Form 8.3 - PADDY POWER PLC

Form 8.3 - PADDY POWER PLC

BARCLAYS PLC

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:	Â	Barclays PLC.
(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.	Â	Â
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Â	PADDY POWER PLC
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:	Â	Â
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	Â	1 FEB 2016
(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”	Â	YES BETFAIR GROUP PLC

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:	Â	Â	Â	ORD	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â
				Interests		Â		Short Positions		Â
Â		Â		Number		(%)		Number		(%)
(1)		Relevant securities owned
		and/or controlled:		198,938		0.45%		815,917		1.85%
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(2)		Cash-settled derivatives:
				509,509		1.16%		35,114		0.08%
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(3)		Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
		and agreements to purchase/sell:		0		0.00%		0		0.00%
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(4)
		TOTAL:		708,447		1.61%		851,031		1.93%

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:	Â
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:	Â

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

(a)	Â	Purchases and sales	Â	Â	Â	Â
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security		Â		securities		Â
ORD		Purchase		7		139.7500 EUR
ORD		Purchase		7		139.4500 EUR
ORD		Purchase		10		140.8000 EUR
ORD		Purchase		15		139.7000 EUR
ORD		Purchase		19		139.5684 EUR
ORD		Purchase		20		139.1000 EUR
ORD		Purchase		21		139.7250 EUR
ORD		Purchase		23		139.8500 EUR
ORD		Purchase		70		140.7371 EUR
ORD		Purchase		119		139.8000 EUR
ORD		Purchase		145		139.9500 EUR
ORD		Purchase		145		139.6106 EUR
ORD		Purchase		370		138.4317 EUR
ORD		Purchase		428		139.9000 EUR
ORD		Purchase		533		141.5035 EUR
ORD		Purchase		663		139.9413 EUR
ORD		Purchase		836		140.1714 EUR
ORD		Purchase		897		139.7304 EUR
ORD		Purchase		1,376		139.5375 EUR
ORD		Purchase		1,453		139.6943 EUR
ORD		Purchase		3,554		139.6516 EUR
ORD		Purchase		7,053		142.7031 EUR
ORD		Purchase		32,000		140.4552 EUR
ORD		Purchase		77,315		139.8557 EUR
ORD		Purchase		161,152		142.7500 EUR
ORD		Sale		7		139.4500 EUR
ORD		Sale		10		139.0250 EUR
ORD		Sale		10		140.8000 EUR
ORD		Sale		15		139.7000 EUR
ORD		Sale		19		139.5684 EUR
ORD		Sale		20		139.1000 EUR
ORD		Sale		21		139.7250 EUR
ORD		Sale		23		139.8500 EUR
ORD		Sale		45		140.0155 EUR
ORD		Sale		60		140.4687 EUR
ORD		Sale		92		140.0809 EUR
ORD		Sale		94		140.0617 EUR
ORD		Sale		119		139.8000 EUR
ORD		Sale		145		139.9500 EUR
ORD		Sale		200		139.1733 EUR
ORD		Sale		235		140.0378 EUR
ORD		Sale		288		142.7215 EUR
ORD		Sale		340		139.8823 EUR
ORD		Sale		428		139.9000 EUR
ORD		Sale		524		139.9428 EUR
ORD		Sale		632		139.8265 EUR
ORD		Sale		863		139.0660 EUR
ORD		Sale		985		139.9472 EUR
ORD		Sale		1,159		139.9174 EUR
ORD		Sale		1,612		140.4769 EUR
ORD		Sale		1,949		139.7006 EUR
ORD		Sale		2,525		138.9386 EUR
ORD		Sale		2,589		140.7617 EUR
ORD		Sale		7,644		141.2208 EUR
ORD		Sale		16,069		140.6447 EUR
ORD		Sale		22,211		140.4846 EUR
ORD		Sale		23,555		141.6323 EUR
ORD		Sale		33,458		140.5258 EUR
ORD		Sale		74,982		142.2814 EUR
ORD		Sale		318,543		142.7500 EUR
ORD		Sale		966,061		142.7214 EUR

(b)	Â	Cash-settled derivative transactions	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of		Price per
relevant		description				reference		unit
security		Â		Â		securities		Â
ORD		CFD		Long		583		140.0583 EUR
ORD		CFD		Long		1,387		139.3865 EUR
ORD		CFD		Long		2,525		138.9386 EUR
ORD		CFD		Long		3,772		139.6910 EUR
ORD		SWAP		Long		9,000		140.9472 EUR
ORD		CFD		Long		4,832		139.5786 EUR
ORD		CFD		Long		981,061		142.7214 EUR
ORD		SWAP		Short		164		140.2435 EUR
ORD		CFD		Short		207		139.8378 EUR
ORD		CFD		Short		629		140.3184 EUR
ORD		CFD		Short		1,033		139.4114 EUR
ORD		SWAP		Short		1,376		139.5375 EUR
ORD		CFD		Short		3,554		139.6516 EUR
ORD		CFD		Short		77,315		139.8557 EUR

(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

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Product description e.g. call option

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Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

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Number of securities to which option relates

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Exercise price per unit

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Type e.g. American, European etc.

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Expiry date

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Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security

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Product description e.g. call option

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Exercising/ exercised against

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Number of securities

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Exercise price per unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

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Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion

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Details

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Price per unit (if applicable)

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?

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NO

Date of disclosure:	Â	2 FEB 2016
Contact name:		Andrew Hurley
Telephone number:		020 7773 0635

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at [e-mail]. The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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