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RNS Number : 8827B Societe Generale SA 16 February 2022
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: 15/02/2022
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: 5,979,021 1.95 19,427 0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 0 0.00 0 0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00 0 0.00
purchase/sell:
5,979,021 1.95 19,427 0.01
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 107 6.495
Ordinary Purchase 75 6.45
Ordinary Purchase 41 6.45
Ordinary Purchase 143 6.5
Ordinary Purchase 114 6.5
Ordinary Purchase 1,462 6.53
Ordinary Purchase 512 6.53
Ordinary Purchase 112 6.5
Ordinary Purchase 101 6.48
Ordinary Purchase 106 6.485
Ordinary Purchase 288,437 6.395
Ordinary Purchase 170 6.505
Ordinary Purchase 100 6.48
Ordinary Purchase 500 6.43
Ordinary Purchase 523 6.505
Ordinary Purchase 500 6.415
Ordinary Purchase 520 6.395
Ordinary Purchase 295 6.395
Ordinary Purchase 164 6.395
Ordinary Purchase 196 6.395
Ordinary Purchase 523 6.5
Ordinary Purchase 500 6.535
Ordinary Purchase 500 6.535
Ordinary Purchase 608 6.6
Ordinary Purchase 500 6.515
Ordinary Purchase 837 6.505
Ordinary Purchase 837 6.51
Ordinary Purchase 74 6.5
Ordinary Purchase 407 6.465
Ordinary Purchase 63 6.605
Ordinary Purchase 584 6.605
Ordinary Purchase 500 6.5
Ordinary Purchase 551 6.415
Ordinary Purchase 135 6.4
Ordinary Purchase 91 6.5
Ordinary Purchase 238 6.55
Ordinary Sale 532 6.56
Ordinary Sale 560 6.47
Ordinary Sale 562 6.56
Ordinary Sale 298 6.6
Ordinary Sale 126 6.6
Ordinary Sale 552 6.525
Ordinary Sale 298 6.415
Ordinary Sale 138 6.415
Ordinary Sale 780 6.515
Ordinary Sale 431 6.495
Ordinary Sale 559 6.47
Ordinary Sale 297 6.5
Ordinary Sale 422 6.58
Ordinary Sale 500 6.595
Ordinary Sale 570 6.585
Ordinary Sale 8 6.585
Ordinary Sale 594 6.58
Ordinary Sale 500 6.58
Ordinary Sale 500 6.585
Ordinary Sale 821 6.515
Ordinary Sale 500 6.485
Ordinary Sale 625 6.59
Ordinary Sale 772 6.57
Ordinary Sale 1,189 6.515
Ordinary Sale 3 6.515
Ordinary Sale 379 6.525
Ordinary Sale 385 6.525
Ordinary Sale 500 6.415
Ordinary Sale 776 6.395
Ordinary Sale 243 6.475
Ordinary Sale 80 6.475
Ordinary Sale 442 6.52
Ordinary Sale 43 6.52
Ordinary Sale 1,070 6.515
Ordinary Sale 13 6.52
Ordinary Sale 215 6.53
Ordinary Sale 551 6.53
Ordinary Sale 487 6.53
Ordinary Sale 784 6.47
Ordinary Sale 500 6.555
Ordinary Sale 771 6.525
Ordinary Sale 375 6.59
Ordinary Sale 539 6.56
Ordinary Sale 83 6.59
Ordinary Sale 543 6.54
Ordinary Sale 2 6.515
Ordinary Sale 244 6.52
Ordinary Sale 458 6.515
Ordinary Sale 550 6.47
Ordinary Sale 91 6.5
Ordinary Sale 238 6.55
Total Purchases 301,126
Total Sales 22,499
(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
(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: 16/02/2022
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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