Percentage of total issued share capital

Tritax Management LLP

95,275

0.0050

 

(d) interests held by abrdn plc and its affiliates on behalf of clients by virtue of abrdn plc's indirect interest in Tritax Management LLP:

 

Person

Number of Ordinary Shares held

Percentage of total issued share capital

abrdn plc and its affiliates

22,032,026

1.1573

 

 

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

 

Details of any securities borrowing and lending positions or financial collateral arrangements should be disclosed on a Supplemental Form 8 (SBL).

 

4.         OTHER INFORMATION

 

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

 

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the party to the offer making the disclosure or any person acting in concert with it:

Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

 

N/A

 

 

(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

 

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the party to the offer making the disclosure, or any person acting in concert with it, and any other person relating to:

(i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

 

N/A

 

 

 

(c)        Attachments

 

Are any Supplemental Forms attached?

 

Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions)

NO

Supplemental Form 8 (SBL)

NO

 

 

Date of disclosure:

22 February 2024

Contact name:

Hana Beard

Telephone number:

020 7290 7522

 

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

 

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

 

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