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 : 6276BUBS AG (EPT)11 January 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:
10 January 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
1074040
9.62000 GBP
9.44240 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
Sell
1189998
9.61500 GBP
9.45000 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
776
9.59817 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
76324
9.598165 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
27255
9.535623 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
22622
9.5 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
159
9.538454 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
50
9.44236 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
22622
9.5 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
41
9.465379 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
46
9.506358 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
4
9.520952 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
210
9.499309 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
43
9.440952 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
404
9.533453 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
71
9.474229 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
679
9.491986 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
522
9.497709 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
292
9.497318 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
166
9.496735 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
1104
9.507962 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
55
9.493585 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
158
9.508745 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
1936
9.508033 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
345
9.491844 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
82
9.497939 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
239
9.499271 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
38
9.494196 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
900
9.496056 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
141
9.496486 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
419
9.49902 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
103
9.503244 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
302
9.505463 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
975
9.50801 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
391
9.491613 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:
11 January 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.
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