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RNS Number : 9331I
UBS AG (EPT)
26 March 2018
 
This announcement replaces the previous RNS announcement  7528I  released at
10:04 on the 23nd March 2018. Amendment made to section 2 (a). All other
information remains unchanged
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              GVC Holdings plc
 relates:
      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is                    Ladbrokes Coral Group plc
 connected:
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                                22 March 2018
 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader    YES
 making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?
                                                                                Ladbrokes Coral Group plc
      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
 
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               4859755                     9.59751        GBP                    9.32501        GBP
 Euro 0.01 ordinary          Sell              6565649                     9.59751        GBP                    9.32501        GBP
 
(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions
 
 Class of relevant security  Product description  Nature of dealing                                                              Number of reference securities  Price per unit
                             e.g. CFD             e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
                                                  position
 Euro 0.01 ordinary          CFD                  Long                                                                           546                             9.49076923076923        GBP
 Euro 0.01 ordinary          CFD                  Long                                                                           8236                            9.4621        GBP
 Euro 0.01 ordinary          CFD                  Long                                                                           25000                           9.5479528        GBP
 Euro 0.01 ordinary          CFD                  Long                                                                           232288                          9.50466843        GBP
 Euro 0.01 ordinary          CFD                  Long                                                                           546562                          9.49603659        GBP
 Euro 0.01 ordinary          CFD                  Long                                                                           12004                           9.4697        GBP
 Euro 0.01 ordinary          CFD                  Long                                                                           30932                           9.50770958        GBP
 Euro 0.01 ordinary          CFD                  Long                                                                           211500                          9.546471        GBP
 Euro 0.01 ordinary          CFD                  Long                                                                           76500                           9.4812        GBP
 Euro 0.01 ordinary          CFD                  Long                                                                           23336                           9.517128        GBP
 Euro 0.01 ordinary          CFD                  Long                                                                           46803                           9.497383        GBP
 Euro 0.01 ordinary          CFD                  Long                                                                           300000                          9.495391        GBP
 Euro 0.01 ordinary          CFD                  Long                                                                           211500                          9.5066443        GBP
 Euro 0.01 ordinary          CFD                  Long                                                                           9348                            9.500871        GBP
 Euro 0.01 ordinary          CFD                  Long                                                                           372                             9.547124        GBP
 Euro 0.01 ordinary          CFD                  Long                                                                           497                             9.4695        GBP
 Euro 0.01 ordinary          CFD                  Short                                                                          3866                            9.4829        GBP
 Euro 0.01 ordinary          CFD                  Short                                                                          1200                            9.492483        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                           Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit
                                                                                                                                                                                      e.g. American, European etc.
 
(ii)        Exercise
 
 Class of relevant security  Product description  Exercising/ exercised against  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit
                             e.g. call option
 
(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
 
 Class of relevant security  Nature of dealing               Details  Price per unit (if applicable)
                             e.g. subscription, conversion
 
 
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:  26 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 (mailto: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
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/) .
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