13th Jan 2016 14:47
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: | Barclays PLC. | |||
| (b) | Owner or controller of interest and short | ||||
| positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): | |||||
| (c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | BETFAIR GROUP PLC | |||
| relevant securities this form relates: | |||||
| (d) | If an exempt fund manager connected with an | ||||
| offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of | |||||
| offeror/offeree: | |||||
| (e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 12 January 2016 | |||
| (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? | PADDY POWER 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: | ORD | ||||||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | ||||||||||
| Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||||||
| (1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
| and/or controlled: | 996,363 | 1.07% | 45,894 | 0.05% | |||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
| 132 | 0.00% | 788,970 | 0.85% | ||||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
| TOTAL: | 996,495 | 1.07% | 834,864 | 0.90% | |||||||
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 | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
| security | securities | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1 | 39.4100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 13 | 39.5300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 20 | 39.4650 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 22 | 39.9300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 49 | 39.9100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 73 | 39.4400 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 92 | 39.5050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 92 | 39.4950 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 99 | 39.7500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 106 | 39.6759 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 114 | 39.5150 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 115 | 39.8200 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 122 | 39.5700 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 125 | 39.8300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 172 | 39.5400 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 184 | 39.5200 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 206 | 39.4889 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 240 | 39.4265 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 251 | 39.5136 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 327 | 39.4600 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 476 | 39.5100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 482 | 39.9000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 519 | 39.4800 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 552 | 39.4700 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 553 | 39.4500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 671 | 39.5000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 716 | 39.5046 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 851 | 39.5934 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,110 | 39.4900 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,222 | 39.5954 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,438 | 39.7600 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,591 | 39.7317 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,207 | 39.5984 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,097 | 39.5061 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,113 | 39.5488 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,783 | 39.5134 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 6,264 | 39.5745 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 30,000 | 39.5955 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1 | 39.4100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 13 | 39.5300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 20 | 39.4650 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 22 | 39.9300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 73 | 39.4400 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 92 | 39.5050 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 92 | 39.4950 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 98 | 39.9100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 99 | 39.7500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 108 | 39.3668 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 114 | 39.5150 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 115 | 39.8200 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 122 | 39.5700 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 123 | 39.7082 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 125 | 39.8300 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 172 | 39.5400 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 180 | 39.5345 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 184 | 39.5200 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 223 | 39.7254 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 261 | 39.8174 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 298 | 39.5586 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 327 | 39.4600 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 476 | 39.5100 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 482 | 39.9000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 519 | 39.4800 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 552 | 39.4700 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 553 | 39.4500 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 566 | 39.5889 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 671 | 39.5000 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 708 | 39.6283 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 944 | 39.6987 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,110 | 39.4900 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,354 | 39.7154 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,438 | 39.7600 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,537 | 39.7593 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,597 | 39.5520 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,770 | 39.6037 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,797 | 39.5757 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,888 | 39.4388 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,553 | 39.5726 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,959 | 39.5874 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 7,663 | 39.5730 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 11,258 | 39.5967 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 12,000 | 39.5022 GBP | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 31,010 | 39.5649 GBP |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
| Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||||
| relevant | description | reference | unit | ||||||
| security | securities | ||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 223 | 39.7254 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 236 | 39.6575 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 326 | 39.5288 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 566 | 39.5889 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 624 | 39.3668 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 1,354 | 39.7154 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 1,888 | 39.4387 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 4,374 | 39.6091 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 2,956 | 39.6203 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 9,438 | 39.5775 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 145 | 39.8304 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 216 | 39.4655 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 240 | 39.4265 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 533 | 39.8542 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 635 | 39.6369 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 540 | 39.4675 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 2,030 | 39.5548 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 2,207 | 39.5984 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 8,863 | 39.5831 GBP |
(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” |
(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” |
(c) Attachments
| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||
| Date of disclosure: | 13 Jan 2016 | ||
| Contact name: | Rajesh Muthanna | ||
| Telephone number: | 020 3555 4634 |
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 [email protected]. The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
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