Form 8.3 - Playtech plc

RNS Number : 4897H

Barclays PLC

06 April 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:

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:

05 April 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
(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:		5,293,053	1.73%	3,871,786	1.26%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			3,803,207	1.24%	5,006,453	1.63%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		9,096,260	2.97%	8,878,239	2.90%

(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive
	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
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of	Price per unit
security				securities
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		10	6.0913 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		44	6.0757 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		216	6.1750 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		529	6.1600 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		729	6.1945 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		748	6.1300 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,476	6.1591 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,945	6.1789 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		2,139	6.1306 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		4,067	6.1723 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		9,500	6.1295 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		37,704	6.1439 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		2	6.0800 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		104	6.1212 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		216	6.1750 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		542	6.1875 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,330	6.1186 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		2,050	6.1279 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		2,074	6.1300 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		2,170	6.1303 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		2,845	6.1538 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		6,121	6.1860 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		8,078	6.2025 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		9,508	6.1299 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		27,908	6.2024 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		439	6.1299 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		3,393	6.1626 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		4,652	6.1460 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		4,685	6.2314 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		4,895	6.1859 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		6,186	6.1869 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		22,574	6.2074 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		82	6.1600 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Short		3,192	6.1332 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Short		4,067	6.1723 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Short		6,277	6.1304 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		8,141	6.1505 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		10,823	6.1656 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		13,868	6.1417 GBP

(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						applicable)
4.				OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings 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:
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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				6 Apr 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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