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Form 8.3 - GVC Holdings Plc

29th Mar 2018 09:49

RNS Number : 3883J

Societe Generale SA

29 March 2018

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	GVC Holdings 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	28/03/2018
(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: 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:	Ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	152,617	0.05	6,380,437	2.10
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	6,379,503	2.10	286,000	0.09
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	6,532,120	2.15	6,666,437	2.20

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	1,612	9.18
Ordinary	Purchase	3,281	9.18
Ordinary	Purchase	11,358	9.18
Ordinary	Purchase	78,672	9.18
Ordinary	Purchase	199	9.18
Ordinary	Purchase	870	9.18
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.23
Ordinary	Purchase	292	9.145
Ordinary	Purchase	605	9.215
Ordinary	Purchase	5	9.155
Ordinary	Purchase	701	9.18
Ordinary	Purchase	743	9.18
Ordinary	Purchase	200	9.18
Ordinary	Purchase	9	9.205
Ordinary	Purchase	284	9.22
Ordinary	Purchase	360	9.155
Ordinary	Purchase	333	9.155
Ordinary	Purchase	352	9.27
Ordinary	Purchase	248	9.15
Ordinary	Purchase	473	9.265
Ordinary	Purchase	141	9.23
Ordinary	Purchase	272	9.23
Ordinary	Purchase	809	9.215
Ordinary	Purchase	364	9.215
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.23
Ordinary	Purchase	510	9.15
Ordinary	Purchase	4	9.21
Ordinary	Purchase	474	9.25
Ordinary	Purchase	164	9.23
Ordinary	Purchase	178	9.23
Ordinary	Purchase	338	9.235
Ordinary	Purchase	529	9.145
Ordinary	Purchase	152	9.145
Ordinary	Purchase	570	9.145
Ordinary	Purchase	733	9.145
Ordinary	Purchase	563	9.215
Ordinary	Purchase	332	9.215
Ordinary	Purchase	417	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	1,020	9.22
Ordinary	Purchase	1,296	9.185
Ordinary	Purchase	925	9.175
Ordinary	Purchase	284	9.22
Ordinary	Purchase	402	9.22
Ordinary	Purchase	994	9.17
Ordinary	Purchase	1,113	9.165
Ordinary	Purchase	638	9.16
Ordinary	Purchase	285	9.225
Ordinary	Purchase	536	9.145
Ordinary	Purchase	472	9.145
Ordinary	Purchase	421	9.21
Ordinary	Purchase	19	9.21
Ordinary	Purchase	361	9.205
Ordinary	Purchase	253	9.15
Ordinary	Purchase	1,082	9.225
Ordinary	Purchase	323	9.17
Ordinary	Purchase	904	9.17
Ordinary	Purchase	555	9.17
Ordinary	Purchase	157	9.17
Ordinary	Purchase	525	9.17
Ordinary	Purchase	710	9.22
Ordinary	Purchase	267	9.215
Ordinary	Purchase	448	9.215
Ordinary	Purchase	392	9.15
Ordinary	Purchase	251	9.23
Ordinary	Purchase	321	9.215
Ordinary	Purchase	91	9.23
Ordinary	Purchase	184	9.23
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.22
Ordinary	Purchase	994	9.22
Ordinary	Purchase	428	9.22
Ordinary	Purchase	1,459	9.23
Ordinary	Purchase	531	9.22
Ordinary	Purchase	281	9.21
Ordinary	Purchase	431	9.17
Ordinary	Purchase	332	9.17
Ordinary	Purchase	431	9.17
Ordinary	Purchase	340	9.17
Ordinary	Purchase	284	9.24
Ordinary	Purchase	450	9.24
Ordinary	Purchase	476	9.155
Ordinary	Purchase	201	9.155
Ordinary	Purchase	282	9.21
Ordinary	Purchase	478	9.155
Ordinary	Purchase	504	9.15
Ordinary	Purchase	460	9.145
Ordinary	Purchase	44	9.145
Ordinary	Purchase	232	9.21
Ordinary	Purchase	11	9.21
Ordinary	Purchase	473	9.255
Ordinary	Purchase	360	9.22
Ordinary	Purchase	667	9.22
Ordinary	Purchase	296	9.23
Ordinary	Purchase	28	9.16
Ordinary	Purchase	372	9.16
Ordinary	Purchase	332	9.145
Ordinary	Purchase	689	9.145
Ordinary	Purchase	538	9.225
Ordinary	Purchase	493	9.145
Ordinary	Purchase	596	9.145
Ordinary	Purchase	60	9.145
Ordinary	Purchase	475	9.23
Ordinary	Purchase	296	9.155
Ordinary	Purchase	394	9.23
Ordinary	Purchase	174	9.23
Ordinary	Purchase	449	9.175
Ordinary	Purchase	115	9.175
Ordinary	Purchase	382	9.165
Ordinary	Purchase	283	9.27
Ordinary	Purchase	453	9.145
Ordinary	Purchase	74	9.15
Ordinary	Purchase	183	9.15
Ordinary	Purchase	271	9.155
Ordinary	Purchase	1	9.23
Ordinary	Purchase	105	9.23
Ordinary	Purchase	196	9.23
Ordinary	Purchase	137	9.215
Ordinary	Purchase	149	9.215
Ordinary	Purchase	442	9.215
Ordinary	Sale	238	9.215
Ordinary	Sale	237	9.23
Ordinary	Sale	237	9.225
Ordinary	Sale	35	9.225
Ordinary	Sale	115	9.235
Ordinary	Sale	284	9.235
Ordinary	Sale	615	9.285
Ordinary	Sale	832	9.255
Ordinary	Sale	674	9.29
Ordinary	Sale	667	9.295
Ordinary	Sale	409	9.225
Ordinary	Sale	236	9.225
Ordinary	Sale	570	9.275
Ordinary	Sale	680	9.29
Ordinary	Sale	618	9.235
Ordinary	Sale	1,201	9.235
Ordinary	Sale	402	9.25
Ordinary	Sale	729	9.235
Ordinary	Sale	124	9.235
Ordinary	Sale	284	9.24
Ordinary	Sale	153	9.24
Ordinary	Sale	736	9.235
Ordinary	Sale	583	9.245
Ordinary	Sale	370	9.245
Ordinary	Sale	104	9.245
Ordinary	Sale	157	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	286	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	316	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	491	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	678	9.265
Ordinary	Sale	475	9.235
Ordinary	Sale	334	9.255
Ordinary	Sale	552	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	507	9.265
Ordinary	Sale	457	9.235
Ordinary	Sale	176	9.25
Ordinary	Sale	284	9.25
Ordinary	Sale	430	9.25
Ordinary	Sale	422	9.23
Ordinary	Sale	805	9.235
Ordinary	Sale	30,706	9.18
Ordinary	Sale	3,246	9.18
Ordinary	Sale	70,988	9.18
Ordinary	Sale	1,104	9.18
Ordinary	Sale	743	9.18
Ordinary	Sale	1,516	9.18
Ordinary	Sale	1,556	9.18
Ordinary	Sale	3,892	9.18
Ordinary	Sale	78,672	9.18
Ordinary	Sale	54	9.24
Ordinary	Sale	351	9.24
Ordinary	Sale	327	9.24
Ordinary	Sale	318	9.24
Ordinary	Sale	437	9.24
Ordinary	Sale	155	9.24
Ordinary	Sale	273	9.24
Ordinary	Sale	64	9.22
Ordinary	Sale	330	9.23
Ordinary	Sale	163	9.23
Ordinary	Sale	239	9.23
Ordinary	Sale	488	9.22
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.23
Ordinary	Sale	469	9.22
Ordinary	Sale	402	9.22
Ordinary	Sale	113	9.23
Ordinary	Sale	536	9.23
Ordinary	Sale	155	9.23
Ordinary	Sale	428	9.22
Ordinary	Sale	500,000	9.170202
Ordinary	Sale	15,011	9.27294285
Ordinary	Sale	39,000	9.219888
	Total Purchases	141,508
	Total Sales	769,739

(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 long position	500,000	9.170202
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	15,011	9.27294285
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	39,000	9.219888

(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:	29/03/2018
Contact name:	Olivier Vero
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.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

END

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