REG - State Street Global GVC Holdings PLC Ladbrokes Coral Grp - Form 8.3 - GVC Holdings plc

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RNS Number : 9678I
State Street Global Advisors
26 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:


State Street Global Advisors & Affiliates
 




(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


 
23-March-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 / NO / N/A
If YES, specify which:
 
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:
 


 
Euro 0.01 ordinary




 
 


Interests


Short positions




Number


%


Number


%




(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:


9,401,382


3.09702%












(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
 




















(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:




















 
     TOTAL:


9,401,382


3.09702%












 
 
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 Form 8 (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©, 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




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           53,249


GBP 9.3701




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           53,247


GBP 9.3701




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           26,147


GBP 9.3701




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           33,650


GBP 9.3701




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           28,626


GBP 9.3701




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           46,691


GBP 9.3701




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           32,000


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           28,444


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           19,000


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


         179,856


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


             4,148


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


         133,503


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           98,886


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           61,123


GBP 9.3387




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           51,800


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


         721,198


GBP 9.3701




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           24,732


GBP 9.3701




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           49,823


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           12,725


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


             2,023


GBP 9.370099




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


             2,623


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           17,401


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           15,935


GBP 9.3701




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           10,739


GBP 9.3701




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


             1,482


GBP 9.370101




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


             7,225


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           30,000


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           33,000


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           65,131


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


             6,276


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


             1,685


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           39,000


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           47,356


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           30,000


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


             8,409


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           33,465


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           51,372


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           47,325


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


             2,290


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           15,500


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


             2,101


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           19,155


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           12,678


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


             9,821


GBP 9.29




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


         131,898


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           56,477


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


             5,674


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


             7,558


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


             1,639


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


             7,563


GBP 9.3521




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


         105,221


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


             9,768


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           22,800


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


         103,717


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


                 700


GBP 9.3866




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           75,000


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           42,648


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           45,313


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           48,818


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           51,441


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           18,741


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           28,574


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           31,778


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           21,347


GBP 9.3701




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           12,663


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           15,000


GBP 9.3521




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


             5,000


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           40,613


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           10,102


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           83,085


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           12,849


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           47,670


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


                 543


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


                 900


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


             5,356


GBP 9.370101




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           15,857


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


                 133


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           38,029


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


         121,911


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


             2,745


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


         700,000


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


         350,000


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           10,979


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           25,491


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           71,612


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


         499,952


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


         350,000


GBP 9.3521




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


           52,143


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Purchase


             6,800


GBP 9.33




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Sale


           41,872


GBP 9.29




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Sale


           15,184


GBP 9.29




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Sale


           23,337


GBP 9.29




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Sale


           30,297


GBP 9.29




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Sale


           48,866


GBP 9.29




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Sale


           54,441


GBP 9.29




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Sale


             8,430


GBP 9.29




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Sale


           12,088


GBP 9.29




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Sale


           19,182


GBP 9.29




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Sale


         285,902


GBP 9.29




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Sale


           84,845


GBP 9.29




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Sale


         239,699


GBP 9.29




 
(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


























 
(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






































 
(ii)        Exercise
 




Class of relevant security


Product description
e.g. call option


Exercising/ exercised against


Number of securities


Exercise price per unit




















 
 




 
(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)








 
 












 
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"




 
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"




 
None
 




 
(c)        Attachments
 




Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?


          No




 




Date of disclosure:


26-March-2018




Contact name:


Chetan Shah




Telephone number:


020 33956564




 
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk.  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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