REG - Societe Generale SA Playtech PLC - Form 8.3 - Playtech plc

PlaytechAnnouncement

01/11/2021 09:50

RNS Number : 8941Q
  
Societe Generale SA
  
01 November 2021
  
 

                                                                                                   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:


Société Générale S.A.




(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


Playtech 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


29/10/2021




(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"


NO



 
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




 
 


Interests


Short positions








Number


%


Number


%




(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:


7,648,622


2.50


15,189


0.00




(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
 


0


0.00


983,848


0.32




(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:


0


0.00


0


0.00




 
     TOTAL:


7,648,622


2.50


999,037


0.33



 
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 security


Purchase/sale


Number of securities


Price per unit GBP




Ordinary


Purchase


28


6.98




Ordinary


Purchase


129


7.1




Ordinary


Purchase


1


7.035




Ordinary


Purchase


2


7.1




Ordinary


Purchase


71


7.115




Ordinary


Purchase


106


7.05




Ordinary


Purchase


119


7.06




Ordinary


Purchase


172


7.07




Ordinary


Purchase


1


7.08




Ordinary


Purchase


1


7.035




Ordinary


Purchase


945


6.96




Ordinary


Purchase


14,868


6.96




Ordinary


Purchase


1,348


6.96




Ordinary


Purchase


168


6.96




Ordinary


Purchase


175


7.07




Ordinary


Purchase


100


7.11




Ordinary


Purchase


178


7.085




Ordinary


Purchase


119


7.14




Ordinary


Purchase


1


6.98




Ordinary


Purchase


1


6.98




Ordinary


Purchase


249


7.13




Ordinary


Purchase


27


6.98




Ordinary


Purchase


556


6.98




Ordinary


Purchase


1


7.13




Ordinary


Purchase


250


7.13




Ordinary


Purchase


63


7.13




Ordinary


Purchase


46


7.03




Ordinary


Purchase


79


7.105




Ordinary


Purchase


460


7.06




Ordinary


Purchase


68


7.06




Ordinary


Purchase


59


7.06




Ordinary


Purchase


43


7.105




Ordinary


Purchase


30


7.06




Ordinary


Purchase


106


7.07




Ordinary


Purchase


99


7.05




Ordinary


Purchase


47


7.05




Ordinary


Purchase


31


6.985




Ordinary


Purchase


29


6.98




Ordinary


Purchase


1


7.105




Ordinary


Purchase


141


7.125




Ordinary


Purchase


12


7.045




Ordinary


Purchase


189


6.96




Ordinary


Purchase


250


7.05




Ordinary


Purchase


270


7.05




Ordinary


Purchase


54


7.04




Ordinary


Purchase


830


7.045




Ordinary


Purchase


535


7.06




Ordinary


Purchase


295


7.06




Ordinary


Purchase


776


7.04




Ordinary


Purchase


321


7.125




Ordinary


Purchase


831


7.035




Ordinary


Purchase


832


7.03




Ordinary


Purchase


832


7.025




Ordinary


Purchase


745


7.035




Ordinary


Purchase


832


7.02




Ordinary


Purchase


76


7.03




Ordinary


Purchase


81


7.075




Ordinary


Purchase


112


7.065




Ordinary


Purchase


141


7.155




Ordinary


Purchase


93


7.03




Ordinary


Purchase


109


7.08




Ordinary


Purchase


59,996


7.078746




Ordinary


Sale


367


7.14




Ordinary


Sale


519


7.125




Ordinary


Sale


300


7.155




Ordinary


Sale


510


7.145




Ordinary


Sale


187


7.145




Ordinary


Sale


8


7.155




Ordinary


Sale


482


7.155




Ordinary


Sale


20


7.155




Ordinary


Sale


428


6.96




Ordinary


Sale


322


7.1




Ordinary


Sale


702


7.05




Ordinary


Sale


1,069


6.845




Ordinary


Sale


483


7.085




Ordinary


Sale


399


6.93




Ordinary


Sale


1,522


7.145




Ordinary


Sale


482


6.945




Ordinary


Sale


845


7.055




Ordinary


Sale


845


7.045




Ordinary


Sale


845


7.04




Ordinary


Sale


250


6.945




Ordinary


Sale


1,282


7.045




Ordinary


Sale


556


6.97




Ordinary


Sale


597


7.08




Ordinary


Sale


250


7.08




Ordinary


Sale


39


7.115




Ordinary


Sale


345


7.115




Ordinary


Sale


483


7.115




Ordinary


Sale


32


6.935




Ordinary


Sale


88


6.935




Ordinary


Sale


434


6.935




Ordinary


Sale


496


6.99




Ordinary


Sale


132


6.99




Ordinary


Sale


196


7.12




Ordinary


Sale


250


7.12




Ordinary


Sale


250


6.925




Ordinary


Sale


775


7.045




Ordinary


Sale


143


6.925




Ordinary


Sale


747


7.055




Ordinary


Sale


640


7.145




Ordinary


Sale


588


7.14




Ordinary


Sale


312


7.145




Ordinary


Sale


591


7.155




Ordinary


Sale


250


7.155




Ordinary


Sale


1,007


7.005




Ordinary


Sale


151


6.985




Ordinary


Sale


1,152


6.93




Ordinary


Sale


250


6.985




Ordinary


Sale


392


6.98




Ordinary


Sale


719


6.98




Ordinary


Sale


578


6.975




Ordinary


Sale


581


7.035




Ordinary


Sale


140


7.035




Ordinary


Sale


76


7.03




Ordinary


Sale


81


7.075




Ordinary


Sale


112


7.065




Ordinary


Sale


141


7.155




Ordinary


Sale


93


7.03




Ordinary


Sale


109


7.08








Total Purchases


89,130












Total Sales


25,643







 
 
(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 GBP




Ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


59,996


7.078746



 
(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
GBP





































 
(ii)        Exercise
 



Class of relevant security


Product description
e.g. call option


Exercising/ exercised against


Number of securities


Exercise price per unit GBP




















 
 



 
(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) GBP








 
 











 
 
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:


01/11/2021




Contact name:


Paul Jenkins




Telephone number*:


+44 20 7676 6969



 
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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