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Form 8.3 - GAMESYS GROUP PLC
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 GAMESYS GROUP PLC
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 April 2021
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making NO
disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
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: 10p ordinary
Interests Short Positions
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 1,266,081 1.16% 40,769 0.04%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
28,488 0.03% 1,124,273 1.03%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 1,294,569 1.18% 1,165,042 1.06%
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
10p ordinary Purchase 35 19.2100 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 155 19.2400 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 443 19.2200 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 475 19.2357 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,346 19.2636 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,480 19.2900 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,817 19.2190 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 2,098 19.2347 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 2,118 19.3112 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 3,892 19.3293 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 4,029 19.2274 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 9,245 19.2009 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 13,386 19.2832 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 79 19.3400 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 105 19.2100 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 241 19.3410 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 855 19.2965 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 1,000 19.3200 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 1,087 19.2804 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 2,109 19.2200 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 2,280 19.3500 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 2,687 19.2941 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 3,330 19.1991 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 3,471 19.2377 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 5,703 19.2320 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 9,245 19.2009 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 11,806 19.2705 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant description reference unit
security securities
10p ordinary CFD Long 397 19.2144 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 608 19.1974 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Long 3,330 19.1991 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Long 9,148 19.2140 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Short 400 19.2505 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 1,906 19.2926 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Short 2,118 19.3112 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 3,603 19.2215 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Short 3,709 19.2475 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 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? NO
Date of disclosure: 21 Apr 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
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