Form 8.3 - Playtech plc

RNS Number : 7668I

Barclays PLC

20 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:				19 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:		5,349,089	1.75%	3,841,155	1.25%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			3,746,938	1.22%	5,057,065	1.65%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		9,096,027	2.97%	8,898,220	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		9	5.9100 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		41	5.9033 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		276	5.8975 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		297	5.9200 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		440	5.9117 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		455	5.8618 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		682	5.8600 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		777	5.9277 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		794	5.8957 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		966	5.9000 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,172	5.8597 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,226	5.8880 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,947	5.8745 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		14,214	5.8809 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		22,518	5.8781 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		4	5.8950 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		40	5.9050 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		62	5.9000 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		137	5.9150 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		276	5.8975 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		682	5.8607 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,749	5.8838 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		2,009	5.8600 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		2,101	5.9151 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		2,546	5.8728 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		2,820	5.9332 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		7,396	5.8771 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		241	5.9300 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		386	5.9246 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		1,886	5.9456 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		2,545	5.9097 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Long		2,546	5.8728 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Long		7,396	5.8771 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		12	5.8700 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		19	5.8900 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		1,207	5.8879 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Short		3,521	5.9363 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		4,695	5.9033 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		5,421	5.8600 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		13,027	5.8828 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		13,671	5.8609 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:				20 Apr 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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