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

EntainAnnouncement

07/10/2021 10:45

RNS Number : 3577O
  
Societe Generale SA
  
07 October 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


06/10/2021




(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:


9,640,605


1.64


46,781


0.01




(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
 


0


0.00


859,850


0.15




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


0


0.00


0


0.00




 
     TOTAL:


9,640,605


1.64


906,631


0.15



 
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


1,662


20.9




Ordinary


Purchase


725


20.9




Ordinary


Purchase


175


20.85




Ordinary


Purchase


100


20.85




Ordinary


Purchase


94


20.93




Ordinary


Purchase


100


20.93




Ordinary


Purchase


61


20.93




Ordinary


Purchase


45


20.93




Ordinary


Purchase


215


20.94




Ordinary


Purchase


183


20.85




Ordinary


Purchase


132


20.85




Ordinary


Purchase


1,994


20.9




Ordinary


Purchase


1,157


20.9




Ordinary


Purchase


443


20.9




Ordinary


Purchase


15


20.9




Ordinary


Purchase


357


20.9




Ordinary


Purchase


455


20.9




Ordinary


Purchase


478


20.9




Ordinary


Purchase


160


20.86




Ordinary


Purchase


2


20.86




Ordinary


Purchase


100


20.87




Ordinary


Purchase


239


20.87




Ordinary


Purchase


71


20.87




Ordinary


Purchase


141


20.87




Ordinary


Purchase


37


20.87




Ordinary


Purchase


116


20.88




Ordinary


Purchase


88


20.89




Ordinary


Purchase


44


20.89




Ordinary


Purchase


6


20.89




Ordinary


Purchase


101


20.9




Ordinary


Purchase


200


20.9




Ordinary


Purchase


64


20.9




Ordinary


Purchase


118


20.87




Ordinary


Purchase


77


20.87




Ordinary


Purchase


84


20.87




Ordinary


Purchase


79


20.88




Ordinary


Purchase


260


20.88




Ordinary


Purchase


324


20.88




Ordinary


Purchase


74


20.88




Ordinary


Purchase


100


20.89




Ordinary


Purchase


66


20.89




Ordinary


Purchase


38


20.89




Ordinary


Purchase


225


20.89




Ordinary


Purchase


155


20.9




Ordinary


Purchase


115


20.9




Ordinary


Purchase


117


20.81




Ordinary


Purchase


292


20.83




Ordinary


Purchase


117


20.83




Ordinary


Purchase


58


20.83




Ordinary


Purchase


239


20.83




Ordinary


Purchase


100


20.81




Ordinary


Purchase


97


20.81




Ordinary


Purchase


15


20.81




Ordinary


Purchase


122


20.83




Ordinary


Purchase


57


20.83




Ordinary


Purchase


2


20.83




Ordinary


Purchase


35,000


20.770826




Ordinary


Sale


1,860


20.9




Ordinary


Sale


150


20.94




Ordinary


Sale


108


20.91




Ordinary


Sale


89


20.86




Ordinary


Sale


200


20.86




Ordinary


Sale


2,145


20.9




Ordinary


Sale


37


20.94




Ordinary


Sale


1


20.9




Ordinary


Sale


152


20.9




Ordinary


Sale


89


20.9




Ordinary


Sale


181


20.96




Ordinary


Sale


242


20.96




Ordinary


Sale


242


20.95




Ordinary


Sale


121


20.91




Ordinary


Sale


242


20.83




Ordinary


Sale


121


20.83




Ordinary


Sale


181


20.9




Ordinary


Sale


182


20.92




Ordinary


Sale


74


20.92




Ordinary


Sale


121


20.94




Ordinary


Sale


840


20.92




Ordinary


Sale


181


20.94




Ordinary


Sale


29


20.71




Ordinary


Sale


242


20.71




Ordinary


Sale


242


20.92




Ordinary


Sale


181


20.9




Ordinary


Sale


121


20.92




Ordinary


Sale


12


20.71




Ordinary


Sale


317


20.71




Ordinary


Sale


302


20.73




Ordinary


Sale


242


20.9




Ordinary


Sale


500


20.9




Ordinary


Sale


218


20.9




Ordinary


Sale


363


20.9




Ordinary


Sale


181


20.91




Ordinary


Sale


121


20.9




Ordinary


Sale


121


20.9




Ordinary


Sale


1,814


20.9




Ordinary


Sale


121


20.9




Ordinary


Sale


121


20.81




Ordinary


Sale


34


20.71




Ordinary


Sale


181


20.92




Ordinary


Sale


120


20.94




Ordinary


Sale


1


20.94




Ordinary


Sale


532


20.7




Ordinary


Sale


1,282


20.7




Ordinary


Sale


121


20.7




Ordinary


Sale


10


20.94




Ordinary


Sale


121


20.7




Ordinary


Sale


423


20.8




Ordinary


Sale


9


20.94




Ordinary


Sale


172


20.94




Ordinary


Sale


242


20.91




Ordinary


Sale


39


20.92




Ordinary


Sale


145


20.92




Ordinary


Sale


58


20.92




Ordinary


Sale


58


20.92




Ordinary


Sale


121


20.92




Ordinary


Sale


187


20.92




Ordinary


Sale


1,327


20.92




Ordinary


Sale


104


20.71




Ordinary


Sale


17


20.71




Ordinary


Sale


143


20.87




Ordinary


Sale


388


20.87




Ordinary


Sale


181


20.87




Ordinary


Sale


440


20.87




Ordinary


Sale


181


20.87




Ordinary


Sale


39


20.87




Ordinary


Sale


600


20.87




Ordinary


Sale


321


20.87




Ordinary


Sale


65


20.87




Ordinary


Sale


142


20.93




Ordinary


Sale


100


20.93




Ordinary


Sale


302


20.66




Ordinary


Sale


217


20.66




Ordinary


Sale


25


20.66




Ordinary


Sale


181


20.92




Ordinary


Sale


83


20.72




Ordinary


Sale


69


20.72




Ordinary


Sale


121


20.74




Ordinary


Sale


74


20.94




Ordinary


Sale


79


20.85




Ordinary


Sale


206


20.9




Ordinary


Sale


288


20.9




Ordinary


Sale


690


20.96




Ordinary


Sale


275


20.93




Ordinary


Sale


154


20.93




Ordinary


Sale


210


20.92




Ordinary


Sale


216


20.92




Ordinary


Sale


322


20.94




Ordinary


Sale


69


20.91




Ordinary


Sale


22


20.91




Ordinary


Sale


138


20.91




Ordinary


Sale


715


20.85




Ordinary


Sale


8


20.7




Ordinary


Sale


237


20.7




Ordinary


Sale


25


20.91




Ordinary


Sale


81


20.91




Ordinary


Sale


346


20.92




Ordinary


Sale


35


20.85




Ordinary


Sale


67


20.85




Ordinary


Sale


12


20.85




Ordinary


Sale


18


20.85




Ordinary


Sale


80


20.85




Ordinary


Sale


22


20.85




Ordinary


Sale


45


20.85




Ordinary


Sale


126


20.71




Ordinary


Sale


445


20.91




Ordinary


Sale


74


20.77




Ordinary


Sale


390


20.77




Ordinary


Sale


635


20.78




Ordinary


Sale


244


20.74




Ordinary


Sale


201


20.74




Ordinary


Sale


235


20.87




Ordinary


Sale


709


20.87




Ordinary


Sale


671


20.74




Ordinary


Sale


41


20.85




Ordinary


Sale


69


20.85




Ordinary


Sale


362


20.93




Ordinary


Sale


77


20.9




Ordinary


Sale


72


20.91




Ordinary


Sale


28


20.9




Ordinary


Sale


173


20.85




Ordinary


Sale


75


20.81




Ordinary


Sale


125


20.81








Total Purchases


47,691












Total Sales


30,895







 
 
(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


4,300


20.867710483




Ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


35,000


20.770825



 
(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:


07/10/2021




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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