REG - UBS AG (EPT) Ladbrokes Coral Grp GVC Holdings PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) GVCHoldings <Origin Href="QuoteRef">GVC.L</Origin> <Origin Href="QuoteRef">LCL.L</Origin>
RNS Number : 5902EUBS AG (EPT)12 February 2018FORM 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
GVC Holdings plc
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:
Ladbrokes Coral Group plc
(d) Date dealing undertaken:
09 February 2018
(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 Ladbrokes Coral Group 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
Euro 0.01 ordinary
Buy
275562
8.78000 GBP
8.661343 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
Sell
186953
8.78000 GBP
8.66500 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
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
332
8.7425 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
104399
8.74 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
11797
8.722827 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
70
8.735 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
1151
8.728556 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
1228
8.717243 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
509
8.726018 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
82
8.7184 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
85624
8.725 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
299
8.666372 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
214
8.720262 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
213
8.720872 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
9200
8.725411 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
106996
8.73310395 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
1504
8.722388 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
411
8.7247 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:
12 February 2018
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.
This information is provided by RNSThe company news service from the London Stock ExchangeENDFERUURARWOAUAAR
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