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Form 8.3 - Betfair Group Plc

22nd Jan 2016 15:00

RNS Number : 7226M
Citadel Group
22 January 2016
 

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:

Citadel Group

(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.

(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

Betfair Group Plc

(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:

For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure

21 January 2016

(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

Yes - 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:

 

COMMON STOCK ISIN GB00BSPL1J93

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

6,011

0.01

0

0.00

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

 

1,026,168

1.10

9,050

0.01

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:

TOTAL:

1,032,179

1.11

9,050

0.01

 

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

Common stock

Purchase

692

38.11

Common stock

Purchase

768

38.15

Common stock

Purchase

11

38.1

Common stock

Purchase

44

38.12

Common stock

Purchase

371

38.17

Common stock

Purchase

2,472

38.24

Common stock

Purchase

1,806

38.23

Common stock

Purchase

1,807

38.22

Common stock

Purchase

2,181

38.25

Common stock

Purchase

162

38.21

Common stock

Purchase

1,394

38.26

Common stock

Purchase

26

38.18

Common stock

Purchase

251

38.16

Common stock

Purchase

867

38.32

Common stock

Purchase

1,455

38.36

Common stock

Purchase

133

38.41

Common stock

Purchase

66

38.47

Common stock

Purchase

2,019

38.31

Common stock

Purchase

1,958

38.3

Common stock

Purchase

503

38.39

Common stock

Purchase

557

38.37

Common stock

Purchase

1,031

38.2

Common stock

Purchase

999

38.19

Common stock

Purchase

191

38.42

Common stock

Purchase

228

38.14

Common stock

Purchase

783

38.44

Common stock

Purchase

2,589

38.57

Common stock

Purchase

420

38.56

Common stock

Purchase

90

38.53

Common stock

Purchase

203

38.51

Common stock

Purchase

159

38.5

Common stock

Purchase

1,567

38.55

Common stock

Purchase

640

38.28

Common stock

Purchase

2,781

38.35

Common stock

Purchase

3,087

38.38

Common stock

Purchase

378

38.46

Common stock

Purchase

706

38.58

Common stock

Purchase

813

38.33

Common stock

Purchase

2,634

38.34

Common stock

Purchase

53

38.43

Common stock

Purchase

2,917

38.29

Common stock

Purchase

517

38.59

Common stock

Purchase

1,117

38.4

Common stock

Purchase

2,046

38.27

Common stock

Purchase

1,494

38.45

Common stock

Purchase

282

38.62

Common stock

Purchase

47

38.61

Common stock

Purchase

207

38.6

Common stock

Purchase

391

38.63

Common stock

Purchase

5

38.65

Common stock

Purchase

37

38.64

Common stock

Sale

-77

38.11

Common stock

Sale

-245

38.15

Common stock

Sale

-72

38.1

Common stock

Sale

-194

38.12

Common stock

Sale

-1,138

38.17

Common stock

Sale

-123

38.13

Common stock

Sale

-1,022

38.24

Common stock

Sale

-1,817

38.23

Common stock

Sale

-2,514

38.22

Common stock

Sale

-1,427

38.25

Common stock

Sale

-2,386

38.21

Common stock

Sale

-894

38.26

Common stock

Sale

-901

38.18

Common stock

Sale

-395

38.16

Common stock

Sale

-528

38.32

Common stock

Sale

-504

38.36

Common stock

Sale

-79

38.41

Common stock

Sale

-714

38.47

Common stock

Sale

-1,001

38.31

Common stock

Sale

-1,134

38.3

Common stock

Sale

-214

38.39

Common stock

Sale

-70

38.37

Common stock

Sale

-1,931

38.2

Common stock

Sale

-1,107

38.19

Common stock

Sale

-238

38.42

Common stock

Sale

-263

38.14

Common stock

Sale

-119

38.44

Common stock

Sale

-268

38.52

Common stock

Sale

-578

38.57

Common stock

Sale

-1,674

38.56

Common stock

Sale

-128

38.53

Common stock

Sale

-46

38.51

Common stock

Sale

-101

38.5

Common stock

Sale

-1,007

38.55

Common stock

Sale

-1,316

38.28

Common stock

Sale

-921

38.35

Common stock

Sale

-81

38.38

Common stock

Sale

-356

38.46

Common stock

Sale

-821

38.54

Common stock

Sale

-1,599

38.58

Common stock

Sale

-1,273

38.33

Common stock

Sale

-1,579

38.34

Common stock

Sale

-319

38.43

Common stock

Sale

-1,390

38.29

Common stock

Sale

-1,183

38.59

Common stock

Sale

-293

38.4

Common stock

Sale

-582

38.27

Common stock

Sale

-281

38.45

Common stock

Sale

-302

38.62

Common stock

Sale

-887

38.61

Common stock

Sale

-738

38.6

Common stock

Sale

-987

38.63

Common stock

Sale

-289

38.65

Common stock

Sale

-27

38.68

Common stock

Sale

-50

38.7

Common stock

Sale

-130

38.66

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(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

Common stock

CFD

Increasing short position

-416

38.581803

Common stock

CFD

Reducing long position

-2,115

38.449917

Common stock

CFD

Reducing long position

-4,653

38.449917

Common stock

CFD

Reducing long position

-7,165

38.449917

Common stock

CFD

Reducing long position

-1,434

38.560415

 

(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:

22 January 2016

Contact name:

Pauline Rogers

Telephone number:

020 7645 9708

 

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.

 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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