FORM 8.3 - GVC Holdings plc

FORM 8.3 - GVC Holdings plc

BARCLAYS 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)	Â	Full name of discloser:	Â	Barclays PLC.
Â		Â		Â
(b)		Owner or controller of interest and short
Â		positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):		Â
(c)		Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose		GVC HOLDINGS PLC
Â		relevant securities this form relates:		Â
(d)		If an exempt fund manager connected with an
		offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
Â		offeror/offeree:		Â
(e)		Date position held/dealing undertaken:		02 January 2018
(f)		In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making		YES:
		disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?		LADBROKES CORAL GROUP PLC

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

(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:	Â	Â	Â	Euro 0.01 ordinary	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â
				Interests				Short Positions
Â		Â		Number		(%)		Number		(%)
(1)		Relevant securities owned
		and/or controlled:		1,030,784		0.34%		1,743,856		0.57%
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(2)		Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,622,076		0.53%		398,484		0.13%
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(3)		Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
		and agreements to purchase/sell:		0		0.00%		0		0.00%
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		TOTAL:		2,652,860		0.87%		2,142,340		0.71%

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:	Â
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:	Â

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	Â	Purchase/sale	Â	Number of	Â	Price per unit
security		Â		securities		Â
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		1		9.3825 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		155		9.3475 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		162		9.3625 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		316		9.4550 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		324		9.4700 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		324		9.4375 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		358		9.4350 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		377		9.4275 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		412		9.3500 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		414		9.4305 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		419		9.3850 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		584		9.3950 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		628		9.3925 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		642		9.4175 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		661		9.3650 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		666		9.4425 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		685		9.3700 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		700		9.3450 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		797		9.3757 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		830		9.4125 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		931		9.4150 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		943		9.4750 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		946		9.3900 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		955		9.4650 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		959		9.3750 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		1,041		9.3800 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		1,116		9.4106 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		1,460		9.3600 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		1,601		9.4200 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		1,904		9.4250 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		2,092		9.4300 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		2,300		9.3550 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		2,581		9.4400 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		3,253		9.4100 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		3,780		9.4000 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		3,954		9.4050 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		5,157		9.4500 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		5,200		9.4258 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		82,684		9.4450 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		83,310		9.4222 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Purchase		269,415		9.4159 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		1		9.3825 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		2		9.4021 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		68		9.3998 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		155		9.3475 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		162		9.4251 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		162		9.3625 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		293		9.3696 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		316		9.4550 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		324		9.4650 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		324		9.4700 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		324		9.4375 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		377		9.4275 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		382		9.4350 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		412		9.3500 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		414		9.4305 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		419		9.3850 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		424		9.3534 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		573		9.3619 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		584		9.3950 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		585		9.4450 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		628		9.3925 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		642		9.4175 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		646		9.3584 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		661		9.3650 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		685		9.3700 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		700		9.3450 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		830		9.4125 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		931		9.4150 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		943		9.4750 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		946		9.3900 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		959		9.3750 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		1,041		9.3800 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		1,400		9.4403 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		1,460		9.3600 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		1,601		9.4200 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		2,015		9.4299 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		2,092		9.4300 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		2,300		9.3550 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		2,581		9.4400 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		3,253		9.4100 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		3,780		9.4000 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		3,954		9.4050 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		5,157		9.4500 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		6,015		9.4067 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		7,568		9.4223 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		14,621		9.4092 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		16,975		9.4250 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		17,264		9.4206 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		18,262		9.4443 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		23,500		9.4347 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		23,672		9.4405 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		29,938		9.4104 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		153,556		9.4190 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		Sale		241,921		9.4232 GBP

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of	Â	Product	Â	Nature of dealing	Â	Number of	Â	Price per
relevant		description				reference		unit
security		Â		Â		securities		Â
Euro 0.01 ordinary		SWAP		Long		419		9.4099 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		CFD		Long		424		9.3534 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		SWAP		Long		500		9.4329 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		SWAP		Long		522		9.4300 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		CFD		Long		646		9.3584 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		SWAP		Long		985		9.4108 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,000		9.4135 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,109		9.3712 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		CFD		Long		2,726		9.4414 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,736		9.4136 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,242		9.3975 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		CFD		Long		9,792		9.3849 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		SWAP		Long		10,698		9.4224 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		SWAP		Long		11,311		9.4262 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		SWAP		Long		17,515		9.4197 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		CFD		Long		18,262		9.4443 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		CFD		Long		30,788		9.4442 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		SWAP		Long		34,957		9.4400 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		SWAP		Long		54,457		9.4075 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		CFD		Long		61,786		9.3969 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		CFD		Short		797		9.3757 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,116		9.4106 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,055		9.4114 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		SWAP		Short		13,255		9.4077 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		SWAP		Short		54,440		9.4450 GBP
Euro 0.01 ordinary		SWAP		Short		65,000		9.4260 GBP

(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

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Product description e.g. call option

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Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

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Number of securities to which option relates

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Exercise price per unit

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Type e.g. American, European etc.

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Expiry date

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Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security

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Product description e.g. call option

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Exercising/ exercised against

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Number of securities

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Exercise price per unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

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Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion

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Details

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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?	Â	NO
Date of disclosure:		3 Jan 2018
Contact name:		Jay Supaya
Telephone number:		020 7773 0635

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

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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