REG - Societe Generale SA Entain PLC - Form 8.3 - Entain plc

EntainAnnouncement

24/09/2021 13:10

RNS Number : 9417M
  
Societe Generale SA
  
24 September 2021
  
 

                                                                                                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:


Société Générale S.A.




(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


Entain 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


23/09/2021




(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: DraftKings Inc



 
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:
 


Ordinary




 
 


Interests


Short positions








Number


%


Number


%




(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:


9,218,666


1.57


78,159


0.01




(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
 


0


0.00


2,692,294


0.46




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


0


0.00


0


0.00




 
     TOTAL:


9,218,666


1.57


2,770,453


0.47



            
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 GBP




Ordinary


Purchase


341


23.3




Ordinary


Purchase


233


23.23




Ordinary


Purchase


344


23.12




Ordinary


Purchase


135


23.08




Ordinary


Purchase


399


23.08




Ordinary


Purchase


129


23.08




Ordinary


Purchase


207


23.08




Ordinary


Purchase


55


23.3




Ordinary


Purchase


142


23.3




Ordinary


Purchase


100


23.21




Ordinary


Purchase


117


23.21




Ordinary


Purchase


66


23.21




Ordinary


Purchase


215


23.2




Ordinary


Purchase


224


23.37




Ordinary


Purchase


89


23.37




Ordinary


Purchase


95


23.37




Ordinary


Purchase


610


23.06




Ordinary


Purchase


249


23.06




Ordinary


Purchase


273


22.62




Ordinary


Purchase


158


23.3




Ordinary


Purchase


100


23.12




Ordinary


Purchase


143


23.12




Ordinary


Purchase


94


23.3




Ordinary


Purchase


226


23.06




Ordinary


Purchase


216


23.27




Ordinary


Purchase


107


23.43




Ordinary


Purchase


99


23.09




Ordinary


Purchase


111


22.96




Ordinary


Purchase


44


22.8




Ordinary


Purchase


98


22.93




Ordinary


Purchase


328


22.8




Ordinary


Purchase


112


23.23




Ordinary


Purchase


100


23.14




Ordinary


Purchase


90


23.14




Ordinary


Purchase


143


22.82




Ordinary


Purchase


151


23.27




Ordinary


Purchase


226


23.3




Ordinary


Purchase


110


23.08




Ordinary


Purchase


48


23.08




Ordinary


Purchase


5


23.08




Ordinary


Purchase


15


23.08




Ordinary


Purchase


16


23.08




Ordinary


Purchase


116


23.08




Ordinary


Purchase


123


23.08




Ordinary


Purchase


127


23.08




Ordinary


Purchase


115


23.08




Ordinary


Purchase


12


23.08




Ordinary


Purchase


219


23.08




Ordinary


Purchase


8


23.08




Ordinary


Purchase


91


23.08




Ordinary


Purchase


286


22.85




Ordinary


Purchase


186


22.8




Ordinary


Purchase


45


23.07




Ordinary


Purchase


66


22.74




Ordinary


Purchase


200


22.74




Ordinary


Purchase


31


23.12




Ordinary


Purchase


40


23.12




Ordinary


Purchase


226


23.06




Ordinary


Purchase


130


23.16




Ordinary


Purchase


144


23.12




Ordinary


Purchase


69


23.35




Ordinary


Purchase


128


23.35




Ordinary


Purchase


233


23.12




Ordinary


Purchase


5


23.12




Ordinary


Purchase


215


23.2




Ordinary


Purchase


111


23.14




Ordinary


Purchase


44


23.08




Ordinary


Purchase


100


23.08




Ordinary


Purchase


123


22.66




Ordinary


Purchase


63


23.21




Ordinary


Purchase


48


23.21




Ordinary


Purchase


296


23.06




Ordinary


Purchase


204


23.16




Ordinary


Purchase


4


23.1




Ordinary


Purchase


94


23.21




Ordinary


Purchase


79


23.1




Ordinary


Purchase


100


23.43




Ordinary


Purchase


100


22.8




Ordinary


Purchase


100


23.29




Ordinary


Purchase


97


23.13




Ordinary


Purchase


17


23.1




Ordinary


Purchase


100


23.08




Ordinary


Purchase


100


23.2




Ordinary


Purchase


100


23.21




Ordinary


Purchase


100


23.25




Ordinary


Purchase


87


22.82




Ordinary


Purchase


124


22.82




Ordinary


Purchase


100


23.16




Ordinary


Purchase


94


22.96




Ordinary


Purchase


100


23.31




Ordinary


Purchase


100


22.77




Ordinary


Purchase


85


23.08




Ordinary


Purchase


74


23.08




Ordinary


Purchase


41


23.08




Ordinary


Purchase


30


23.08




Ordinary


Purchase


100


23.17




Ordinary


Purchase


62


23.16




Ordinary


Purchase


44


23.15




Ordinary


Purchase


100


23.11




Ordinary


Purchase


56


23.15




Ordinary


Purchase


72


22.85




Ordinary


Purchase


100


22.85




Ordinary


Purchase


99


22.79




Ordinary


Purchase


100


23.3




Ordinary


Purchase


100


23.25




Ordinary


Purchase


100


23.29




Ordinary


Purchase


100


22.73




Ordinary


Purchase


66


22.73




Ordinary


Purchase


100


23.37




Ordinary


Purchase


37


23.37




Ordinary


Purchase


65


23.37




Ordinary


Purchase


100


23.17




Ordinary


Purchase


90


22.84




Ordinary


Purchase


82


22.84




Ordinary


Purchase


236


23.06




Ordinary


Purchase


100


23.12




Ordinary


Purchase


100


23.06




Ordinary


Purchase


66


23.35




Ordinary


Purchase


100


23.35




Ordinary


Purchase


100


23.07




Ordinary


Purchase


48


23.12




Ordinary


Purchase


52


23.11




Ordinary


Purchase


100


22.69




Ordinary


Purchase


63


22.68




Ordinary


Purchase


74


22.68




Ordinary


Purchase


100


23.06




Ordinary


Purchase


100


23.05




Ordinary


Purchase


100


23.18




Ordinary


Purchase


80


23.29




Ordinary


Purchase


151


23.16




Ordinary


Purchase


52


23.29




Ordinary


Purchase


54


22.82




Ordinary


Purchase


52


22.82




Ordinary


Purchase


100


22.84




Ordinary


Purchase


72


22.84




Ordinary


Purchase


232


23.06




Ordinary


Purchase


80


22.68




Ordinary


Purchase


93


22.68




Ordinary


Purchase


28


22.68




Ordinary


Purchase


15,000


22.6359




Ordinary


Purchase


18,863


22.623538




Ordinary


Purchase


1,771


22.623535




Ordinary


Purchase


256,368


24.461753




Ordinary


Purchase


24,073


24.46174




Ordinary


Purchase


130,725


22.942447




Ordinary


Purchase


12,275


22.942447




Ordinary


Sale


272


22.9




Ordinary


Sale


681


23.43




Ordinary


Sale


226


23.43




Ordinary


Sale


530


22.72




Ordinary


Sale


97


22.72




Ordinary


Sale


503


22.62




Ordinary


Sale


1,401


22.62




Ordinary


Sale


2,480


22.62




Ordinary


Sale


304


22.62




Ordinary


Sale


18,451


22.62




Ordinary


Sale


251


22.62




Ordinary


Sale


2,860


22.62




Ordinary


Sale


411


22.62




Ordinary


Sale


106


22.62




Ordinary


Sale


634


22.62




Ordinary


Sale


6


22.62




Ordinary


Sale


626


22.62




Ordinary


Sale


1,709


22.62




Ordinary


Sale


2,147


22.62




Ordinary


Sale


258


22.64




Ordinary


Sale


258


23.02




Ordinary


Sale


246


22.81




Ordinary


Sale


111


23.5




Ordinary


Sale


100


23




Ordinary


Sale


100


23.09




Ordinary


Sale


363


23.09




Ordinary


Sale


181


23.09




Ordinary


Sale


121


23.09




Ordinary


Sale


96


23.09




Ordinary


Sale


25


23.09








Total Purchases


475,374












Total Sales


35,554







 
 
(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




Ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


15,000


22.6359




Ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


18,863


22.623538




Ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


1,771


22.623535




Ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


256,368


24.461753




Ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


24,073


24.46174




Ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


130,725


22.942447




Ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


12,275


22.942447



 
(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
GBP





































 
(ii)        Exercise
 



Class of relevant security


Product description
e.g. call option


Exercising/ exercised against


Number of securities


Exercise price per unit GBP




















 
 



 
(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) GBP








 
 











 
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"




 
 



 
(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"




 
 



 
(c)        Attachments
 



Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?


NO



 
 



Date of disclosure:


24/09/2021




Contact name:


Paul Jenkins




Telephone number*:


+44 20 7676 6969



 
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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