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

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RNS Number : 2090U  Societe Generale SA  01 December 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:                                       30/11/2021

      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:                     13,055,754  4.26   19,797     0.01
 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                        0           0.00   2,062,916  0.67

 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to  0           0.00   0          0.00
 purchase/sell:
                                                                      13,055,754  4.26   2,082,713  0.68

      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         117                   7.47
 Ordinary                    Purchase         33                    7.46515151515151
 Ordinary                    Purchase         173                   7.405
 Ordinary                    Purchase         97                    7.46
 Ordinary                    Purchase         191                   7.41
 Ordinary                    Purchase         7                     7.405
 Ordinary                    Purchase         200                   7.405
 Ordinary                    Purchase         128                   7.46
 Ordinary                    Purchase         201                   7.41
 Ordinary                    Purchase         1                     7.455
 Ordinary                    Purchase         198                   7.47
 Ordinary                    Purchase         152                   7.46
 Ordinary                    Purchase         200                   7.415
 Ordinary                    Purchase         7                     7.415
 Ordinary                    Purchase         153                   7.415
 Ordinary                    Purchase         146                   7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         1                     7.475
 Ordinary                    Purchase         149                   7.405
 Ordinary                    Purchase         130                   7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         257                   7.41
 Ordinary                    Purchase         197                   7.47
 Ordinary                    Purchase         25                    7.47
 Ordinary                    Purchase         92                    7.47
 Ordinary                    Purchase         154                   7.41
 Ordinary                    Purchase         185                   7.41
 Ordinary                    Purchase         15                    7.41
 Ordinary                    Purchase         223                   7.405
 Ordinary                    Purchase         336                   7.405
 Ordinary                    Purchase         200                   7.445
 Ordinary                    Purchase         15                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         158                   7.405
 Ordinary                    Purchase         109                   7.41
 Ordinary                    Purchase         49                    7.46
 Ordinary                    Purchase         67                    7.46
 Ordinary                    Purchase         216                   7.46
 Ordinary                    Purchase         691                   7.405
 Ordinary                    Purchase         125                   7.41
 Ordinary                    Purchase         273                   7.41
 Ordinary                    Purchase         1,043                 7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         51                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         830                   7.405
 Ordinary                    Purchase         167                   7.415
 Ordinary                    Purchase         61                    7.415
 Ordinary                    Purchase         51                    7.415
 Ordinary                    Purchase         317                   7.415
 Ordinary                    Purchase         191                   7.46
 Ordinary                    Purchase         311                   7.4
 Ordinary                    Purchase         358                   7.405
 Ordinary                    Purchase         117                   7.405
 Ordinary                    Purchase         430                   7.455
 Ordinary                    Purchase         73                    7.455
 Ordinary                    Purchase         32                    7.405
 Ordinary                    Purchase         4,275                 7.400404
 Ordinary                    Purchase         107                   7.45
 Ordinary                    Purchase         185                   7.45
 Ordinary                    Purchase         78                    7.445
 Ordinary                    Purchase         69                    7.445
 Ordinary                    Purchase         136                   7.445
 Ordinary                    Purchase         131                   7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         245                   7.405
 Ordinary                    Purchase         39                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         167                   7.445
 Ordinary                    Purchase         253                   7.47
 Ordinary                    Purchase         42                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         68                    7.445
 Ordinary                    Purchase         33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         69                    7.445
 Ordinary                    Purchase         76                    7.445
 Ordinary                    Purchase         372                   7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         337                   7.405
 Ordinary                    Purchase         33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         135                   7.42
 Ordinary                    Purchase         33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         105                   7.43
 Ordinary                    Purchase         94                    7.43
 Ordinary                    Purchase         85                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         113                   7.41
 Ordinary                    Purchase         33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         259                   7.405
 Ordinary                    Purchase         36                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         190                   7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         36                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         192                   7.41
 Ordinary                    Purchase         127                   7.405
 Ordinary                    Purchase         120                   7.475
 Ordinary                    Purchase         33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         383                   7.475
 Ordinary                    Purchase         33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         89                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Purchase         214                   7.405
 Ordinary                    Purchase         174                   7.405
 Ordinary                    Purchase         33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Sale             494                   7.43
 Ordinary                    Sale             469                   7.43
 Ordinary                    Sale             200                   7.44
 Ordinary                    Sale             274                   7.44
 Ordinary                    Sale             691                   7.43
 Ordinary                    Sale             529                   7.435
 Ordinary                    Sale             539                   7.44
 Ordinary                    Sale             153                   7.44
 Ordinary                    Sale             327                   7.44
 Ordinary                    Sale             470                   7.44
 Ordinary                    Sale             473                   7.43
 Ordinary                    Sale             185                   7.45
 Ordinary                    Sale             107                   7.45
 Ordinary                    Sale             78                    7.445
 Ordinary                    Sale             136                   7.445
 Ordinary                    Sale             69                    7.445
 Ordinary                    Sale             131                   7.465
 Ordinary                    Sale             245                   7.405
 Ordinary                    Sale             42                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Sale             167                   7.445
 Ordinary                    Sale             253                   7.47
 Ordinary                    Sale             39                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Sale             68                    7.445
 Ordinary                    Sale             33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Sale             33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Sale             69                    7.445
 Ordinary                    Sale             76                    7.445
 Ordinary                    Sale             33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Sale             85                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Sale             337                   7.405
 Ordinary                    Sale             33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Sale             33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Sale             105                   7.43
 Ordinary                    Sale             135                   7.42
 Ordinary                    Sale             94                    7.43
 Ordinary                    Sale             113                   7.41
 Ordinary                    Sale             33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Sale             33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Sale             33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Sale             259                   7.405
 Ordinary                    Sale             36                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Sale             33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Sale             190                   7.465
 Ordinary                    Sale             36                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Sale             192                   7.41
 Ordinary                    Sale             33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Sale             127                   7.405
 Ordinary                    Sale             120                   7.475
 Ordinary                    Sale             383                   7.475
 Ordinary                    Sale             33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Sale             33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Sale             33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Sale             33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Sale             372                   7.465
 Ordinary                    Sale             89                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Sale             214                   7.405
 Ordinary                    Sale             174                   7.405
 Ordinary                    Sale             33                    7.465
 Ordinary                    Sale             126,824               7.457263
 Ordinary                    Sale             100,000               7.4
                             Total Purchases  19,199
                             Total Sales      236,664

 

 

(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                  Increasing a short position                                                    4,275                           7.400404
 Ordinary                    CFD                  Reducing a short position                                                      126,824                         7.457263
 Ordinary                    CFD                  Reducing a short position                                                      100,000                         7.4

 

(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:  01/12/2021
 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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