Man Group PLC : Form 8.3 - [Ladbrokes Coral Gro...

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:	Ladbrokes Coral Group 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: GVC Holdings 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:	28 1/3p ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	0	0	0	0
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	7,353,255	0.3838	3,951,436	0.2062
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0	0	0
TOTAL:	7,353,255	0.3838	3,951,436	0.2062

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)
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	7476	1.35670
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	322	1.35590
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	194889	1.35670
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	589	1.35610
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	21899	1.35680
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	39816	1.35680
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	481	1.35610
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	11348	1.35610
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	10088	1.35610
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	3787	1.35680
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	383	1.35670
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	3289	1.35680
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	7982	1.35670
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	46476	1.35680
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	3901	1.35610
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	993	1.35610
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1661	1.35670
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	20454	1.35680
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	78332	1.35590
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	11419	1.35590
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	20779	1.36500
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	32196	1.35810
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	54164	1.35810
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	19210	1.35590
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	34957	1.36500
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	132810	1.35590
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	15957	1.35590
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4220	1.36500
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2319	1.35590
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	6540	1.35810
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	20577	1.35810
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	7296	1.35590
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	13278	1.36500
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	9693	1.35810
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3436	1.35590
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	6254	1.36500
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	23724	1.35590
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	6812	1.35590
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1832	1.36500
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1006	1.35590
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2839	1.35810
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2767	1.35590
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	5036	1.36500
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	7805	1.35810
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	18635	1.35590
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	16882	1.35590
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	2400	1.35410
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1200	1.35410
28 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	500	1.35410

(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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