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:	22nd 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: Hammerson 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:	2,124,345	0.6998	0	0
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	10,289,816	3.3897	846,924	0.2790
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0	0	0
TOTAL:	12,414,161	4.0895	846,924	0.2790

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	104,915	8.8795
Euro 0.01 ordinary	Purchase	10,222	8.9100
Euro 0.01 ordinary	Purchase	220,992	8.9120
Euro 0.01 ordinary	Purchase	22,183	8.9116
Euro 0.01 ordinary	Purchase	70,893	9.0172
Euro 0.01 ordinary	Purchase	103,866	8.9045

(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 short position	7,272	9.2123
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	600	9.1285
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,702	9.0015
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3,515	9.1285
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	5,399	9.0015
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	8,482	9.2705
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	7,796	8.8990
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	8,319	9.2500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	13,883	8.9850
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,603	8.9971
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	64	9.1460
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	40	8.9850
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2,523	9.2283
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	12,555	9.2550
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	15,317	9.2500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2,316	8.9971
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	20,046	8.9850
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	93	9.1460
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	59	8.9850
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3,643	9.2283
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	18,128	9.2550
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	11,981	9.2705
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	11,306	8.8990
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	12,027	9.2500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	22,070	9.2500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	283	8.9971
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2,461	8.9850
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	7	8.9850
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	447	9.2283
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	11	9.1460
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2,226	9.2550
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,710	9.2500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,389	8.8990
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,476	9.2500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,458	9.2705
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,418	9.2283
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	23	8.9850
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	35	9.1460
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	7,061	9.2550
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	967	8.9971
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	8,386	8.9850
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3,449	8.9850
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	398	8.9971
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3,120	9.2550
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	15	9.1460
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	626	9.2283
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	9	8.9850
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3,804	9.2500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,073	9.2705
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,943	8.8990
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,068	9.2500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	701	9.2705
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	581	9.2500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	517	8.8990
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,065	8.9850
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	122	8.9971
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	176	9.2283
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3	8.9850
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4	9.1460
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	878	9.2550
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,099	9.2500
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3,390	9.1285
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	9,587	9.0015
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	820	9.1475
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	30,421	9.2277

(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:	23rd 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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