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04/01/2018 11:35

RNS Number : 9857A
Societe Generale SA
04 January 2018
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:
Socit Gnrale 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
GVC Holdings 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
03/01/2018
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
 If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
YES: Ladbrokes Coral Group 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:
Ordinary
Interests
Short positions

Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
119,372
0.04
3,197,022
1.05
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
3,005,552
0.99
0
0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00
0
0.00
 TOTAL:
3,124,924
1.03
3,197,022
1.05
 
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 Form8 (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
42
9.625
Ordinary
Purchase
219
9.625
Ordinary
Purchase
400
9.64
Ordinary
Purchase
41
9.64
Ordinary
Purchase
440
9.64
Ordinary
Purchase
192
9.61
Ordinary
Purchase
48
9.61
Ordinary
Purchase
400
9.61
Ordinary
Purchase
100
9.43
Ordinary
Purchase
173
9.42
Ordinary
Purchase
217
9.435
Ordinary
Purchase
341
9.43
Ordinary
Purchase
470
9.64
Ordinary
Purchase
192
9.43
Ordinary
Purchase
111
9.635
Ordinary
Purchase
378
9.415
Ordinary
Purchase
269
9.635
Ordinary
Purchase
400
9.635
Ordinary
Purchase
48
9.64
Ordinary
Purchase
327
9.64
Ordinary
Purchase
408
9.64
Ordinary
Purchase
300
9.415
Ordinary
Purchase
395
9.65
Ordinary
Purchase
574
9.65
Ordinary
Purchase
224
9.405
Ordinary
Purchase
16
9.405
Ordinary
Purchase
8
9.405
Ordinary
Purchase
600
9.625
Ordinary
Purchase
246
9.625
Ordinary
Purchase
731
9.625
Ordinary
Purchase
599
9.625
Ordinary
Purchase
5,731
9.625
Ordinary
Purchase
946
9.625
Ordinary
Purchase
1,019
9.625
Ordinary
Purchase
3,797
9.625
Ordinary
Purchase
6,490
9.625
Ordinary
Purchase
300
9.625
Ordinary
Purchase
1,184
9.625
Ordinary
Purchase
2,417
9.625
Ordinary
Purchase
412
9.625
Ordinary
Purchase
2,084
9.625
Ordinary
Purchase
314
9.625
Ordinary
Purchase
4,137
9.625
Ordinary
Purchase
270
9.41
Ordinary
Purchase
140
9.65
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.645
Ordinary
Purchase
82
9.65
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.65
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.65
Ordinary
Purchase
126
9.65
Ordinary
Purchase
15
9.65
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.65
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.65
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.65
Ordinary
Purchase
46
9.65
Ordinary
Purchase
975
9.645
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.64
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.64
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.64
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.64
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.64
Ordinary
Purchase
47
9.64
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.635
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.635
Ordinary
Purchase
94
9.64
Ordinary
Purchase
18
9.635
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.635
Ordinary
Purchase
489
9.635
Ordinary
Purchase
308
9.445
Ordinary
Purchase
462
9.635
Ordinary
Purchase
296
9.445
Ordinary
Purchase
139
9.435
Ordinary
Purchase
400
9.435
Ordinary
Purchase
54
9.43
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.635
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.425
Ordinary
Purchase
937
9.425
Ordinary
Purchase
122
9.425
Ordinary
Purchase
142
9.425
Ordinary
Purchase
74
9.425
Ordinary
Purchase
6,756
9.625
Ordinary
Purchase
19
9.425
Ordinary
Purchase
14
9.4
Ordinary
Purchase
152
9.4
Ordinary
Purchase
27
9.415
Ordinary
Purchase
1
9.625
Ordinary
Purchase
45
9.625
Ordinary
Purchase
51
9.625
Ordinary
Purchase
712
9.625
Ordinary
Purchase
37
9.435
Ordinary
Sale
230
9.665
Ordinary
Sale
314
9.625
Ordinary
Sale
19
9.645
Ordinary
Sale
344
9.46
Ordinary
Sale
1,321
9.46
Ordinary
Sale
85
9.46
Ordinary
Sale
106
9.46
Ordinary
Sale
87
9.46
Ordinary
Sale
284
9.645
Ordinary
Sale
68
9.655
Ordinary
Sale
332
9.655
Ordinary
Sale
559
9.485
Ordinary
Sale
400
9.485
Ordinary
Sale
52
9.485
Ordinary
Sale
102
9.48
Ordinary
Sale
280
9.48
Ordinary
Sale
51
9.48
Ordinary
Sale
354
9.48
Ordinary
Sale
326
9.475
Ordinary
Sale
280
9.505
Ordinary
Sale
279
9.485
Ordinary
Sale
400
9.66
Ordinary
Sale
53
9.485
Ordinary
Sale
51
9.485
Ordinary
Sale
300
9.675
Ordinary
Sale
300
9.66
Ordinary
Sale
400
9.655
Ordinary
Sale
600
9.625
Ordinary
Sale
479,400
9.494415
Ordinary
Sale
54,938
9.611428
Ordinary
Sale
1,462
9.611429
Ordinary
Sale
993
9.356994

Total Purchases
53,046


Total Sales
544,770

 
(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 long position
479,400
9.494415
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
54,938
9.611428
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
1,462
9.611429
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
993
9.356994
(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:
04/01/2018
Contact name:
Olivier Vero
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.The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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