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Form 8.3 - Betfair Plc

10th Sep 2015 15:15

RNS Number : 7127Y

Citadel Group

10 September 2015

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	9 September 2015
(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:	0	0.00	3,802	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	1,256,419	1.35	48,167	0.05
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
TOTAL:	1,256,419	1.35	51,969	0.05

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	3,638	30.54
Common stock	Purchase	2,252	30.53
Common stock	Purchase	607	31
Common stock	Purchase	3	30.71
Common stock	Purchase	251	30.39
Common stock	Purchase	62	30.87
Common stock	Purchase	2,599	31.6
Common stock	Purchase	82	31.3
Common stock	Purchase	122	31.49
Common stock	Purchase	96	30.81
Common stock	Purchase	308	30.82
Common stock	Purchase	2,245	30.49
Common stock	Purchase	921	30.58
Common stock	Purchase	1,394	30.44
Common stock	Purchase	316	30.6
Common stock	Purchase	292	30.98
Common stock	Purchase	1,222	30.4
Common stock	Purchase	4,006	30.5
Common stock	Purchase	906	30.57
Common stock	Purchase	485	30.38
Common stock	Purchase	45	30.37
Common stock	Purchase	887	30.41
Common stock	Purchase	603	30.85
Common stock	Purchase	38	30.88
Common stock	Purchase	353	30.9
Common stock	Purchase	75	31.11
Common stock	Purchase	1,129	31.18
Common stock	Purchase	228	31.13
Common stock	Purchase	241	30.86
Common stock	Purchase	1,168	30.56
Common stock	Purchase	272	30.84
Common stock	Purchase	141	31.51
Common stock	Purchase	21	31.5
Common stock	Purchase	846	31.22
Common stock	Purchase	54	30.66
Common stock	Purchase	64	30.62
Common stock	Purchase	4,414	30.52
Common stock	Purchase	2,760	30.55
Common stock	Purchase	2,401	30.48
Common stock	Purchase	67	30.35
Common stock	Purchase	69	31.56
Common stock	Purchase	100	31.57
Common stock	Purchase	167	31.59
Common stock	Purchase	54	31.54
Common stock	Purchase	204	31.32
Common stock	Purchase	101	31.35
Common stock	Purchase	21	31.28
Common stock	Purchase	10	31.33
Common stock	Purchase	145	31.31
Common stock	Purchase	7	31.29
Common stock	Purchase	358	31.27
Common stock	Purchase	269	31.21
Common stock	Purchase	774	31.23
Common stock	Purchase	1,848	31.24
Common stock	Purchase	223	31.17
Common stock	Purchase	336	31.19
Common stock	Purchase	465	31.14
Common stock	Purchase	169	31.25
Common stock	Purchase	231	31.26
Common stock	Purchase	1,109	31.2
Common stock	Purchase	238	31.1
Common stock	Purchase	384	31.12
Common stock	Purchase	465	31.15
Common stock	Purchase	250	31.16
Common stock	Purchase	4,992	30.51
Common stock	Purchase	794	30.83
Common stock	Purchase	980	30.42
Common stock	Purchase	14	30.61
Common stock	Purchase	809	30.7
Common stock	Purchase	1,516	30.47
Common stock	Purchase	51	30.91
Common stock	Purchase	77	30.36
Common stock	Purchase	316	30.43
Common stock	Purchase	423	30.45
Common stock	Purchase	874	30.46
Common stock	Purchase	100	30.59
Common stock	Purchase	386	31.02
Common stock	Purchase	70	31.03
Common stock	Purchase	91	30.99
Common stock	Purchase	54	30.95
Common stock	Purchase	170	30.8
Common stock	Purchase	134	30.76
Common stock	Purchase	84	30.89
Common stock	Purchase	82	30.73
Common stock	Purchase	70	31.04
Common stock	Sale	-1,587	30.54
Common stock	Sale	-4,632	30.53
Common stock	Sale	-322	30.68
Common stock	Sale	-72	30.71
Common stock	Sale	-1,314	30.39
Common stock	Sale	-743	30.78
Common stock	Sale	-71	30.63
Common stock	Sale	-21	31.3
Common stock	Sale	-77	30.81
Common stock	Sale	-71	30.82
Common stock	Sale	-1,305	30.49
Common stock	Sale	-71	30.67
Common stock	Sale	-219	30.58
Common stock	Sale	-957	30.44
Common stock	Sale	-48	30.64
Common stock	Sale	-29	30.6
Common stock	Sale	-247	30.98
Common stock	Sale	-722	30.4
Common stock	Sale	-10,670	30.5
Common stock	Sale	-585	30.57
Common stock	Sale	-450	30.37
Common stock	Sale	-384	30.41
Common stock	Sale	-43	31.11
Common stock	Sale	-829	31.18
Common stock	Sale	-1,073	30.56
Common stock	Sale	-33	31.51
Common stock	Sale	-37	31.5
Common stock	Sale	-1,042	31.22
Common stock	Sale	-307	30.62
Common stock	Sale	-2,845	30.52
Common stock	Sale	-4,453	30.55
Common stock	Sale	-1,840	30.48
Common stock	Sale	-38	31.34
Common stock	Sale	-168	31.58
Common stock	Sale	-90	31.56
Common stock	Sale	-779	31.57
Common stock	Sale	-93	31.55
Common stock	Sale	-116	31.35
Common stock	Sale	-348	31.28
Common stock	Sale	-173	31.36
Common stock	Sale	-67	31.33
Common stock	Sale	-46	31.4
Common stock	Sale	-151	31.31
Common stock	Sale	-79	31.29
Common stock	Sale	-2,670	31.21
Common stock	Sale	-920	31.23
Common stock	Sale	-1,396	31.24
Common stock	Sale	-1,469	31.17
Common stock	Sale	-1,148	31.19
Common stock	Sale	-25	31.14
Common stock	Sale	-82	31.25
Common stock	Sale	-12	31.08
Common stock	Sale	-317	31.26
Common stock	Sale	-2,642	31.2
Common stock	Sale	-255	31.1
Common stock	Sale	-464	31.15
Common stock	Sale	-553	31.16
Common stock	Sale	-2,567	30.51
Common stock	Sale	-148	30.83
Common stock	Sale	-1,503	30.42
Common stock	Sale	-269	30.61
Common stock	Sale	-802	30.47
Common stock	Sale	-135	30.91
Common stock	Sale	-101	30.36
Common stock	Sale	-477	30.43
Common stock	Sale	-981	30.45
Common stock	Sale	-2,179	30.46
Common stock	Sale	-72	30.59
Common stock	Sale	-134	31.02
Common stock	Sale	-209	31.03
Common stock	Sale	-31	30.8
Common stock	Sale	-109	30.76
Common stock	Sale	-75	30.89
Common stock	Sale	-409	30.73
Common stock	Sale	-512	31.04
Common stock	Sale	-157	30.65
Common stock	Sale	-398	30.79
Common stock	Sale	-884	30.93
Common stock	Sale	-269	30.94
Common stock	Sale	-1,056	30.74
Common stock	Sale	-196	30.75
Common stock	Sale	-115	31.07
Common stock	Sale	-91	31.06
Common stock	Sale	-1,022	30.77
Common stock	Sale	-29	30.97
Common stock	Sale	-175	30.69

(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 long position	20,208	30.616981
Common stock	CFD	Increasing long position	5,474	30.53
Common stock	CFD	Increasing long position	3,812	30.522811
Common stock	CFD	Increasing long position	1,672	30.528412
Common stock	CFD	Increasing long position	2,336	30.52101
Common stock	CFD	Increasing long position	39,986	30.5

(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"

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

Date of disclosure:	10 September 2015
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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