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:				27 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:		5,304,085	1.73%	3,817,336	1.25%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			3,656,797	1.19%	4,886,408	1.60%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		8,960,882	2.92%	8,703,744	2.84%

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		470		6.2025 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		497		6.1250 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		500		6.2700 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		705		6.1750 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		867		6.1727 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		937		5.9850 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,516		6.1317 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		2,000		5.9350 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		2,582		6.1370 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		4,048		6.1197 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		4,186		6.1375 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		4,615		6.1346 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		9,514		6.1336 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		12,000		6.2048 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		13,283		6.1422 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		109,912		6.1069 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		84		5.9050 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		173		6.1900 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		228		6.1950 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		412		6.1150 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		470		6.2025 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		500		6.2700 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		618		6.1488 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		895		6.2055 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		937		5.9850 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		964		6.2100 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,929		6.2000 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		2,000		5.9350 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		2,468		6.1607 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		3,303		6.2086 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		5,319		6.1158 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		5,397		6.0980 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		5,828		6.1665 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		5,921		6.1817 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		8,508		6.1523 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		9,110		6.0827 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		9,208		6.1810 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		9,418		6.2349 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		9,599		6.1255 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		11,159		6.1354 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		11,190		6.1468 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		11,624		6.0234 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		12,682		6.0406 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		13,979		6.0545 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		24,435		6.1257 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		30,424		6.1289 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		30,925		6.1012 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		81,276		6.1241 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		1,651	6.1509 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		1,651	6.1591 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		3,983	6.0731 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		38,661	6.1170 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		1,143	6.1817 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Short		1,419	5.8454 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		4,972	6.1194 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		5,598	6.1336 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		37,759	6.1279 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		40,979	6.1053 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		55,134	6.1149 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:				28 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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