REG - Societe Generale SA GVC Holdings PLC - Form 8.3 - GVC Holdings Plc

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RNS Number : 9738G
Societe Generale SA
07 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
06/03/2018
(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:
1,211
0.00
5,826,084
1.92
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
5,595,291
1.84
0
0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00
0
0.00
 TOTAL:
5,596,502
1.84
5,826,084
1.92
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
446
8.61
Ordinary
Purchase
531
8.625
Ordinary
Purchase
42
8.625
Ordinary
Purchase
340
8.635
Ordinary
Purchase
212
8.635
Ordinary
Purchase
400
8.73
Ordinary
Purchase
1,006
8.605
Ordinary
Purchase
486
8.6
Ordinary
Purchase
283
8.635
Ordinary
Purchase
400
8.73
Ordinary
Purchase
394
8.635
Ordinary
Purchase
117
8.635
Ordinary
Purchase
2,754
8.617472
Ordinary
Purchase
8,694
8.625312
Ordinary
Purchase
232
8.625301
Ordinary
Purchase
70,500
8.65
Ordinary
Sale
5,603
8.725
Ordinary
Sale
4,649
8.725
Ordinary
Sale
8,682
8.725
Ordinary
Sale
432
8.725
Ordinary
Sale
8
8.71
Ordinary
Sale
260
8.71
Ordinary
Sale
190
8.715
Ordinary
Sale
134
8.715
Ordinary
Sale
166
8.71
Ordinary
Sale
199
8.71
Ordinary
Sale
213
8.71
Ordinary
Sale
98
8.715
Ordinary
Sale
200
8.715
Ordinary
Sale
524
8.675
Ordinary
Sale
651
8.68
Ordinary
Sale
70
8.685
Ordinary
Sale
432
8.71
Ordinary
Sale
649
8.685
Ordinary
Sale
209
8.685
Ordinary
Sale
136
8.685
Ordinary
Sale
371
8.71
Ordinary
Sale
1,109
8.71
Ordinary
Sale
289
8.71
Ordinary
Sale
1,683
8.71
Ordinary
Sale
42
8.7
Ordinary
Sale
287
8.7
Ordinary
Sale
297
8.705
Ordinary
Sale
282
8.705
Ordinary
Sale
545
8.7
Ordinary
Sale
515
8.69
Ordinary
Sale
578
8.695
Ordinary
Sale
355
8.705
Ordinary
Sale
306
8.71
Ordinary
Sale
851
8.655
Ordinary
Sale
873
8.66
Ordinary
Sale
950
8.715
Ordinary
Sale
380
8.705
Ordinary
Sale
88
8.705
Ordinary
Sale
24,000
8.697445
Ordinary
Sale
70,500
8.65

Total Purchases
86,837


Total Sales
127,806

(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
2,754
8.617472
Ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
8,694
8.625312
Ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
232
8.625301
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
24,000
8.697445
(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:
07/03/2018
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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