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Form 8.3 - Ladbrokes Coral Group Plc

26th Mar 2018 09:50

RNS Number : 8966I

Societe Generale SA

26 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	Ladbrokes Coral 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	23/03/2018
(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: GVC Holdings 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:	10,458,877	0.54	1,301,087	0.07
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	0	0.00	9,711,466	0.51
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	10,458,877	0.54	11,012,553	0.57

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	57	1.718
Ordinary	Purchase	14	1.718
Ordinary	Purchase	1,749	1.7215
Ordinary	Purchase	1,865	1.733
Ordinary	Purchase	2,365	1.733
Ordinary	Purchase	3,007	1.7335
Ordinary	Purchase	2,054	1.7335
Ordinary	Purchase	2,586	1.7385
Ordinary	Purchase	2,225	1.736
Ordinary	Purchase	360	1.736
Ordinary	Purchase	2,040	1.7365
Ordinary	Purchase	757	1.7365
Ordinary	Purchase	1,512	1.7285
Ordinary	Purchase	3,002	1.7365
Ordinary	Purchase	1,863	1.7365
Ordinary	Purchase	266	1.719
Ordinary	Purchase	3,852	1.719
Ordinary	Purchase	3,774	1.718
Ordinary	Purchase	71	1.718
Ordinary	Purchase	234	1.718
Ordinary	Purchase	2,000	1.735
Ordinary	Purchase	2,559	1.7205
Ordinary	Purchase	2,712	1.7335
Ordinary	Purchase	277	1.71
Ordinary	Purchase	488	1.71
Ordinary	Purchase	2,931	1.738
Ordinary	Purchase	3,161	1.732
Ordinary	Purchase	1,011	1.718
Ordinary	Purchase	1,471	1.724
Ordinary	Purchase	2,284	1.732
Ordinary	Purchase	301	1.732
Ordinary	Purchase	3,727	1.73
Ordinary	Purchase	1,477	1.719
Ordinary	Purchase	2,119	1.7305
Ordinary	Purchase	3,014	1.7305
Ordinary	Purchase	4,845	1.716
Ordinary	Purchase	613	1.731
Ordinary	Purchase	1,908	1.731
Ordinary	Purchase	1,661	1.729
Ordinary	Purchase	1,111	1.7285
Ordinary	Purchase	1,749	1.7295
Ordinary	Purchase	573	1.7235
Ordinary	Purchase	2,500	1.724
Ordinary	Purchase	1,749	1.7235
Ordinary	Purchase	1,764	1.7235
Ordinary	Purchase	8,413	1.72
Ordinary	Purchase	1,755	1.7295
Ordinary	Purchase	2,540	1.7205
Ordinary	Purchase	269	1.7155
Ordinary	Purchase	2,195	1.717
Ordinary	Purchase	477	1.735
Ordinary	Purchase	2,034	1.735
Ordinary	Purchase	2,838	1.7245
Ordinary	Purchase	2,539	1.721
Ordinary	Purchase	3,020	1.72
Ordinary	Purchase	2,770	1.7195
Ordinary	Purchase	2,107	1.7205
Ordinary	Purchase	768	1.7255
Ordinary	Purchase	1,762	1.7255
Ordinary	Purchase	743	1.7255
Ordinary	Purchase	1,787	1.7255
Ordinary	Purchase	1,884	1.725
Ordinary	Purchase	1,557	1.725
Ordinary	Purchase	619	1.725
Ordinary	Purchase	1,248	1.725
Ordinary	Purchase	1,619	1.725
Ordinary	Purchase	668	1.7185
Ordinary	Purchase	1,557	1.7185
Ordinary	Purchase	2,541	1.72
Ordinary	Purchase	1,749	1.718
Ordinary	Purchase	50	1.721
Ordinary	Purchase	235	1.721
Ordinary	Purchase	1,928	1.724
Ordinary	Purchase	521	1.721
Ordinary	Purchase	128	1.721
Ordinary	Purchase	967	1.721
Ordinary	Purchase	200	1.721
Ordinary	Purchase	2,393	1.721
Ordinary	Purchase	1,995	1.7285
Ordinary	Purchase	2,448	1.7285
Ordinary	Purchase	2,237	1.7275
Ordinary	Purchase	2,471	1.728
Ordinary	Purchase	2,122	1.728
Ordinary	Purchase	2,164	1.7275
Ordinary	Purchase	442	1.726
Ordinary	Purchase	7,538	1.725
Ordinary	Purchase	2,500	1.7155
Ordinary	Purchase	1,626	1.7185
Ordinary	Purchase	463,699	1.7165
Ordinary	Purchase	44,859	1.7165
Ordinary	Purchase	2,152	1.729
Ordinary	Purchase	5,000	1.716
Ordinary	Purchase	7	1.721
Ordinary	Purchase	28	1.721
Ordinary	Purchase	34	1.721
Ordinary	Purchase	7	1.721
Ordinary	Purchase	4,333	1.7165
Ordinary	Purchase	8,000,000	1.7167575
Ordinary	Purchase	1,619,835	1.755463
Ordinary	Purchase	343,496	1.716672
Ordinary	Sale	1,423	1.732
Ordinary	Sale	531	1.7465
Ordinary	Sale	1,700	1.7465
Ordinary	Sale	1,685	1.7465
Ordinary	Sale	4,514	1.7305
Ordinary	Sale	800	1.7415
Ordinary	Sale	922	1.7415
Ordinary	Sale	2,000	1.7425
Ordinary	Sale	2,101	1.7425
Ordinary	Sale	2,254	1.747
Ordinary	Sale	868	1.747
Ordinary	Sale	1,583	1.747
Ordinary	Sale	12	1.7375
Ordinary	Sale	3,454	1.7385
Ordinary	Sale	5,432	1.7455
Ordinary	Sale	2,447	1.741
Ordinary	Sale	588	1.7425
Ordinary	Sale	5,729	1.7425
Ordinary	Sale	100	1.757
Ordinary	Sale	100	1.757
Ordinary	Sale	100	1.757
Ordinary	Sale	100	1.757
Ordinary	Sale	100	1.757
Ordinary	Sale	100	1.757
Ordinary	Sale	100	1.757
Ordinary	Sale	100	1.757
Ordinary	Sale	100	1.757
Ordinary	Sale	100	1.757
Ordinary	Sale	100	1.757
Ordinary	Sale	100	1.757
Ordinary	Sale	100	1.757
Ordinary	Sale	100	1.757
Ordinary	Sale	100	1.757
Ordinary	Sale	100	1.757
Ordinary	Sale	100	1.757
Ordinary	Sale	100	1.757
Ordinary	Sale	100	1.757
Ordinary	Sale	100	1.757
Ordinary	Sale	1,535	1.7445
Ordinary	Sale	1,501	1.7475
Ordinary	Sale	1,367	1.743
Ordinary	Sale	1,300	1.7405
Ordinary	Sale	725	1.7405
Ordinary	Sale	1,253	1.7415
Ordinary	Sale	1,277	1.749
Ordinary	Sale	1,515	1.7435
Ordinary	Sale	1,764	1.7435
Ordinary	Sale	1,397	1.745
Ordinary	Sale	4,261	1.749
Ordinary	Sale	1,927	1.7465
Ordinary	Sale	2,115	1.7465
Ordinary	Sale	2,287	1.7445
Ordinary	Sale	2,521	1.7475
Ordinary	Sale	1,568	1.7475
Ordinary	Sale	2,393	1.748
Ordinary	Sale	2,497	1.746
Ordinary	Sale	2,720	1.748
Ordinary	Sale	1,500	1.7475
Ordinary	Sale	706	1.7465
Ordinary	Sale	1,546	1.751
Ordinary	Sale	1,951	1.7465
Ordinary	Sale	1,276	1.7485
Ordinary	Sale	879	1.748
Ordinary	Sale	2,176	1.748
Ordinary	Sale	930	1.748
Ordinary	Sale	2,282	1.7455
Ordinary	Sale	1,385	1.747
Ordinary	Sale	5,556	1.7425
Ordinary	Sale	1,531	1.744
Ordinary	Sale	1,964	1.7445
Ordinary	Sale	5,645	1.7435
Ordinary	Sale	473	1.7435
Ordinary	Sale	4,249	1.744
Ordinary	Sale	2,434	1.744
Ordinary	Sale	1,294	1.715
Ordinary	Sale	2,000	1.743
Ordinary	Sale	1,592	1.746
Ordinary	Sale	993	1.7445
Ordinary	Sale	1,343	1.744
Ordinary	Sale	783	1.7445
Ordinary	Sale	728	1.7445
Ordinary	Sale	1,918	1.742
Ordinary	Sale	2,725	1.7455
Ordinary	Sale	2,576	1.7445
Ordinary	Sale	1,536	1.744
Ordinary	Sale	2,200	1.7375
Ordinary	Sale	1,349	1.744
Ordinary	Sale	494	1.7445
Ordinary	Sale	2,473	1.7425
Ordinary	Sale	414	1.7425
Ordinary	Sale	120	1.745
Ordinary	Sale	2,379	1.745
Ordinary	Sale	2,149	1.7445
Ordinary	Sale	6,861	1.744
Ordinary	Sale	1,893	1.724
Ordinary	Sale	1,200	1.738
Ordinary	Sale	1,621	1.7434978
Ordinary	Sale	37,651	1.7165
Ordinary	Sale	32	1.757
Ordinary	Sale	2,014	1.744
Ordinary	Sale	2,369	1.744
Ordinary	Sale	2,638	1.747
Ordinary	Sale	389	1.74
Ordinary	Sale	1,375	1.7165
Ordinary	Sale	2,089	1.739
Ordinary	Sale	2,396	1.7285
Ordinary	Sale	1,660	1.74
Ordinary	Sale	26	1.7475
Ordinary	Sale	1,619,835	1.755463
Ordinary	Sale	343,069	1.7165
Ordinary	Sale	427	1.7165
	Total Purchases	10,646,532
	Total Sales	2,169,060

(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

8,000,000

1.71675748

(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:	26/03/2018
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

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