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

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02/03/2018 10:00

RNS Number : 5258G
Societe Generale SA
02 March 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
01/03/2018
(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:
2,614
0.00
5,920,937
1.95
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
5,691,023
1.87
0
0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00
0
0.00
 TOTAL:
5,693,637
1.88
5,920,937
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
293
8.765
Ordinary
Purchase
718
8.77
Ordinary
Purchase
339
8.77
Ordinary
Purchase
562
8.765
Ordinary
Purchase
382
8.81
Ordinary
Purchase
321
8.81
Ordinary
Purchase
1,031
8.81
Ordinary
Purchase
49
8.77
Ordinary
Purchase
231
8.77
Ordinary
Purchase
1
8.77
Ordinary
Purchase
50,000
8.796196
Ordinary
Sale
272
8.97
Ordinary
Sale
407
8.925
Ordinary
Sale
400
8.85
Ordinary
Sale
288
8.985
Ordinary
Sale
251
8.825
Ordinary
Sale
6,131
8.825
Ordinary
Sale
4,211
8.825
Ordinary
Sale
10,304
8.825
Ordinary
Sale
244
8.98
Ordinary
Sale
210
8.98
Ordinary
Sale
333
8.925
Ordinary
Sale
652
8.925
Ordinary
Sale
200
8.775
Ordinary
Sale
280
8.775
Ordinary
Sale
666
8.775
Ordinary
Sale
476
8.775
Ordinary
Sale
255
8.775
Ordinary
Sale
1,866
8.785
Ordinary
Sale
820
8.775
Ordinary
Sale
869
8.775
Ordinary
Sale
2,430
8.825
Ordinary
Sale
11
8.785
Ordinary
Sale
495
8.955
Ordinary
Sale
1,511
8.825
Ordinary
Sale
333
8.785
Ordinary
Sale
561
8.84
Ordinary
Sale
57
8.84
Ordinary
Sale
11
8.84
Ordinary
Sale
360
8.84
Ordinary
Sale
50
8.785
Ordinary
Sale
56
8.785
Ordinary
Sale
527
8.9
Ordinary
Sale
3,000
8.83
Ordinary
Sale
861
8.87
Ordinary
Sale
2
8.87
Ordinary
Sale
904
8.93
Ordinary
Sale
200
8.925
Ordinary
Sale
540
8.925
Ordinary
Sale
502
8.845
Ordinary
Sale
562
8.85
Ordinary
Sale
502
8.84
Ordinary
Sale
400
8.85
Ordinary
Sale
43
8.775
Ordinary
Sale
95
8.925
Ordinary
Sale
77
8.815
Ordinary
Sale
126
8.775
Ordinary
Sale
277
8.775

Total Purchases
53,927


Total Sales
43,628

(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
Reducing a long position
50,000
8.796196
(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:
02/03/2018
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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