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RNS Number : 7428A
Citadel Group
30 September 2015
FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY 
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Full name of discloser:
Citadel Group
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
 The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.

(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:
 Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
Betfair Group Plc
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:

(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:
 For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure
29 September 2015
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
 If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
Yes - Paddy Power Plc
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.
(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
Class of relevant security:
COMMON STOCK ISIN GB00BSPL1J93
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
0
0.00
5,308
0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
1,278,917
1.38
40,608
0.04
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:




 TOTAL:
1,278,917
1.38
45,916
0.05
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(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
Purchase/sale
Number of securities
Price per unit
Common stock
Purchase
53
32.2
Common stock
Purchase
421
32.46
Common stock
Purchase
229
32.45
Common stock
Purchase
211
32.12
Common stock
Purchase
421
32.1
Common stock
Purchase
175
32.15
Common stock
Purchase
149
32.09
Common stock
Purchase
219
32.11
Common stock
Purchase
369
32.13
Common stock
Purchase
480
32.07
Common stock
Purchase
596
32.06
Common stock
Purchase
226
32.14
Common stock
Purchase
1,079
32.33
Common stock
Purchase
242
32.25
Common stock
Purchase
40
32.18
Common stock
Purchase
723
32.32
Common stock
Purchase
70
31.98
Common stock
Purchase
305
31.99
Common stock
Purchase
65
31.97
Common stock
Purchase
55
32.16
Common stock
Purchase
315
32.03
Common stock
Purchase
595
32.05
Common stock
Purchase
164
32.19
Common stock
Purchase
333
32.24
Common stock
Purchase
70
32.23
Common stock
Purchase
141
32.44
Common stock
Purchase
175
32.6
Common stock
Purchase
568
32.28
Common stock
Purchase
1,510
32.41
Common stock
Purchase
144
32.43
Common stock
Purchase
135
32.62
Common stock
Purchase
1,190
32.38
Common stock
Purchase
30
32.53
Common stock
Purchase
1,157
32.39
Common stock
Purchase
204
32.04
Common stock
Purchase
286
32.17
Common stock
Purchase
20
32
Common stock
Purchase
298
32.22
Common stock
Purchase
179
32.02
Common stock
Purchase
2
31.82
Common stock
Purchase
602
32.08
Common stock
Purchase
449
32.01
Common stock
Purchase
84
32.21
Common stock
Purchase
2,298
32.36
Common stock
Purchase
2,726
32.37
Common stock
Purchase
1,298
32.35
Common stock
Purchase
287
32.27
Common stock
Purchase
912
32.34
Common stock
Purchase
963
32.31
Common stock
Purchase
2,319
32.4
Common stock
Purchase
580
32.42
Common stock
Purchase
253
32.48
Common stock
Purchase
742
32.26
Common stock
Purchase
114
32.3
Common stock
Purchase
623
32.29
Common stock
Purchase
93
32.57
Common stock
Purchase
227
32.51
Common stock
Sale
-20
31.8
Common stock
Sale
-60
32.45
Common stock
Sale
-184
32.12
Common stock
Sale
-21
32.1
Common stock
Sale
-316
32.15
Common stock
Sale
-62
32.09
Common stock
Sale
-212
32.11
Common stock
Sale
-125
32.13
Common stock
Sale
-961
32.07
Common stock
Sale
-703
32.06
Common stock
Sale
-338
32.14
Common stock
Sale
-2,616
32.33
Common stock
Sale
-1,359
32.25
Common stock
Sale
-339
32.18
Common stock
Sale
-553
32.32
Common stock
Sale
-20
31.78
Common stock
Sale
-46
31.98
Common stock
Sale
-345
31.99
Common stock
Sale
-150
31.97
Common stock
Sale
-554
32.16
Common stock
Sale
-432
31.81
Common stock
Sale
-662
32.05
Common stock
Sale
-50
32.19
Common stock
Sale
-186
32.24
Common stock
Sale
-999
32.23
Common stock
Sale
-135
32.56
Common stock
Sale
-373
32.28
Common stock
Sale
-221
32.41
Common stock
Sale
-3
32.43
Common stock
Sale
-1,313
32.38
Common stock
Sale
-165
32.49
Common stock
Sale
-834
32.39
Common stock
Sale
-71
31.91
Common stock
Sale
-159
31.96
Common stock
Sale
-180
32.04
Common stock
Sale
-166
32.17
Common stock
Sale
-151
32.59
Common stock
Sale
-791
32.22
Common stock
Sale
-66
32.02
Common stock
Sale
-91
31.82
Common stock
Sale
-180
32.21
Common stock
Sale
-1,450
32.36
Common stock
Sale
-1,414
32.37
Common stock
Sale
-3,809
32.35
Common stock
Sale
-1,197
32.27
Common stock
Sale
-2,670
32.34
Common stock
Sale
-894
32.31
Common stock
Sale
-779
32.4
Common stock
Sale
-244
32.42
Common stock
Sale
-432
32.26
Common stock
Sale
-1,877
32.3
Common stock
Sale
-2,369
32.29
Common stock
Sale
-93
32.52
Common stock
Sale
-156
32.51
(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
Common stock
CFD
Reducing long position
-1,041
32.315658
Common stock
CFD
Reducing long position
-6,285
32.268762
Common stock
CFD
Reducing short position
4,724
32.281085
Common stock
CFD
Reducing short position
1,538
32.281085
Common stock
CFD
Reducing short position
717
32.281085
(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)



4. 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 person 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"
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person 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"
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
NO
Date of disclosure:
30 September 2015
Contact name:
Pauline Rogers
Telephone number:
020 7645 9708
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 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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