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RNS Number : 0887A
UBS AG (EPT)
21 December 2017
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:
 20 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
1700399
9.38500 GBP
9.27500 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
Sell
1766293
9.37562 GBP
9.27500 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
56400
9.375615 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
97267
9.3318 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
1169
9.331796 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
1564
9.331803 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
7211
9.314999307 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
589
9.315 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Long
541
9.314990758 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
138
9.276834 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
429
9.323828 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
641
9.320269 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
859
9.314925 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
1904
9.316815 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
212
9.325652 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
7752
9.315 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
4
9.322182 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
61
9.325331 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
88
9.320307 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
117
9.315788 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
22
9.255495 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
324
9.280928 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
1558
9.287991 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
3488
9.289435 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
49
9.319914 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
60
9.268521 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
128
9.290966 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
548
9.320221 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
688
9.314868 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
1639
9.316452 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
348
9.32364 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
9804
9.287994 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
3407
9.315358 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
1439
9.314717 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
1092
9.320277 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
716
9.323508 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
132
9.249433 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
4
9.304055 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
8
9.287321 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
500
9.289376 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary
CFD
Short
3
9.298013 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:
21 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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