REG - UBS AG (EPT) Ladbrokes Coral Grp GVC Holdings PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) GVC Holdings PLC <Origin Href="QuoteRef">GVC.L</Origin> <Origin Href="QuoteRef">LCL.L</Origin>
RNS Number : 5821AUBS AG (EPT)29 December 2017FORM 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:
28 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
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
578794
9.36170 GBP
9.29000 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
Sell
828267
9.38500 GBP
9.28000 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
282000
9.3422002 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
3490
9.33313181 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
1630
9.330333 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
39
9.314069 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
1104
9.333939 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
50
9.349065 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
222
9.310172 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
3
9.330317 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
73
9.318227 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
9
9.317957 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
451
9.330343 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
132
9.327683 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
308
9.321615 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
37600
9.332298 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
1840
9.332299 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
75
9.313154 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
52
9.319658 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
31
9.312665 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
36
9.334377 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
1
9.329141 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
29
9.350289 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
14
9.327766 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
36
9.327804 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
74
9.340781 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
1456
9.32582 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
187
9.349967 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
222
9.333998 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
189
9.312192 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
13
9.34045 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
84
9.340802 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
226
9.325403 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
145
9.340732 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
212
9.349934 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
90
9.334729 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
488
9.328288 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
361
9.350001 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:
29 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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