Picture of Barclays logo

BARC Barclays News Story

0.000.00%
gb flag iconLast trade - 00:00
FinancialsBalancedLarge CapTurnaround

REG-BARCLAYS PLC FORM 8.3 - DRAFTKINGS INC

For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below:
http://newsfile.refinitiv.com/getnewsfile/v1/story?guid=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20211021:nBw9V4wwSa&default-theme=true


FORM 8.3 - DRAFTKINGS INC

 

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 interest and short                                                                          
      positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):                                        
 (c)  Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose                                        DRAFTKINGS INC                 
      relevant securities this form relates:                                              
 (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:                                              20 October 2021                
 (f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making                   YES:                           
      disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?                             ENTAIN PLC                     
                                                                                          GVC HLDGS 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:                                            USD 0.0001 class A common                              
                                                                        Interests                         Short Positions      
                                                                        Number           (%)              Number     (%)       
 (1)         Relevant securities owned                                                                                         
             and/or controlled:                                         622,738          0.15%            400,346    0.10%     
                                                                                                                               
 (2)         Cash-settled derivatives:                                                                                         
                                                                        16,877           0.00%            0          0.00%     
                                                                                                                               
 (3)         Stock-settled derivatives (including options)                                                                     
             and agreements to purchase/sell:                           2,470,261        0.61%            1,373,761  0.34%     
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
             TOTAL:                                                     3,109,876        0.77%            1,774,107  0.44%     
                                                                                                                               
 Class of relevant security:                                            Convertible Bond US26142RAA23                          
                                                                        Interests                         Short Positions      
                                                                        Number           (%)              Number     (%)       
 (1)         Relevant securities owned                                                                                         
             and/or controlled:                                         0                0.00%            206,000    0.05%     
                                                                                                                               
 (2)         Cash-settled derivatives:                                                                                         
                                                                        0                0.00%            0          0.00%     
                                                                                                                               
 (3)         Stock-settled derivatives (including options)                                                                     
             and agreements to purchase/sell:                           0                0.00%            0          0.00%     
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
             TOTAL:                                                     0                0.00%            206,000    0.05%     
                                                                                                                               


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                                
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              3                 48.8800 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              10                49.1150 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              10                49.1620 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              18                49.1033 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              18                49.0800 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              18                49.1055 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              29                49.0200 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              38                49.3940 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              80                49.1800 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              109               49.1231 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              134               49.1321 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              200               49.2450 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              289               49.1221 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              304               49.1000 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              322               49.0326 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              335               49.2862 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              400               49.1200 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              500               49.3139 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              1,147             49.0968 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              1,484             48.9000 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              1,563             48.9417 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              2,400             49.0644 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              2,700             49.1648 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              2,936             49.2244 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              4,758             49.1059 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              10,517            49.0993 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              13,154            48.9956 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              15,067            49.0208 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              15,793            49.0548 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              32,288            49.0900 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Purchase              100,941           48.9647 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  10                49.1300 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  15                49.0000 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  27                49.0870 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  29                49.0200 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  40                49.0887 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  40                49.1150 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  40                49.1200 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  40                49.0850 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  41                49.3564 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  49                49.0800 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  100               49.0250 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  109               49.1231 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  131               49.0030 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  142               49.1047 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  167               49.0987 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  200               49.1650 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  203               48.9800 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  270               49.1061 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  300               49.0583 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  368               49.2196 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  410               49.1000 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  590               49.3213 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  623               49.1012 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  724               49.0962 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  1,223             48.9745 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  1,300             49.1700 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  1,400             49.1600 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  1,461             48.9000 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  1,511             49.2102 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  1,687             48.8665 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  2,050             48.9204 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  2,080             49.1281 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  2,246             49.2078 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  2,410             48.9245 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  3,383             48.8441 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  3,647             48.8695 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  5,320             49.2364 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  5,415             49.1127 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  5,429             48.7548 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  7,374             49.2438 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  9,676             49.1716 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  16,177            49.0118 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  16,270            49.2296 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  21,001            49.0362 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  32,251            49.0900 USD             
 USD 0.0001 class A common         Sale                  59,586            48.8607 USD             


(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
 Class of relevant security  Product description  Nature of dealing                                                              Number of reference securities  Price per unit  
                             
                    
                                                                                                                              
                             e.g. CFD             e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short                                                   
                                                  position                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                 
                             
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                 


(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                           Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit  
                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                      e.g. American, European etc.                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        


(ii) Exercise
 Class of relevant security  Product description  Exercising/ exercised against  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit  
                             
                                                                                                  
                             e.g. call option                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                       
                        
                                                                                                                                


(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
 Class of relevant security  Nature of dealing               Details  Price per unit (if applicable)  
                             
                                                                        
                             e.g. subscription, conversion                                            
                                                                                                      
                             
                                                                        
                                                                                                      


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?         YES                                            
 Date of disclosure:                                         21 Oct 2021                                    
 Contact name:                                               Large Holdings Regulatory Operations           
 Telephone number:                                           020 3134 7213                                  


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.

*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be
included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel’s
Market Surveillance Unit.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk%2F&esheet=52513230&newsitemid=20211021005505&lan=en-US&anchor=www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk&index=1&md5=a8324d9f5c669c29b4c4bc16c24ba46a)
.

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)

DETAILS OF OPEN STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVE (INCLUDING OPTION) POSITIONS,
AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION
 Identity of the person whose positions/dealings                       Barclays PLC.           
 are being disclosed:                                                  
 Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose                          DRAFTKINGS INC          
 relevant securities this from relates:                                


2. STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)
 Class                         Product       Writing,     Number      Exercise  Type      Expiry       
 of                            description   purchasing,  of          price               date         
 relevant                                    selling,     securities  per unit                         
 security                                    varying etc  to which                                     
                                                          option                                       
                                                          relates                                      
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Call Options  Purchased    65,000      50.0000   American  29 Oct 2021  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Call Options  Written      -56,900     50.0000   American  22 Oct 2021  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Call Options  Written      -35,500     55.0000   American  21 Jan 2022  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Call Options  Written      -33,835     70.0000   American  20 Jan 2023  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Call Options  Written      -31,007     65.0000   American  20 Jan 2023  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Call Options  Written      -20,503     65.0000   American  21 Jan 2022  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Call Options  Written      -16,059     55.0000   American  20 Jan 2023  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Call Options  Written      -14,443     60.0000   American  20 Jan 2023  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Call Options  Written      -7,373      45.0000   American  19 Nov 2021  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Call Options  Written      -6,363      50.0000   American  21 Jan 2022  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Call Options  Written      -707        40.0000   American  21 Jan 2022  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Call Options  Written      -101        60.0000   American  21 Jan 2022  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Purchased    -418,200    45.0000   American  20 May 2022  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Purchased    -212,400    55.0000   American  21 Jan 2022  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Purchased    -211,100    45.0000   American  20 Jan 2023  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Purchased    -85,700     40.0000   American  19 Nov 2021  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Purchased    -63,963     50.0000   American  21 Jan 2022  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Purchased    -55,631     40.0000   American  20 Jan 2023  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Purchased    -30,000     60.0000   American  19 Nov 2021  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Purchased    -22,601     60.0000   American  21 Jan 2022  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Purchased    -18,700     49.0000   American  22 Oct 2021  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Purchased    -16,968     65.0000   American  21 Jan 2022  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Purchased    -15,000     49.0000   American  29 Oct 2021  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Purchased    -707        40.0000   American  21 Jan 2022  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Written      505         40.0000   American  20 May 2022  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Written      9,999       55.0000   American  20 Jan 2023  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Written      22,500      60.0000   American  21 Jan 2022  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Written      23,230      60.0000   American  19 Nov 2021  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Written      45,248      45.0000   American  19 Nov 2021  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Written      50,500      60.0000   American  15 Jul 2022  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Written      54,944      50.0000   American  20 May 2022  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Written      57,600      50.0000   American  21 Jan 2022  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Written      111,403     60.0000   American  20 Jan 2023  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Written      113,778     40.0000   American  19 Nov 2021  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Written      141,400     55.0000   American  19 Nov 2021  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Written      188,971     50.0000   American  20 Jan 2023  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Written      201,596     45.0000   American  21 Jan 2022  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Written      202,000     45.0000   American  14 Apr 2022  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Written      204,000     40.0000   American  20 Jan 2023  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Written      228,400     55.0000   American  21 Jan 2022  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Written      247,460     45.0000   American  20 Jan 2023  
 USD 0.0001 class A common     Put Options   Written      501,727     45.0000   American  20 May 2022  


3. AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
 Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position  
 can be fully understood:                                                     
                                                                              
 
                                                                            
                                                                              
 
                                                                            
                                                                              
 
                                                                            
                                                                              
 
                                                                            
                                                                              


It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions)
with regard to cash-settled derivatives.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

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
(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk&esheet=52513230&newsitemid=20211021005505&lan=en-US&anchor=www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk&index=2&md5=e8fad9e64e8c39b8a920856ee8be22dc)
.



View source version on businesswire.com:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211021005505/en/
(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211021005505/en/)

BARCLAYS PLC


Copyright Business Wire 2021

Recent news on Barclays

See all news