REG - Goldman Sachs (EPT) Playtech PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)

PlaytechAnnouncement

19/10/2021 11:50

RNS Number : 5440P
  
GoldmanSachs International
  
19 October 2021
  
 

 
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:


(GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL




(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:
     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree


PLAYTECH PLC




(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:


ARISTOCRAT (UK) HOLDINGS LIMITED (A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF ARISTOCRAT LEISURE LIMITED)




(d) Date dealing undertaken:


18 October 2021




(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"


N/A



 
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




Ordinary NPV


Purchases


6,984,215


6.8121 GBP


6.6500 GBP




Ordinary NPV


Sales


5,103,300


6.8350 GBP


6.6550 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




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Increasing a short position


520


6.6508 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


1,827


6.6533 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a short position


11,961


6.6615 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Increasing a short position


4,184


6.6733 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a short position


300


6.6814 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Increasing a short position


2,087


6.6893 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a short position


300,000


6.6899 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


1,174


6.7038 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


4,077


6.7061 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Increasing a short position


18,829


6.7099 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Increasing a short position


579


6.7109 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a short position


8,299


6.7136 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a short position


71,701


6.7162 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Increasing a short position


12,100


6.7202 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a long position


49,714


6.7293 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a long position


101,444


6.7293 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a long position


22,502


6.7293 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a long position


7,715


6.7293 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a long position


161,871


6.7293 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a long position


1,626


6.7293 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a long position


6,082


6.7293 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a long position


7,180


6.7293 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a long position


900


6.7300 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Increasing a short position


3,324


6.7332 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a long position


63,608


6.7360 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a short position


7,006


6.7380 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


3,755


6.7381 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


38,494


6.7381 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


9,906


6.7381 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


2,532


6.7381 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Increasing a short position


182,059


6.7381 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Increasing a short position


4,184


6.7382 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a short position


16,214


6.7392 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


89,818


6.7392 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


23,114


6.7392 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


5,911


6.7392 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


8,762


6.7392 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a short position


350,000


6.7399 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a short position


168


6.7400 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


60,000


6.7400 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a short position


14,479


6.7439 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Increasing a short position


13,594


6.7448 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


13,048


6.7455 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Increasing a short position


16,737


6.7509 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


20,211


6.7573 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


758


6.7573 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


430,824


6.7573 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


5,227


6.7573 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Increasing a short position


2,147


6.7616 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a long position


626


6.7689 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a long position


5,683


6.7689 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


637,593


6.7689 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


129,594


6.7689 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


8,528


6.7689 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


12,643


6.7689 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a long position


1,651


6.7689 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a long position


422


6.7689 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a long position


6,416


6.7689 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


33,351


6.7689 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Increasing a long position


109,233


6.7707 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a short position


20,059


6.7709 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a long position


65,652


6.7709 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a short position


10,839


6.7756 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a short position


15,401


6.7790 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a short position


84


6.7800 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


51,324


6.7823 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


13,208


6.7823 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


5,006


6.7823 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


3,377


6.7823 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Increasing a short position


34,797


6.7839 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a long position


174,885


6.7850 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Increasing a short position


9,694


6.7857 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a short position


522


6.7873 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a short position


1,266


6.7873 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


711


6.7882 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a short position


54,858


6.7882 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Increasing a short position


5,346


6.7883 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Increasing a short position


26,642


6.7897 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Increasing a short position


288


6.7901 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Increasing a short position


285


6.7950 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Increasing a short position


1,464


6.7955 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a long position


1,651


6.7978 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a long position


5,683


6.7978 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a long position


422


6.7978 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a long position


6,416


6.7978 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a long position


626


6.7978 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Increasing a short position


11,494


6.8121 GBP




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Opening a long position


5,424


9.2946 USD




Ordinary NPV


CFD


Reducing a long position


5,424


9.3083 USD




Ordinary NPV


SWAP


Reducing a short position


576


9.3092 USD



 
 
 
(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:


19 October 2021




Contact name:


Paul Grainger and Kashif Rafiq




Telephone number:


+44(20) 7552 9835 / +44(20) 7051 0547



 
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