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 : 8907BUBS AG (EPT)15 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:
12 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
111771
9.60000 GBP
9.25501 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
Sell
272666
9.55501 GBP
9.25501 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
3000000
4.1341
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
5577
4.251426
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
576448
4.193428
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
1022100
4.1426
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
1994423
4.251427
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
11193
4.19226123470026 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
117492
4.196689
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
304259
4.129124
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
2010902
4.118295
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
100000
4.283357
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
3000000
4.1986
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
2926580
4.1971
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
3000000
4.227
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
2758
4.195702
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
80000
4.09499799
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
2228
4.16
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
2100
4.157422
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
22397
4.203349
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
24169
4.193427
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
15300
4.184537
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
159101
4.2
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
21276
4.169
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
106399
4.2098
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
140634
4.2065
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
33700
4.1769
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
48500
4.193566
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
87500
4.25581
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
210
4.2342380952381 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
308174
4.09061796257958 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
8218
4.2
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
81700
4.09319938
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
1404217
4.1639
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
245317
4.107
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
514061
4.1274
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
170000
4.203
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
1500000
4.16278
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
245476
4.163847
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
95394
4.169
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
200
4.167
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
10244
4.113025
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
8913
4.23424660608101 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
34000
4.1528
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
264
4.165667
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
100000
4.130477
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
762
9.555013123
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
6276
9.47525972
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
5359
9.400097
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
39515
9.400098
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
17867
9.34876975336 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
342
9.54748538
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
19091
9.2954
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
71468
9.3225
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
1809
9.547501382
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
582
9.555
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
951
9.400095
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
674
9.555
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
1352
9.5475
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
355
9.555014085
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
315
9.554984127
GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
799
9.547496871
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:
15 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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