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RNS Number : 0299C Societe Generale SA 17 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: 16/02/2022
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 7,676 0.00
(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 7,676 0.00
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 1,476 6.555
Ordinary Purchase 5,230 6.555
Ordinary Purchase 14,095 6.555
Ordinary Purchase 4,011 6.555
Ordinary Purchase 582 6.495
Ordinary Purchase 683 6.535
Ordinary Purchase 651 6.505
Ordinary Purchase 108 6.525
Ordinary Purchase 651 6.5
Ordinary Purchase 651 6.515
Ordinary Purchase 643 6.5
Ordinary Purchase 651 6.51
Ordinary Purchase 309 6.47
Ordinary Purchase 412 6.46
Ordinary Purchase 169 6.47
Ordinary Purchase 151 6.47
Ordinary Purchase 83 6.505
Ordinary Purchase 207 6.505
Ordinary Purchase 1,168 6.465
Ordinary Purchase 654 6.515
Ordinary Purchase 751 6.62
Ordinary Purchase 133 6.465
Ordinary Purchase 650 6.45
Ordinary Purchase 1,134 6.435
Ordinary Purchase 500 6.43
Ordinary Purchase 549 6.49
Ordinary Purchase 283 6.485
Ordinary Purchase 436 6.485
Ordinary Purchase 719 6.47
Ordinary Purchase 170 6.49
Ordinary Purchase 719 6.465
Ordinary Purchase 669 6.51
Ordinary Purchase 751 6.67
Ordinary Purchase 652 6.435
Ordinary Purchase 666 6.46
Ordinary Purchase 719 6.44
Ordinary Purchase 52 6.46
Ordinary Purchase 718 6.455
Ordinary Purchase 57 6.475
Ordinary Purchase 500 6.425
Ordinary Purchase 660 6.475
Ordinary Purchase 717 6.475
Ordinary Purchase 172 6.475
Ordinary Purchase 828 6.515
Ordinary Purchase 654 6.515
Ordinary Purchase 650 6.45
Ordinary Purchase 689 6.47
Ordinary Purchase 689 6.46
Ordinary Purchase 689 6.45
Ordinary Purchase 750 6.665
Ordinary Purchase 362 6.465
Ordinary Purchase 750 6.67
Ordinary Purchase 152 6.475
Ordinary Purchase 477 6.475
Ordinary Purchase 24 6.48
Ordinary Purchase 691 6.48
Ordinary Purchase 623 6.525
Ordinary Purchase 623 6.52
Ordinary Purchase 18 6.475
Ordinary Purchase 693 6.49
Ordinary Purchase 171 6.47
Ordinary Purchase 646 6.505
Ordinary Purchase 706 6.475
Ordinary Purchase 717 6.465
Ordinary Purchase 192 6.46
Ordinary Purchase 264 6.46
Ordinary Purchase 717 6.47
Ordinary Purchase 95 6.46
Ordinary Purchase 166 6.46
Ordinary Purchase 686 6.475
Ordinary Purchase 515 6.47
Ordinary Purchase 753 6.6
Ordinary Purchase 1,039 6.5
Ordinary Purchase 100 6.495
Ordinary Purchase 980 6.505
Ordinary Purchase 900 6.495
Ordinary Purchase 861 6.495
Ordinary Purchase 18 6.495
Ordinary Purchase 567 6.5
Ordinary Purchase 154 6.5
Ordinary Sale 768 6.53
Ordinary Sale 151 6.535
Ordinary Sale 769 6.67
Ordinary Sale 120 6.665
Ordinary Sale 629 6.52
Ordinary Sale 595 6.53
Ordinary Sale 602 6.54
Ordinary Sale 592 6.545
Ordinary Sale 243 6.665
Ordinary Sale 776 6.545
Ordinary Sale 636 6.535
Ordinary Sale 630 6.525
Ordinary Sale 500 6.485
Ordinary Sale 775 6.45
Ordinary Sale 726 6.515
Ordinary Sale 384 6.6
Ordinary Sale 240 6.6
Ordinary Sale 655 6.47
Ordinary Sale 772 6.475
Ordinary Sale 655 6.465
Ordinary Sale 655 6.475
Ordinary Sale 139 6.47
Ordinary Sale 612 6.485
Ordinary Sale 242 6.5
Ordinary Sale 718 6.47
Ordinary Sale 718 6.465
Ordinary Sale 489 6.485
Ordinary Sale 641 6.49
Ordinary Sale 613 6.49
Ordinary Sale 132 6.485
Ordinary Sale 345 6.5
Ordinary Sale 586 6.495
Ordinary Sale 692 6.69
Ordinary Sale 283 6.535
Ordinary Sale 689 6.455
Ordinary Sale 598 6.475
Ordinary Sale 689 6.445
Ordinary Sale 689 6.45
Ordinary Sale 692 6.47
Ordinary Sale 775 6.49
Ordinary Sale 692 6.465
Ordinary Sale 479 6.535
Ordinary Sale 500 6.68
Ordinary Sale 500 6.53
Ordinary Sale 500 6.53
Ordinary Sale 594 6.55
Ordinary Sale 800 6.54
Ordinary Sale 800 6.545
Ordinary Sale 500 6.545
Ordinary Sale 3,723 6.545
Ordinary Sale 413 6.535
Ordinary Sale 259 6.545
Ordinary Sale 343 6.545
Ordinary Sale 308 6.5
Ordinary Sale 800 6.535
Ordinary Sale 347 6.485
Ordinary Sale 276 6.685
Ordinary Sale 210 6.535
Ordinary Sale 166 6.685
Ordinary Sale 500 6.535
Ordinary Sale 717 6.69
Ordinary Sale 500 6.605
Ordinary Sale 291 6.495
Ordinary Sale 99 6.495
Ordinary Sale 231 6.495
Ordinary Sale 535 6.54
Ordinary Sale 520 6.55
Ordinary Sale 93 6.455
Ordinary Sale 444 6.455
Ordinary Sale 16 6.455
Ordinary Sale 417 6.475
Ordinary Sale 116 6.475
Ordinary Sale 562 6.49
Ordinary Sale 527 6.485
Ordinary Sale 534 6.54
Ordinary Sale 2 6.55
Ordinary Sale 269 6.55
Ordinary Sale 249 6.55
Ordinary Sale 9 6.455
Ordinary Sale 524 6.455
Ordinary Sale 1,496 6.54
Ordinary Sale 188 6.475
Ordinary Sale 24 6.475
Ordinary Sale 305 6.475
Ordinary Sale 427 6.67
Ordinary Sale 523 6.49
Ordinary Sale 69 6.695
Ordinary Sale 425 6.695
Ordinary Sale 436 6.53
Ordinary Sale 520 6.54
Ordinary Sale 537 6.485
Ordinary Sale 1,199 6.54
Ordinary Sale 519 6.55
Ordinary Sale 371 6.455
Ordinary Sale 439 6.49
Ordinary Sale 55 6.455
Ordinary Sale 111 6.455
Ordinary Sale 332 6.475
Ordinary Sale 74 6.475
Ordinary Sale 147 6.475
Ordinary Sale 543 6.49
Ordinary Sale 765 6.535
Ordinary Sale 439 6.535
Ordinary Sale 1,296 6.535
Total Purchases 64,571
Total Sales 52,820
(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 900 6.495
Ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 861 6.495
Ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 18 6.495
Ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 567 6.5
Ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 154 6.5
Ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 765 6.535
Ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 439 6.535
Ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 1,296 6.535
(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: 17/02/2022
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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