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:	9th March 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:	82,886	0.0273	0	0
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	8,069,898	2.6584	1,227,546	0.4044
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0	0	0
TOTAL:	8,152,784	2.6857	1,227,546	0.4044

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	Increasing a long position	39,419	9.3937
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	10,332	9.4278
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	14,398	9.4278
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3,688	9.2225
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	692	9.3289
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	320	9.3000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	7	9.4278
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	11,114	9.3796
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2	9.4278
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	428	9.2700
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4,052	9.2645
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	85,005	9.4208
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	23,782	9.3385
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3,116	9.3875
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	7,479	9.4000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	12,464	9.3575
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	11,680	9.3890
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	6,120	9.3023
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	26,371	9.2066
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	32,579	9.2850
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	14,889	9.3000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	16,895	9.3000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	36,973	9.2850
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	29,926	9.2066
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	6,945	9.3023
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	13,256	9.3890
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	14,146	9.3575
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3,538	9.3875
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	8,487	9.4000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	112,056	9.3385
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	11,523	9.4208
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	6,992	9.2645
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	739	9.2700
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	8	9.4278
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	12,452	9.3796
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	8	9.4278
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	553	9.3000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,197	9.3289
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	43,192	9.2225
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	40	9.3000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,887	9.3796
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1	9.4278
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	54	9.2700
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	521	9.2645
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	88	9.3289
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	16,958	9.4208
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,546	9.3385
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,988	9.3890
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2,121	9.3575
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,273	9.4000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4,491	9.2066
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	5,546	9.2850
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,041	9.3023
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,535	9.3000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	530	9.3875
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3,462	9.3000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	7,573	9.2850
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	6,131	9.2066
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,422	9.3023
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,738	9.4000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2,714	9.3890
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2,897	9.3575
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	724	9.3875
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	8,722	9.3385
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	16,572	9.4208
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	118	9.2700
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,125	9.2645
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,554	9.3796
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	88	9.3000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3,237	9.2225
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	192	9.3289
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,918	9.3023
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	12,579	9.2066
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	15,432	9.2850
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	7,054	9.3000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	5,978	9.3575
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	5,602	9.3890
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3,587	9.4000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	205	9.3625
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	52,260	9.4208
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,494	9.3875
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	83	9.4278
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	12,745	9.3796
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,429	9.3385
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4,299	9.4208
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	31	9.2700
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	295	9.2645
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,111	9.2225
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	50	9.3289
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	23	9.3000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	197	9.4278
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,048	9.3796
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	78	9.4278
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	838	9.4278
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	195	9.3875
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	781	9.3575
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	732	9.3890
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	206	9.3625
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	468	9.4000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,669	9.2066
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	387	9.3023
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,897	9.2850
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	867	9.3000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,660	9.3796
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	570	9.3447

(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:	12th March 2018
Contact name:	James Carr
Telephone number:	02071447242

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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