Form 8.3 - Playtech plc

RNS Number : 7212E

Barclays PLC

14 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:				11 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:		5,117,542	1.67%	3,798,837	1.24%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			3,746,938	1.22%	4,631,128	1.51%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		8,864,480	2.89%	8,429,965	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		16		6.1700 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		26		6.2050 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		42		6.2500 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		93		6.1773 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		545		6.2184 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		681		6.2065 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		822		6.2975 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,046		6.1778 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,585		6.2162 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		13,449		6.1650 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		18,804		6.1873 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		18		6.2980 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		441		6.1776 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		804		6.2981 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,249		6.2048 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		2,480		6.1680 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		3,166		6.2250 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		11,022		6.1822 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		13,356		6.1653 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		281	6.1649 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		305	6.1850 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		1,618	6.1896 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		2,247	6.1725 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		3,166	6.2250 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		10,741	6.1827 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		26	6.2050 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		186	6.1724 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		1,046	6.1778 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		1,110	6.1767 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		5,201	6.1809 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		15,304	6.1953 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:				14 Mar 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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