Form 8.3 - PLAYTECH PLC

Form 8.3 - PLAYTECH 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:				Barclays PLC.
(b)	Owner or controller of interest and short
	positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				PLAYTECH PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(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:				24 January 2022
(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?

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 NPV
			Interests		Short Positions
			Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:		8,271,422	2.70%	4,151,821	1.36%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			3,924,781	1.28%	4,927,806	1.61%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		12,196,203	3.98%	9,079,627	2.96%

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		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		160		5.8775 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		303		5.9764 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		391		5.9225 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		585		5.9277 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		776		6.0600 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,276		5.9565 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,316		5.9025 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		2,305		5.9569 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		2,764		5.9740 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		2,804		5.9166 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		3,018		6.0839 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		5,752		5.9040 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		20,944		5.9551 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		27,388		6.0305 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		32,000		5.9034 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		82,681		5.9805 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		391		5.9300 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		391		5.9225 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		392		5.9350 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		523		5.8950 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		754		5.9037 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,588		6.0150 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,598		5.9100 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,922		5.9918 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,940		5.9030 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		2,495		6.0524 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		3,033		5.9712 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		4,195		5.9059 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		8,314		5.9276 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		9,196		5.9647 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		9,877		5.9393 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		16,626		5.9798 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		20,077		5.9655 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		21,739		6.0503 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		29,700		6.0500 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		231,721		5.9671 GBP

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		6,191	5.9320 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Long		11,362	5.9495 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Long		25,557	6.0623 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		27,874	6.0500 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		56,296	5.9537 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		113,543	5.9787 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		1,220	6.0156 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		4,895	5.9357 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		5,598	5.9603 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Short		10,012	5.9960 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		10,702	6.0283 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		20,944	5.9551 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		25,995	6.0500 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		48,268	5.9156 GBP

(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 e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit

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

Class of relevant security	Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion	Details	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”

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”

None

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				25 Jan 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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 [phone].

*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.

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