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UBS AG (EPT)
13 December 2017
FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the Code)
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Name of exempt principal trader:
 UBS Investment Bank, London
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:
 Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
 Ladbrokes Coral Group plc
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:
Ladbrokes Coral Group plc
(d) Date dealing undertaken:
 12 December 2017
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?
 If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
YES 
GVC Holdings plc
2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(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
Purchases/ sales
Total number of securities
Highest price per unit paid/received
Lowest price per unit paid/received
28 1/3p ordinary
Buy
19259978
1.74875 GBP
1.70085 GBP
28 1/3p ordinary
Sell
8803998
1.74875 GBP
1.72217 GBP
(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
28 1/3p ordinary
CFD
Long
70387
1.745465 GBP
28 1/3p ordinary
CFD
Long
67600
1.737341 GBP
28 1/3p ordinary
CFD
Long
158472
1.7374 GBP
28 1/3p ordinary
CFD
Long
8769
1.72216672 GBP
28 1/3p ordinary
CFD
Long
6719
1.7454 GBP
28 1/3p ordinary
CFD
Long
22649
1.746408 GBP
28 1/3p ordinary
CFD
Long
1719121
1.735 GBP
28 1/3p ordinary
CFD
Long
66610
1.739304 GBP
28 1/3p ordinary
CFD
Long
1000000
1.739309 GBP
28 1/3p ordinary
CFD
Long
75804
1.74136 GBP
28 1/3p ordinary
CFD
Long
3874
1.7376381 GBP
28 1/3p ordinary
CFD
Long
457499
1.728 GBP
28 1/3p ordinary
CFD
Long
114514
1.741137 GBP
28 1/3p ordinary
CFD
Long
5200
1.734941 GBP
28 1/3p ordinary
CFD
Short
3865505
1.70255 GBP
28 1/3p ordinary
CFD
Short
4495
1.702549 GBP
28 1/3p ordinary
CFD
Short
6799
1.73545963 GBP
28 1/3p ordinary
CFD
Short
12999
1.7381 GBP
28 1/3p ordinary
CFD
Short
7628620
1.7017 GBP
28 1/3p ordinary
CFD
Short
35849
1.731691 GBP
28 1/3p ordinary
CFD
Short
157500
1.7009 GBP
28 1/3p ordinary
CFD
Short
2000000
1.739 GBP
28 1/3p ordinary
CFD
Short
97056
1.7325 GBP
28 1/3p ordinary
CFD
Short
750000
1.731636 GBP
28 1/3p ordinary
CFD
Short
8693
1.732328 GBP
28 1/3p ordinary
CFD
Short
6869
1.73 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








(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)



3. 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 exempt principal trader 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 exempt principal trader 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
Date of disclosure:
13 December 2017
Contact name:
Wendy Dent
Telephone number:
+44 (0)207 568 1245
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 dealing 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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