REG - UBS AG (EPT) Ladbrokes Coral Grp GVC Holdings PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) GVC Holdings plc

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RNS Number : 2926I
UBS AG (EPT)
20 March 2018
 

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


            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:


            19 March 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
 


1968656


9.70501        GBP


9.42750        GBP




Euro 0.01 ordinary


Sell
 


1269465


9.70501        GBP


9.42750        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


1600


9.556748        GBP




Euro 0.01 ordinary


CFD
 


Long


17985


9.56518        GBP




Euro 0.01 ordinary


CFD
 


Long


223945


9.6681        GBP




Euro 0.01 ordinary


CFD
 


Long


5200


9.558591        GBP




Euro 0.01 ordinary


CFD
 


Short


46765


9.595745        GBP




Euro 0.01 ordinary


CFD
 


Short


9346


9.6042        GBP




Euro 0.01 ordinary


CFD
 


Short


913000


9.62        GBP




Euro 0.01 ordinary


CFD
 


Short


13986


9.55391033891034        GBP




Euro 0.01 ordinary


CFD
 


Short


42059


9.5717        GBP




Euro 0.01 ordinary


CFD
 


Short


207


9.55391304347826        GBP




Euro 0.01 ordinary


CFD
 


Short


1


9.465        GBP




Euro 0.01 ordinary


CFD
 


Short


122


9.505        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:


20 March 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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