REG-BARCLAYS PLC FORM 8.3 – PLAYTECH PLC
22/10/2021 11:15
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FORM 8.3 – PLAYTECH PLC
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: Barclays PLC.
(b) Owner or controller of interest and short
positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose PLAYTECH PLC
relevant securities this form relates:
(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: 21 October 2021
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making NO
disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
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: Ordinary NPV
Interests Short Positions
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 8,709,388 2.84% 5,984,232 1.95%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
5,729,482 1.87% 8,092,883 2.64%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 14,438,870 4.71% 14,077,115 4.60%
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 Form 8 (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 Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit
security securities
Ordinary NPV Purchase 301 6.7350 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 356 6.7425 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 865 6.7383 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 1,318 6.7370 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 1,476 6.7412 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 2,421 6.7417 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 2,574 6.7423 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 2,676 6.7525 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 2,791 6.7300 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 3,868 6.7411 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 3,900 6.7484 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 5,000 6.7600 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 5,843 6.7400 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 6,350 6.7366 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 7,020 6.7384 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 7,391 6.7445 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 8,626 6.7446 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 8,843 6.7426 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 9,260 6.7469 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 9,554 6.7500 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 9,860 6.7465 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 10,326 6.7000 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 10,770 6.7330 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 11,606 6.7424 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 13,018 6.7495 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 18,943 6.7455 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 21,533 6.7490 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 23,688 6.7473 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 29,006 6.7367 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 41,120 6.7456 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 49,824 6.7485 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 298,684 6.7480 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 121 6.7556 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 201 6.7300 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 1,589 6.7350 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 1,628 6.7408 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 1,844 6.7454 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 2,518 6.7338 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 6,319 6.7325 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 6,912 6.7500 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 7,474 6.7359 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 14,812 6.7503 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 28,925 6.7508 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 61,122 6.7458 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 105,678 6.7437 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 427,093 6.7468 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant description reference unit
security securities
Ordinary NPV SWAP Long 88 6.7394 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Long 193 6.7499 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Long 997 6.7441 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Long 1,148 6.7019 GBP
Ordinary NPV CFD Long 3,455 6.7489 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Long 6,133 6.7418 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Long 17,666 6.7388 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Long 20,830 6.7392 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Long 31,609 6.7500 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Long 32,960 6.7406 GBP
Ordinary NPV CFD Long 61,122 6.7458 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Short 52 6.7505 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Short 77 6.7550 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Short 152 6.7533 GBP
Ordinary NPV CFD Short 813 6.7411 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Short 3,172 6.7416 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Short 3,748 6.7482 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Short 4,733 6.7500 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Short 10,326 6.7000 GBP
Ordinary NPV CFD Short 11,148 6.7496 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Short 28,402 6.7450 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Short 32,920 6.7452 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Short 43,133 6.7410 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
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”
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”
None
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO
Date of disclosure: 22 Oct 2021
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service.
The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in
relation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be
included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel’s
Market Surveillance Unit.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
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