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Form 8.3 - Entain plc

24th Sep 2021 13:03

RNS Number : 9417M

Societe Generale SA

24 September 2021

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:	Société Générale S.A.
(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	Entain 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	23/09/2021
(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: DraftKings Inc

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:	Ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	9,218,666	1.57	78,159	0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	0	0.00	2,692,294	0.46
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	9,218,666	1.57	2,770,453	0.47

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 GBP
Ordinary	Purchase	341	23.3
Ordinary	Purchase	233	23.23
Ordinary	Purchase	344	23.12
Ordinary	Purchase	135	23.08
Ordinary	Purchase	399	23.08
Ordinary	Purchase	129	23.08
Ordinary	Purchase	207	23.08
Ordinary	Purchase	55	23.3
Ordinary	Purchase	142	23.3
Ordinary	Purchase	100	23.21
Ordinary	Purchase	117	23.21
Ordinary	Purchase	66	23.21
Ordinary	Purchase	215	23.2
Ordinary	Purchase	224	23.37
Ordinary	Purchase	89	23.37
Ordinary	Purchase	95	23.37
Ordinary	Purchase	610	23.06
Ordinary	Purchase	249	23.06
Ordinary	Purchase	273	22.62
Ordinary	Purchase	158	23.3
Ordinary	Purchase	100	23.12
Ordinary	Purchase	143	23.12
Ordinary	Purchase	94	23.3
Ordinary	Purchase	226	23.06
Ordinary	Purchase	216	23.27
Ordinary	Purchase	107	23.43
Ordinary	Purchase	99	23.09
Ordinary	Purchase	111	22.96
Ordinary	Purchase	44	22.8
Ordinary	Purchase	98	22.93
Ordinary	Purchase	328	22.8
Ordinary	Purchase	112	23.23
Ordinary	Purchase	100	23.14
Ordinary	Purchase	90	23.14
Ordinary	Purchase	143	22.82
Ordinary	Purchase	151	23.27
Ordinary	Purchase	226	23.3
Ordinary	Purchase	110	23.08
Ordinary	Purchase	48	23.08
Ordinary	Purchase	5	23.08
Ordinary	Purchase	15	23.08
Ordinary	Purchase	16	23.08
Ordinary	Purchase	116	23.08
Ordinary	Purchase	123	23.08
Ordinary	Purchase	127	23.08
Ordinary	Purchase	115	23.08
Ordinary	Purchase	12	23.08
Ordinary	Purchase	219	23.08
Ordinary	Purchase	8	23.08
Ordinary	Purchase	91	23.08
Ordinary	Purchase	286	22.85
Ordinary	Purchase	186	22.8
Ordinary	Purchase	45	23.07
Ordinary	Purchase	66	22.74
Ordinary	Purchase	200	22.74
Ordinary	Purchase	31	23.12
Ordinary	Purchase	40	23.12
Ordinary	Purchase	226	23.06
Ordinary	Purchase	130	23.16
Ordinary	Purchase	144	23.12
Ordinary	Purchase	69	23.35
Ordinary	Purchase	128	23.35
Ordinary	Purchase	233	23.12
Ordinary	Purchase	5	23.12
Ordinary	Purchase	215	23.2
Ordinary	Purchase	111	23.14
Ordinary	Purchase	44	23.08
Ordinary	Purchase	100	23.08
Ordinary	Purchase	123	22.66
Ordinary	Purchase	63	23.21
Ordinary	Purchase	48	23.21
Ordinary	Purchase	296	23.06
Ordinary	Purchase	204	23.16
Ordinary	Purchase	4	23.1
Ordinary	Purchase	94	23.21
Ordinary	Purchase	79	23.1
Ordinary	Purchase	100	23.43
Ordinary	Purchase	100	22.8
Ordinary	Purchase	100	23.29
Ordinary	Purchase	97	23.13
Ordinary	Purchase	17	23.1
Ordinary	Purchase	100	23.08
Ordinary	Purchase	100	23.2
Ordinary	Purchase	100	23.21
Ordinary	Purchase	100	23.25
Ordinary	Purchase	87	22.82
Ordinary	Purchase	124	22.82
Ordinary	Purchase	100	23.16
Ordinary	Purchase	94	22.96
Ordinary	Purchase	100	23.31
Ordinary	Purchase	100	22.77
Ordinary	Purchase	85	23.08
Ordinary	Purchase	74	23.08
Ordinary	Purchase	41	23.08
Ordinary	Purchase	30	23.08
Ordinary	Purchase	100	23.17
Ordinary	Purchase	62	23.16
Ordinary	Purchase	44	23.15
Ordinary	Purchase	100	23.11
Ordinary	Purchase	56	23.15
Ordinary	Purchase	72	22.85
Ordinary	Purchase	100	22.85
Ordinary	Purchase	99	22.79
Ordinary	Purchase	100	23.3
Ordinary	Purchase	100	23.25
Ordinary	Purchase	100	23.29
Ordinary	Purchase	100	22.73
Ordinary	Purchase	66	22.73
Ordinary	Purchase	100	23.37
Ordinary	Purchase	37	23.37
Ordinary	Purchase	65	23.37
Ordinary	Purchase	100	23.17
Ordinary	Purchase	90	22.84
Ordinary	Purchase	82	22.84
Ordinary	Purchase	236	23.06
Ordinary	Purchase	100	23.12
Ordinary	Purchase	100	23.06
Ordinary	Purchase	66	23.35
Ordinary	Purchase	100	23.35
Ordinary	Purchase	100	23.07
Ordinary	Purchase	48	23.12
Ordinary	Purchase	52	23.11
Ordinary	Purchase	100	22.69
Ordinary	Purchase	63	22.68
Ordinary	Purchase	74	22.68
Ordinary	Purchase	100	23.06
Ordinary	Purchase	100	23.05
Ordinary	Purchase	100	23.18
Ordinary	Purchase	80	23.29
Ordinary	Purchase	151	23.16
Ordinary	Purchase	52	23.29
Ordinary	Purchase	54	22.82
Ordinary	Purchase	52	22.82
Ordinary	Purchase	100	22.84
Ordinary	Purchase	72	22.84
Ordinary	Purchase	232	23.06
Ordinary	Purchase	80	22.68
Ordinary	Purchase	93	22.68
Ordinary	Purchase	28	22.68
Ordinary	Purchase	15,000	22.6359
Ordinary	Purchase	18,863	22.623538
Ordinary	Purchase	1,771	22.623535
Ordinary	Purchase	256,368	24.461753
Ordinary	Purchase	24,073	24.46174
Ordinary	Purchase	130,725	22.942447
Ordinary	Purchase	12,275	22.942447
Ordinary	Sale	272	22.9
Ordinary	Sale	681	23.43
Ordinary	Sale	226	23.43
Ordinary	Sale	530	22.72
Ordinary	Sale	97	22.72
Ordinary	Sale	503	22.62
Ordinary	Sale	1,401	22.62
Ordinary	Sale	2,480	22.62
Ordinary	Sale	304	22.62
Ordinary	Sale	18,451	22.62
Ordinary	Sale	251	22.62
Ordinary	Sale	2,860	22.62
Ordinary	Sale	411	22.62
Ordinary	Sale	106	22.62
Ordinary	Sale	634	22.62
Ordinary	Sale	6	22.62
Ordinary	Sale	626	22.62
Ordinary	Sale	1,709	22.62
Ordinary	Sale	2,147	22.62
Ordinary	Sale	258	22.64
Ordinary	Sale	258	23.02
Ordinary	Sale	246	22.81
Ordinary	Sale	111	23.5
Ordinary	Sale	100	23
Ordinary	Sale	100	23.09
Ordinary	Sale	363	23.09
Ordinary	Sale	181	23.09
Ordinary	Sale	121	23.09
Ordinary	Sale	96	23.09
Ordinary	Sale	25	23.09
	Total Purchases	475,374
	Total Sales	35,554

(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
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	15,000	22.6359
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	18,863	22.623538
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	1,771	22.623535
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	256,368	24.461753
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	24,073	24.46174
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	130,725	22.942447
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	12,275	22.942447

(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

GBP

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit GBP

(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) GBP

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:	24/09/2021
Contact name:	Paul Jenkins
Telephone number*:	+44 20 7676 6969

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 +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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