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

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27/02/2018 09:30

RNS Number : 0672G
Societe Generale SA
27 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
26/02/2018
(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:
4,353
0.00
5,946,949
1.96
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
5,741,023
1.89
0
0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00
0
0.00
 TOTAL:
5,745,376
1.89
5,946,949
1.96
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
809
9.055
Ordinary
Purchase
538
9.03
Ordinary
Purchase
468
9.03
Ordinary
Purchase
591
9.06
Ordinary
Purchase
47
9.005
Ordinary
Purchase
83
9.005
Ordinary
Purchase
93
9.065
Ordinary
Purchase
953
9.045
Ordinary
Purchase
300
9.055
Ordinary
Purchase
112
9.05
Ordinary
Purchase
92
9.05
Ordinary
Purchase
273
9.055
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.025
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.025
Ordinary
Purchase
205
9.025
Ordinary
Purchase
374
9.045
Ordinary
Purchase
273
9.03
Ordinary
Purchase
486
9.03
Ordinary
Purchase
400
9.03
Ordinary
Purchase
350
9.05
Ordinary
Purchase
350
9.05
Ordinary
Purchase
38
9.01
Ordinary
Purchase
350
9.05
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.015
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.015
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.015
Ordinary
Purchase
32
9.015
Ordinary
Purchase
28
9.01
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.01
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.01
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.01
Ordinary
Purchase
90
9
Ordinary
Purchase
173
9
Ordinary
Purchase
440
9.06
Ordinary
Purchase
489
8.985
Ordinary
Purchase
555
9.055
Ordinary
Purchase
350
9.005
Ordinary
Purchase
353
9.005
Ordinary
Purchase
360
9.005
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.005
Ordinary
Purchase
116
9.005
Ordinary
Purchase
350
9.055
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.025
Ordinary
Purchase
273
9.06
Ordinary
Purchase
65
9.06
Ordinary
Purchase
30
9.065
Ordinary
Purchase
463
9.065
Ordinary
Purchase
514
9.005
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.04
Ordinary
Purchase
140
9.04
Ordinary
Purchase
147
9.045
Ordinary
Purchase
339
9.045
Ordinary
Purchase
348
9.025
Ordinary
Purchase
514
9.005
Ordinary
Purchase
486
9.05
Ordinary
Purchase
3,070
9.045
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.04
Ordinary
Purchase
500
9.04
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.06
Ordinary
Purchase
163
9.06
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.04
Ordinary
Purchase
330
9.04
Ordinary
Purchase
317
9.075
Ordinary
Purchase
142
9.045
Ordinary
Purchase
400
9.045
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.05
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.05
Ordinary
Purchase
349
9.045
Ordinary
Purchase
141
9.045
Ordinary
Purchase
129
9.04
Ordinary
Purchase
477
9.005
Ordinary
Sale
100
9.11
Ordinary
Sale
287
9.11
Ordinary
Sale
1
9.11
Ordinary
Sale
1
9.12
Ordinary
Sale
423
9.045
Ordinary
Sale
1
9.12
Ordinary
Sale
349
9.045
Ordinary
Sale
79
9.115
Ordinary
Sale
47
9.115
Ordinary
Sale
4
9.115
Ordinary
Sale
403
9.115
Ordinary
Sale
1
9.095
Ordinary
Sale
1
9.095
Ordinary
Sale
1
9.095
Ordinary
Sale
253
9.11
Ordinary
Sale
236
9.115
Ordinary
Sale
160
9.115
Ordinary
Sale
344
9.11
Ordinary
Sale
430
9.11
Ordinary
Sale
313
9.11
Ordinary
Sale
2,725
9.045
Ordinary
Sale
1,665
9.045

Total Purchases
22,114


Total Sales
7,824

(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:
27/02/2018
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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