REG - Societe Generale SA GVC Holdings PLC - Form 8.3 - GVC Holdings Plc <Origin Href="QuoteRef">GVC.L</Origin>
RNS Number : 9499CSociete Generale SA25 January 2018FORM 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
24/01/2018
(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:
44,636
0.01
6,608,738
2.18
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
6,443,201
2.12
0
0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00
0
0.00
TOTAL:
6,487,837
2.14
6,608,738
2.18
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
590
9.45
Ordinary
Purchase
760
9.45
Ordinary
Purchase
467
9.49
Ordinary
Purchase
550
9.49
Ordinary
Purchase
129
9.49
Ordinary
Purchase
400
9.49
Ordinary
Purchase
1,146
9.485
Ordinary
Purchase
91
9.49
Ordinary
Purchase
312
9.4
Ordinary
Purchase
314
9.4
Ordinary
Purchase
134
9.4
Ordinary
Purchase
18
9.4
Ordinary
Purchase
444
9.49
Ordinary
Purchase
244
9.485
Ordinary
Sale
1,401
9.45
Ordinary
Sale
402
9.45
Ordinary
Sale
297
9.445016835
Ordinary
Sale
390
9.44
Ordinary
Sale
303
9.445
Ordinary
Sale
263
9.39
Ordinary
Sale
400
9.435
Ordinary
Sale
517
9.44
Ordinary
Sale
47
9.45
Ordinary
Sale
926
9.45
Ordinary
Sale
71
9.45
Ordinary
Sale
411
9.455
Ordinary
Sale
450
9.445
Ordinary
Sale
10
9.445
Ordinary
Sale
243
9.495
Ordinary
Sale
400
9.445
Ordinary
Sale
300
9.495
Ordinary
Sale
330
9.5
Ordinary
Sale
1,164
9.445
Ordinary
Sale
400
9.445
Ordinary
Sale
490
9.445
Ordinary
Sale
168
9.445
Ordinary
Sale
221
9.445
Ordinary
Sale
60
9.47
Ordinary
Sale
403
9.47
Ordinary
Sale
465
9.425
Ordinary
Sale
400
9.455
Ordinary
Sale
466
9.41
Ordinary
Sale
599
9.45
Ordinary
Sale
291
9.475
Ordinary
Sale
500
9.49
Ordinary
Sale
2
9.445
Ordinary
Sale
300
9.485
Ordinary
Sale
300
9.445
Ordinary
Sale
387
9.445
Ordinary
Sale
306
9.455
Ordinary
Sale
5
9.455
Ordinary
Sale
70
9.455
Ordinary
Sale
100,000
9.4382869
Ordinary
Sale
105,000
9.45837448
Total Purchases
5,599
Total Sales
219,158
(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
100,000
9.4382869
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
105,000
9.45837448
(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:
25/01/2018
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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