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RNS Number : 2749T Societe Generale SA 23 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 Playtech plc
relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(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: 22/11/2021
For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date
prior to the disclosure
(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?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
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: 11,857,454 3.87 23,137 0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 0 0.00 881,942 0.29
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00 0 0.00
purchase/sell:
11,857,454 3.87 905,079 0.30
TOTAL:
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 751 7.48
Ordinary Purchase 1,542 7.48
Ordinary Purchase 575 7.48
Ordinary Purchase 1,775 7.48
Ordinary Purchase 1,295 7.48
Ordinary Purchase 2,753 7.48
Ordinary Purchase 209 7.47
Ordinary Purchase 1,206 7.47
Ordinary Purchase 981 7.47
Ordinary Purchase 1,196 7.475
Ordinary Purchase 1,101 7.465
Ordinary Purchase 324 7.415
Ordinary Purchase 741 7.415
Ordinary Purchase 563 7.375
Ordinary Purchase 53 7.355
Ordinary Purchase 493 7.45
Ordinary Purchase 132 7.465
Ordinary Purchase 268 7.465
Ordinary Purchase 73 7.465
Ordinary Purchase 1,050 7.47
Ordinary Purchase 438 7.465
Ordinary Purchase 108 7.465
Ordinary Purchase 31 7.465
Ordinary Sale 465 7.38
Ordinary Sale 475 7.495
Ordinary Sale 498 7.435
Ordinary Sale 464 7.48
Ordinary Sale 1,751 7.5
Ordinary Sale 455 7.42
Ordinary Sale 481 7.495
Ordinary Sale 486 7.435
Ordinary Sale 488 7.48
Ordinary Sale 502 7.38
Ordinary Sale 535 7.495
Ordinary Sale 207 7.46
Ordinary Sale 91 7.46
Ordinary Sale 729 7.405
Ordinary Sale 482 7.435
Ordinary Sale 530 7.48
Ordinary Sale 549 7.475
Ordinary Sale 677 7.45
Ordinary Sale 484 7.4
Ordinary Sale 541 7.45
Ordinary Sale 528 7.505
Ordinary Sale 544 7.375
Ordinary Sale 1,734 7.5
Ordinary Sale 537 7.485
Ordinary Sale 675 7.495
Ordinary Sale 539 7.37
Ordinary Sale 556 7.49
Ordinary Sale 626 7.42
Ordinary Sale 548 7.495
Ordinary Sale 530 7.365
Ordinary Sale 498 7.465
Ordinary Sale 691 7.435
Ordinary Sale 558 7.475
Ordinary Sale 672 7.48
Ordinary Sale 200 7.425
Ordinary Sale 105 7.425
Ordinary Sale 534 7.47
Ordinary Sale 547 7.485
Ordinary Sale 523 7.49
Ordinary Sale 539 7.48
Ordinary Sale 63 7.4
Ordinary Sale 298 7.415
Ordinary Sale 535 7.41
Ordinary Sale 404 7.405
Ordinary Sale 43 7.415
Ordinary Sale 537 7.405
Ordinary Sale 1,113 7.42
Ordinary Sale 75,000 7.3926
Total Purchases 17,658
Total Sales 100,567
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference securities Price per unit GBP
e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
position
Ordinary CFD Reducing a Short position 75,000 7.3926
(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. GBP
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit GBP
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) GBP
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"
(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: 23/11/2021
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
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .
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