REG - Societe Generale SA GVC Holdings PLC - Form 8.3 - GVC HOLDINGS PLC <Origin Href="QuoteRef">GVC.L</Origin>
RNS Number : 0414FSociete Generale SA15 February 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
14/02/2018
(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:
1,308
0.00
5,880,402
1.94
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
5,671,323
1.87
0
0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00
0
0.00
TOTAL:
5,672,631
1.87
5,880,402
1.94
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
4,106
8.95
Ordinary
Purchase
703
8.95
Ordinary
Purchase
47
8.835
Ordinary
Purchase
25
8.835
Ordinary
Purchase
43
8.815
Ordinary
Purchase
400
8.94
Ordinary
Purchase
343
8.815
Ordinary
Purchase
620
8.885
Ordinary
Purchase
182
8.88
Ordinary
Purchase
400
8.835
Ordinary
Purchase
44
8.835
Ordinary
Purchase
541
8.835
Ordinary
Purchase
22
8.835
Ordinary
Purchase
51
8.84
Ordinary
Purchase
245
8.84
Ordinary
Purchase
87
8.88
Ordinary
Purchase
768
8.9
Ordinary
Purchase
25
8.84
Ordinary
Purchase
275
8.84
Ordinary
Purchase
128
8.905
Ordinary
Purchase
77
8.83
Ordinary
Purchase
355
8.83
Ordinary
Purchase
500
8.88
Ordinary
Purchase
299
8.895
Ordinary
Purchase
106
8.895
Ordinary
Purchase
230
8.895
Ordinary
Purchase
400
8.895
Ordinary
Purchase
303
8.895
Ordinary
Purchase
300
8.88
Ordinary
Purchase
100
8.91
Ordinary
Purchase
452
8.91
Ordinary
Purchase
358
8.91
Ordinary
Purchase
352
8.905
Ordinary
Purchase
144
8.84
Ordinary
Purchase
328
8.84
Ordinary
Purchase
343
8.84
Ordinary
Purchase
460
8.885
Ordinary
Purchase
365
8.9
Ordinary
Purchase
254
8.83
Ordinary
Purchase
33
8.9
Ordinary
Purchase
184
8.91
Ordinary
Purchase
115
8.91
Ordinary
Purchase
747
8.84
Ordinary
Purchase
603
8.88
Ordinary
Purchase
120
8.815
Ordinary
Purchase
929
8.815
Ordinary
Purchase
103
8.89
Ordinary
Purchase
487
8.815
Ordinary
Purchase
40
8.815
Ordinary
Purchase
1,000
8.815
Ordinary
Purchase
344
8.81
Ordinary
Purchase
736
8.81
Ordinary
Purchase
500
8.88
Ordinary
Purchase
48
8.89
Ordinary
Purchase
252
8.89
Ordinary
Purchase
24
8.85
Ordinary
Purchase
252
8.85
Ordinary
Purchase
273
8.84
Ordinary
Purchase
547
8.815
Ordinary
Purchase
382
8.815
Ordinary
Purchase
1,000
8.815
Ordinary
Purchase
580
8.885
Ordinary
Purchase
419
8.885
Ordinary
Purchase
395
8.9
Ordinary
Purchase
389
8.94
Ordinary
Purchase
172
8.89
Ordinary
Purchase
105
8.89
Ordinary
Purchase
234
8.895
Ordinary
Purchase
814
8.895
Ordinary
Purchase
400
8.895
Ordinary
Purchase
40
8.88
Ordinary
Purchase
629
8.8
Ordinary
Purchase
423
8.8
Ordinary
Purchase
400
8.8
Ordinary
Purchase
340
8.835
Ordinary
Purchase
209
8.89
Ordinary
Purchase
5
8.89
Ordinary
Purchase
9
8.89
Ordinary
Purchase
9
8.89
Ordinary
Purchase
4
8.89
Ordinary
Purchase
272
8.88
Ordinary
Purchase
220
8.88
Ordinary
Purchase
247
8.83
Ordinary
Purchase
11
8.83
Ordinary
Purchase
65
8.83
Ordinary
Purchase
323
8.885
Ordinary
Purchase
273
8.89
Ordinary
Purchase
280
8.88
Ordinary
Purchase
6
8.88
Ordinary
Purchase
426
8.88
Ordinary
Purchase
365
8.87
Ordinary
Purchase
251
8.87
Ordinary
Purchase
400
8.895
Ordinary
Purchase
343
8.89
Ordinary
Purchase
409
8.895
Ordinary
Purchase
439
8.895
Ordinary
Purchase
343
8.895
Ordinary
Purchase
899
8.89
Ordinary
Purchase
427
8.88
Ordinary
Purchase
279
8.88
Ordinary
Purchase
400
8.835
Ordinary
Purchase
164
8.835
Ordinary
Purchase
40
8.835
Ordinary
Purchase
25
8.895
Ordinary
Sale
4,850
8.95
Ordinary
Sale
3,678
8.95
Ordinary
Sale
352
8.865
Ordinary
Sale
6
8.83
Ordinary
Sale
60
8.83
Ordinary
Sale
259
8.83
Ordinary
Sale
145
8.855
Ordinary
Sale
881
8.885
Ordinary
Sale
265
8.885
Ordinary
Sale
205
8.855
Ordinary
Sale
400
8.955
Ordinary
Sale
655
8.94
Ordinary
Sale
9
8.94
Ordinary
Sale
510
8.95
Ordinary
Sale
116
8.94
Ordinary
Sale
525
8.955
Ordinary
Sale
400
8.865
Ordinary
Sale
434
8.865
Ordinary
Sale
400
8.95
Ordinary
Sale
413
8.95
Ordinary
Sale
431
8.95
Ordinary
Sale
298
8.95
Ordinary
Sale
876
8.95
Ordinary
Sale
431
8.95
Ordinary
Sale
423
8.95
Ordinary
Sale
53
8.95
Ordinary
Sale
504
8.82
Ordinary
Sale
307
8.855
Ordinary
Sale
13
8.885
Ordinary
Sale
300
8.885
Ordinary
Sale
576
8.885
Ordinary
Sale
751
8.885
Ordinary
Sale
3,270
8.95
Total Purchases
35,983
Total Sales
22,796
(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
(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:
15/02/2018
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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