REG-BARCLAYS PLC FORM 8.3 – PLAYTECH PLC
25/10/2021 12:15
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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: 22 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: 8,635,146 2.82% 5,911,335 1.93%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
5,659,462 1.85% 8,020,994 2.62%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 14,294,608 4.67% 13,932,329 4.55%
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 288 6.7375 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 294 6.7200 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 309 6.7325 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 325 6.7250 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 619 6.7224 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 1,238 6.7387 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 1,555 6.7270 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 1,873 6.7342 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 2,489 6.7366 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 2,733 6.7340 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 2,750 6.7380 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 3,284 6.7319 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 4,127 6.7298 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 4,465 6.7370 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 4,630 6.7378 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 4,632 6.7344 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 6,502 6.7332 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 6,762 6.7275 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 7,619 6.7300 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 7,931 6.7368 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 9,088 6.7400 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 11,539 6.7273 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 11,722 6.7304 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 12,503 6.7350 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 13,506 6.7283 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 16,250 6.7381 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 22,948 6.7264 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 42,684 6.7367 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 43,593 6.7333 GBP
Ordinary NPV Purchase 49,250 6.7308 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 294 6.7200 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 316 6.7290 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 538 6.7325 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 565 6.7275 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 587 6.7250 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 660 6.7308 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 945 6.7265 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 1,504 6.7237 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 1,840 6.7293 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 2,000 6.7350 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 2,607 6.7334 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 2,755 6.7221 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 2,838 6.7300 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 3,805 6.7274 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 4,178 6.7289 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 4,516 6.7270 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 7,378 6.7306 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 8,428 6.7243 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 9,579 6.7338 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 10,602 6.7302 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 28,476 6.7346 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 31,457 6.7326 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 49,138 6.7310 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 55,988 6.7282 GBP
Ordinary NPV Sale 67,859 6.7384 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 492 6.7291 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Long 625 6.7299 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Long 660 6.7308 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Long 1,007 6.7339 GBP
Ordinary NPV CFD Long 1,042 6.7294 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Long 1,531 6.7371 GBP
Ordinary NPV CFD Long 2,782 6.7289 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Long 3,399 6.7261 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Long 9,988 6.7346 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Long 14,127 6.7282 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Long 15,147 6.7343 GBP
Ordinary NPV CFD Long 49,138 6.7310 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Short 1,629 6.7245 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Short 2,210 6.7224 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Short 2,216 6.7322 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Short 2,500 6.7383 GBP
Ordinary NPV CFD Short 5,659 6.7389 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Short 7,538 6.7300 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Short 15,000 6.7350 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Short 28,402 6.7337 GBP
Ordinary NPV SWAP Short 32,915 6.7331 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: 25 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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