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FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)
1. KEY INFORMATION
| (a) Full name of discloser: | Barclays 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. | ||
| (c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree | LADBROKES CORAL GROUP PLC | |
| (d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree: | ||
| (e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure | 20 DEC 2017 | |
| (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” | YES GVC Holdings plc |
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON 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 following the dealing (if any)
| Class of relevant security: | 28 1/3p ordinary | ||||||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | ||||||||||
| Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||||||
| (1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
| and/or controlled: | 50,837,947 | 2.65% | 15,363,346 | 0.80% | |||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
| 7,986,205 | 0.42% | 33,542,887 | 1.75% | ||||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
| (4) | |||||||||||
| TOTAL: | 58,824,152 | 3.07% | 48,906,233 | 2.55% |
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).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other employee options)
| Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists: | |
| Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: |
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
| Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
| security | securities | ||||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 500 | 1.7319 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 512 | 1.7290 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 640 | 1.7280 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 1,828 | 1.7360 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 2,266 | 1.7330 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 2,353 | 1.7313 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 2,897 | 1.7310 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 3,226 | 1.7361 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 3,333 | 1.7395 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 4,000 | 1.7345 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 5,303 | 1.7300 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 5,545 | 1.7370 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 5,580 | 1.7359 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 5,632 | 1.7383 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 5,683 | 1.7390 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 8,242 | 1.7326 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 8,345 | 1.7340 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 8,529 | 1.7324 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 9,369 | 1.7320 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 13,312 | 1.7348 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 14,728 | 1.7380 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 15,214 | 1.7350 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 20,705 | 1.7410 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 22,988 | 1.7399 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 24,192 | 1.7364 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 28,200 | 1.7341 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 45,461 | 1.7347 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 47,617 | 1.7354 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 99,018 | 1.7338 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 106,674 | 1.7419 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 115,269 | 1.7351 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 3,000,000 | 1.7343 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 113 | 1.7336 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 338 | 1.7349 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 500 | 1.7319 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 512 | 1.7290 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 640 | 1.7280 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 763 | 1.7325 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 1,402 | 1.7410 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 1,828 | 1.7360 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 2,266 | 1.7330 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 2,897 | 1.7310 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 3,333 | 1.7395 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 3,440 | 1.7315 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 3,793 | 1.7370 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 6,010 | 1.7376 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 7,062 | 1.7345 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 7,436 | 1.7390 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 9,469 | 1.7380 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 11,447 | 1.7340 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 14,659 | 1.7320 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 15,214 | 1.7350 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 24,323 | 1.7388 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 37,144 | 1.7339 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 61,797 | 1.7381 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 117,346 | 1.7402 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 323,888 | 1.7378 GBP | ||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 434,172 | 1.7348 GBP |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
| Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||||
| relevant | description | reference | unit | ||||||
| security | securities | ||||||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Long | 534 | 1.7329 GBP | |||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 3,212 | 1.7351 GBP | |||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Long | 4,992 | 1.7267 GBP | |||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Long | 6,010 | 1.7376 GBP | |||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 8,455 | 1.7384 GBP | |||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Long | 24,323 | 1.7387 GBP | |||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Long | 26,630 | 1.7337 GBP | |||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Long | 36,873 | 1.7339 GBP | |||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 87,707 | 1.7326 GBP | |||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Long | 89,044 | 1.7418 GBP | |||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 118,805 | 1.7395 GBP | |||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Long | 141,339 | 1.7349 GBP | |||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 141,339 | 1.7349 GBP | |||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Long | 293,171 | 1.7348 GBP | |||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 2,353 | 1.7313 GBP | |||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 3,689 | 1.7305 GBP | |||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Short | 8,529 | 1.7323 GBP | |||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Short | 24,192 | 1.7364 GBP | |||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 25,792 | 1.7334 GBP | |||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 36,082 | 1.7354 GBP | |||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Short | 45,461 | 1.7347 GBP | |||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Short | 46,479 | 1.7341 GBP | |||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Short | 75,862 | 1.7351 GBP | |||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Short | 91,754 | 1.7344 GBP | |||||
| 28 1/3p ordinary | SWAP Expires 22/01/2019 | Short | 3,000,000 | 1.7343 GBP |
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
| 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 e.g. American, European etc. | Expiry date | Option money paid/ received per unit |
(ii) Exercise
| Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit |
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
| Class of relevant security | Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion | Details | Price per unit (if applicable) |
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 person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none” |
| None |
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
| Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure 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” |
| None |
(c) Attachments
| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO |
| Date of disclosure: | 21 DEC 2017 | |
| Contact name: | Jay Supaya | |
| Telephone number: | 020 7773 0635 |
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. 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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