Man Group PLC : Form 8.3 - [GVC Holdings 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:	Man Group Plc
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):	N/A
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:	GVC Holdings plc
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:	N/A
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:	14th December 2017
(f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?	YES / NO / N/A If YES, specify which: Ladbrokes Coral Group plc

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:	Euro 0.01 ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	674,384	0.2222	0	0
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	6,586,746	2.1698	1,060,713	0.3494
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0	0	0
TOTAL:	7,261,130	2.3920	1,060,713	0.3494

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 security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit
Euro 0.01 ordinary	Purchase	349	9.1400
Euro 0.01 ordinary	Purchase	12,020	9.1819
Euro 0.01 ordinary	Purchase	19,504	9.2650

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities	Price per unit (GBP)
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1094	9.21840
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	24	9.22750
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	28488	9.21840
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	85	9.21830
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	70	9.21830
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1637	9.21830
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1496	9.21830
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	56	9.21840
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1168	9.21840
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	574	9.21830
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	147	9.21830
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	243	9.21840
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	17490	9.26500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3736	9.18190
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	10777	9.18190
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	6063	9.26500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	108	9.14000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	313	9.14000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	20789	9.08500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	454	9.08610
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	240	9.10970
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	95	9.14000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	26390	9.21720
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	33750	9.07460
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	212	9.10970
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	18204	9.08500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	399	9.08610
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	9178	9.09590
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	5135	9.17650
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3272	9.18190
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	5308	9.26500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	761	9.20390
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1073	9.20390
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4679	9.18190
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	138	9.14000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	13083	9.09590
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	48219	9.07460
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	7320	9.17650
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	571	9.08610
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	26036	9.08500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	37622	9.21720
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	7590	9.26500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	302	9.10970
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	68	9.08610
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	16	9.14000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4545	9.21720
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	5831	9.07460
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3141	9.08500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	36	9.10970
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1580	9.09590
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	884	9.17650
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	917	9.26500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	564	9.18190
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	109	9.20390
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	193	9.20390
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1358	9.26500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	24	9.14000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	837	9.18190
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1308	9.17650
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4656	9.08500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2338	9.09590
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	101	9.08610
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	8602	9.07460
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	6726	9.21720
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	53	9.10970
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	12376	9.26500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	9731	9.18190
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	258	9.10970
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	2635	9.08500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1889	9.21720
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	2444	9.07460
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	45	9.10970
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	15	9.10970
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	86	9.08610
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	28	9.08610
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	656	9.09590
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3953	9.08500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1316	9.08500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	367	9.17650
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	236	9.18190
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	710	9.18190
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	1898	9.18190
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	384	9.26500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1154	9.26500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	3080	9.26500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	6	9.14000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	20	9.14000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	55	9.14000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	123	9.21750
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2865	9.21750
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2266	9.16020
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1843	9.16600
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3	9.14000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	194	9.26500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	119	9.18190
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	147	9.17650
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	664	9.08500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	264	9.09590
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	14	9.08610
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	7	9.10970
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	760	9.21720
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	1154	9.07460
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	887	9.17920
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1486	9.17920
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	323	9.21750
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	4010	9.20130
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1960	9.20130
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1180	9.20130
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	4220	9.20130
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	72385	9.26500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	44607	9.18190
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	1295	9.14000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	11800	9.19790

(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?

YES/NO

Date of disclosure:	15th December 2017
Contact name:	Matthew Irwin
Telephone number:	02071447255

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at [e-mail].  The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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