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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: Man Group Plc
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): N/A
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: GVC Holdings plc
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree: N/A
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 10 (th)January 2018
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? YES / NO / N/A If YES, specify which: Ladbrokes Coral Group plc
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(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: Euro 0.01 ordinary
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 838,679 0.2763 0 0
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 8,553,013 2.8176 915,740 0.3017
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0 0 0
TOTAL: 9,391,692 3.0938 915,740 0.3017
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 security Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security Product description e.g. CFD Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position Number of reference securities Price per unit (GBP)
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 73,809 9.5428
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 57,072 9.5000
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 39,515 9.5000
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 9,817 9.5000
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 7,809 9.5893
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 7,003 9.5000
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 6,228 9.4500
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 5,409 9.5893
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4,312 9.4500
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3,941 9.4307
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3,917 9.4962
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3,350 9.5893
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2,905 9.5000
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2,730 9.4307
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2,714 9.4962
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2,356 9.4683
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,689 9.4307
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,680 9.4962
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 1,660 9.5544
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,632 9.4683
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 1,620 9.5544
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,344 9.5893
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,071 9.4500
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 960 9.5893
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 764 9.4500
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 677 9.4307
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 674 9.4962
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 483 9.4307
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 480 9.4962
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 423 9.4349
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 405 9.4683
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 376 9.5893
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 320 9.5544
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 317 9.4500
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 293 9.4349
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 289 9.4683
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 189 9.4307
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 188 9.4962
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 119 9.4683
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 72 9.4349
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 51 9.4349
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 21 9.4349
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 20 9.6132
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 53 9.6132
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 75 9.6132
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 303 9.6132
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 436 9.6132
(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? YES/ NO
Date of disclosure: 11 (th)January 2018
Contact name: Matthew Irwin
Telephone number: 02071447255
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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The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely responsible for
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Source: Man Group PLC via Globenewswire