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:	05th January 2018
(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:	838,679	0.2763	0	0
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	8,040,091	2.6486	1,016,218	0.3348
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0	0	0
TOTAL:	8,878,770	2.9249	1,016,218	0.3348

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

(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	Reducing a short position	82	9.7273
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	20,658	9.6923
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	7,979	9.6923
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	8,323	9.6923
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	9,089	9.6923
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	18,172	9.8268
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,091	9.8587
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,332	9.7075
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	796	9.8267
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	693	9.8900
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	182	9.7075
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	901	9.7075
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	542	9.7187
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	17,987	9.6866
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	9,790	9.6866
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	9,001	9.6866
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	6,332	9.6866
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	17,288	9.7187
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	26,242	9.8268
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3,019	9.8587
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2,537	9.7075
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,150	9.8267
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,002	9.8900
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	895	9.7075
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	347	9.7075
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	7,028	9.6923
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,163	9.6923
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3,220	9.8268
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	370	9.8587
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,045	9.7075
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	141	9.8267
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	122	9.8900
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	196	9.7075
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	140	9.7075
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	192	9.6923
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	154	9.6923
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	85	9.6850
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3,734	9.7187
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	67	9.7013
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	5,631	9.6866
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,732	9.7219
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4,083	9.6866
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4,514	9.8268
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	519	9.8587
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,997	9.7075
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	197	9.8267
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	172	9.8900
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	285	9.7075
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	153	9.7075
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4,752	9.6923
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,842	9.6923
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	258	9.7187
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,113	9.6866
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	949	9.6866
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,137	9.6923
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	512	9.6923
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	56	9.8267
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	49	9.8900
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	37	9.7075
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	20	9.7075
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,285	9.8268
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	147	9.8587
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	253	9.7075
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,014	9.6923
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	882	9.6923
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2,308	9.7187
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1,560	9.7306
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	370	9.7306
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1,060	9.7306

(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:	08th January 2018
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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