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:	06th 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:	591,619	0.1949	0	0
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	5,025,388	1.6555	1,133,080	0.3733
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0	0	0
TOTAL:	5,617,007	1.8504	1,133,080	0.3733

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	1090	9.07660
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	27	9.07930
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	28604	9.07660
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	89	9.07600
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	3171	9.07970
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	6674	9.07970
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	70	9.07600
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1733	9.07600
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1504	9.07600
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	541	9.08000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	57	9.07660
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	485	9.08000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1165	9.07660
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	6405	9.07970
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	572	9.07600
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	145	9.07600
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	247	9.07660
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	2893	9.08000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1754	9.10950
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	32888	9.09000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	9208	9.09000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1218	9.10950
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	6389	9.09000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	22823	9.09000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	13207	9.06360
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	24966	9.06360
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	38889	9.09000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	10887	9.09000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2076	9.10950
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	250	9.10950
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1316	9.09000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4698	9.09000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3040	9.06360
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	371	9.10950
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1949	9.09000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	6957	9.09000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4471	9.06360
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1152	9.06360
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	5663	9.09000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1886	9.09000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	529	9.09000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1586	9.09000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	100	9.10950
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	302	9.10950
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	5435	9.09000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1523	9.09000
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	289	9.10950
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	5113	9.06360
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2872	9.06360
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1530	9.07340
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	750	9.07340
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	450	9.07340
Euro 0.01 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1620	9.07340

(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:	07th 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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