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      Form 8.5 - Paddy Power Plc - Amendment    
FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Amendment
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN
EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY (RI) STATUS       (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the Code)
1.KEY INFORMATION
(a) Name of exempt principal trader:
                  
          Goodbody Stockbrokers        
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant           securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
          Paddy Power plc        
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal           trader is connected:
          Paddy Power Plc        
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:
For an opening position disclosure, state the latest             practicable date prior to the disclosure
          17 December 2015        
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt           principal trader 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          
If YES, specify which:
            Betfair Group Plc          
2.POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
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(b), 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:
                  
          EUR 0.09 ordinary shares        
                      
Interests
                  
Short positions
Number
                  
%
Number
                  
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
                  
                  
          4,443        
          0.01        
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
                  
                  
                  
                  
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements           to purchase/sell:
                  
                  
                  
                  
TOTAL:
                  
                  
          4,443        
          0.01        
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 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 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
                  
Purchases/ sales
                  
Total number of securities
                  
Highest price per unit paid/received
(EUR)
                  
Lowest price per unit paid/received
(EUR)
          EUR 0.09 ordinary shares        
          Purchases        
          3,900        
          122.45        
          122        
          EUR 0.09 ordinary shares        
          Sales        
          12,794        
          123.79        
          120.4        
(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
(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 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          
(c)Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
                  
          NO        
Date of disclosure:
                  
          18 December, 2015        
Contact name:
          Izabela Mihalache        
Telephone number:
          +353 1 641 9432        
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 Panels Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in       relation to the Codes disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panels website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
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