REG - Societe Generale SA GVC Holdings PLC - Form 8.3 - GVC HOLDINGS PLC <Origin Href="QuoteRef">GVC.L</Origin>

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17/01/2018 09:45

RNS Number : 1235C
Societe Generale SA
17 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
16/01/2018
(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:
138,820
0.05
5,431,807
1.79
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
5,273,911
1.74
0
0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00
0
0.00
 TOTAL:
5,412,731
1.78
5,431,807
1.79
 
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
602
9.315
Ordinary
Purchase
548
9.34
Ordinary
Purchase
495
9.355
Ordinary
Purchase
440
9.375
Ordinary
Purchase
520
9.365
Ordinary
Purchase
304
9.365
Ordinary
Purchase
1
9.365
Ordinary
Purchase
238
9.345
Ordinary
Purchase
444
9.355
Ordinary
Purchase
473
9.365
Ordinary
Purchase
476
9.34
Ordinary
Purchase
476
9.34
Ordinary
Purchase
502
9.335
Ordinary
Purchase
807
9.34
Ordinary
Purchase
293
9.335
Ordinary
Purchase
209
9.335
Ordinary
Purchase
70
9.355
Ordinary
Purchase
400
9.355
Ordinary
Purchase
400
9.345
Ordinary
Purchase
9,811
9.355
Ordinary
Purchase
624
9.355
Ordinary
Purchase
3,006
9.355
Ordinary
Purchase
6,181
9.355
Ordinary
Purchase
476
9.345
Ordinary
Purchase
266
9.34
Ordinary
Purchase
209
9.34
Ordinary
Purchase
450
9.345
Ordinary
Purchase
439
9.345
Ordinary
Purchase
46
9.345
Ordinary
Purchase
31
9.355
Ordinary
Purchase
4,599
9.355
Ordinary
Sale
87
9.325
Ordinary
Sale
81
9.365
Ordinary
Sale
253
9.3050198
Ordinary
Sale
7
9.335
Ordinary
Sale
548
9.31
Ordinary
Sale
394
9.365
Ordinary
Sale
1,362
9.34
Ordinary
Sale
1,380
9.33
Ordinary
Sale
161
9.325
Ordinary
Sale
941
9.325
Ordinary
Sale
879
9.335
Ordinary
Sale
430
9.37
Ordinary
Sale
230
9.325
Ordinary
Sale
389
9.325
Ordinary
Sale
197
9.345
Ordinary
Sale
855
9.345
Ordinary
Sale
1,393
9.33
Ordinary
Sale
1,363
9.335
Ordinary
Sale
444
9.34
Ordinary
Sale
74
9.32
Ordinary
Sale
511
9.32
Ordinary
Sale
1,314
9.325
Ordinary
Sale
226
9.33
Ordinary
Sale
313
9.33
Ordinary
Sale
1,428
9.34
Ordinary
Sale
1,414
9.315
Ordinary
Sale
113
9.335
Ordinary
Sale
1,139
9.355
Ordinary
Sale
468
9.345
Ordinary
Sale
104
9.35
Ordinary
Sale
565
9.315
Ordinary
Sale
353
9.35
Ordinary
Sale
14
9.35
Ordinary
Sale
601
9.32
Ordinary
Sale
57
9.32
Ordinary
Sale
352
9.365
Ordinary
Sale
344,952
9.324402
Ordinary
Sale
75,000
9.3368945
Ordinary
Sale
139,284
9.3412773
Ordinary
Sale
31,972
9.3592514
Ordinary
Sale
197,347
9.383616
Ordinary
Sale
42,350
9.731808
Ordinary
Sale
58,729
9.39812
Ordinary
Sale
100,000
9.39436

Total Purchases
33,836


Total Sales
1,010,074

 
(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
 344,952 
9.324402
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
 75,000 
9.336895
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
 139,284 
9.341277
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
 31,972 
9.359251
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
 197,347 
9.383616
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
 42,350 
9.731808
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
 58,729 
9.39812
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
 100,000 
9.39436
(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:
17/01/2018
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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