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

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RNS Number : 1346F
Societe Generale SA
16 February 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
15/02/2018
(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:
1,309
0.00
5,905,979
1.95
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
5,677,123
1.87
0
0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00
0
0.00
 TOTAL:
5,678,432
1.87
5,905,979
1.95
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
9
8.93
Ordinary
Purchase
681
8.94
Ordinary
Purchase
2,766
8.905
Ordinary
Purchase
793
8.905
Ordinary
Purchase
34
8.92
Ordinary
Purchase
307
8.925
Ordinary
Purchase
309
8.97
Ordinary
Purchase
294
8.935
Ordinary
Purchase
257
8.92
Ordinary
Purchase
257
8.92
Ordinary
Purchase
62
8.92
Ordinary
Purchase
400
8.935
Ordinary
Purchase
376
8.97
Ordinary
Purchase
289
8.935
Ordinary
Purchase
112
8.97
Ordinary
Purchase
112
8.97
Ordinary
Purchase
500
8.97
Ordinary
Purchase
574
8.97
Ordinary
Sale
239
8.92
Ordinary
Sale
279
8.92
Ordinary
Sale
314
8.905
Ordinary
Sale
239
8.925
Ordinary
Sale
465
8.925
Ordinary
Sale
513
8.955
Ordinary
Sale
382
8.925
Ordinary
Sale
138
8.925
Ordinary
Sale
507
8.94
Ordinary
Sale
360
8.945
Ordinary
Sale
217
8.94
Ordinary
Sale
564
8.94
Ordinary
Sale
535
8.945
Ordinary
Sale
524
8.935
Ordinary
Sale
612
8.945
Ordinary
Sale
419
8.92
Ordinary
Sale
39
8.92
Ordinary
Sale
137
8.92
Ordinary
Sale
564
8.935
Ordinary
Sale
679
8.92
Ordinary
Sale
402
8.93
Ordinary
Sale
381
8.93
Ordinary
Sale
134
8.93
Ordinary
Sale
502
8.92
Ordinary
Sale
226
8.945
Ordinary
Sale
390
8.945
Ordinary
Sale
1
8.945
Ordinary
Sale
294
8.95
Ordinary
Sale
12
8.93
Ordinary
Sale
343
8.93
Ordinary
Sale
208
8.945
Ordinary
Sale
400
8.935
Ordinary
Sale
382
8.935
Ordinary
Sale
400
8.92
Ordinary
Sale
231
8.92
Ordinary
Sale
313
8.935
Ordinary
Sale
468
8.935
Ordinary
Sale
57
8.925
Ordinary
Sale
445
8.925
Ordinary
Sale
275
8.935
Ordinary
Sale
126
8.935
Ordinary
Sale
201
8.935
Ordinary
Sale
782
8.93
Ordinary
Sale
329
8.92
Ordinary
Sale
343
8.92
Ordinary
Sale
111
8.91
Ordinary
Sale
595
8.91
Ordinary
Sale
400
8.915
Ordinary
Sale
383
8.915
Ordinary
Sale
345
8.915
Ordinary
Sale
355
8.915
Ordinary
Sale
279
8.975017921
Ordinary
Sale
182
8.945
Ordinary
Sale
486
8.945
Ordinary
Sale
330
8.95
Ordinary
Sale
214
8.945
Ordinary
Sale
400
8.945
Ordinary
Sale
216
8.95
Ordinary
Sale
527
8.95
Ordinary
Sale
21
8.94
Ordinary
Sale
74
8.925
Ordinary
Sale
332
8.925
Ordinary
Sale
257
8.935
Ordinary
Sale
364
8.93
Ordinary
Sale
834
8.93
Ordinary
Sale
12
8.93
Ordinary
Sale
699
8.935
Ordinary
Sale
232
8.93
Ordinary
Sale
213
8.93
Ordinary
Sale
2,000
8.945
Ordinary
Sale
2
8.945
Ordinary
Sale
1,034
8.945
Ordinary
Sale
1,640
8.905
Ordinary
Sale
5,800
8.893666

Total Purchases
8,132


Total Sales
33,708

(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
5,800
8.893666
(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:
16/02/2018
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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