Form 8.3 - Playtech plc

RNS Number : 5358E

Barclays PLC

11 March 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:				10 March 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:		5,112,606	1.67%	3,798,474	1.24%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			3,746,938	1.22%	4,626,613	1.51%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		8,859,544	2.89%	8,425,087	2.75%

(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		3		6.1943 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		111		6.0912 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		153		6.1989 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		379		6.1766 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		750		6.1975 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		806		6.0482 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		840		6.0835 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,188		6.1010 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,484		6.0821 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		3,360		6.0050 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		29,182		6.0267 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1		6.1850 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		2		6.2000 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		164		6.1980 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		750		6.1981 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,392		6.2011 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,489		6.1920 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		2,631		6.1178 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		3,039		6.0053 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		6,193		6.1887 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		20,857		6.0050 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		23,860		6.0771 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		1,151	6.2021 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		1,392	6.2011 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		2,923	6.1134 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		6,193	6.1887 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		9,670	6.1861 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Long		14,236	6.0045 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		20,857	6.0050 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		111	6.0912 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		398	6.0050 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		408	6.0903 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		689	6.0980 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		1,188	6.1553 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Short		1,200	6.1958 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		2,788	6.0746 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		27,518	6.0169 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:				11 Mar 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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