3rd Feb 2022 15:34
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: | Barclays PLC. | |||||
| (b) | Owner or controller of interest and short | ||||||
| positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): | |||||||
| (c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | PLAYTECH PLC | |||||
| relevant securities this form relates: | |||||||
| (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: | 02 February 2022 | |||||
| (f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | NO | |||||
| disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? | |||||||
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 NPV | |||||
| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| and/or controlled: | 5,571,072 | 1.82% | 3,775,299 | 1.23% | ||
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(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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3,663,953 | 1.20% | 5,176,629 | 1.69% | |||
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(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
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| TOTAL: | 9,235,025 | 3.01% | 8,951,928 | 2.92% | ||
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: |
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Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: |
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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 | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
| security | securities | ||||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 130 | 5.7194 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 1,211 | 5.7950 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 1,493 | 5.7750 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 1,565 | 5.8200 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 1,672 | 5.4875 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 1,892 | 5.7695 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 1,899 | 5.7900 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 2,257 | 5.8979 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 2,359 | 5.7968 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 2,401 | 5.7700 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 2,691 | 5.8100 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 2,858 | 5.7650 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 3,062 | 5.7562 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 3,146 | 5.8187 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 3,695 | 5.7827 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 4,171 | 5.8600 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 4,503 | 5.8325 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 4,554 | 5.7572 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 5,278 | 5.7625 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 8,901 | 5.7966 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 9,262 | 5.8394 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 9,346 | 5.7352 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 9,497 | 5.7888 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 11,029 | 5.7800 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 12,066 | 5.7944 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 14,742 | 5.7550 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 14,885 | 5.8375 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 15,560 | 5.8500 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 18,777 | 5.8087 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 23,947 | 5.9947 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 28,360 | 5.8090 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 34,753 | 5.7420 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 35,000 | 5.9105 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 35,000 | 5.9700 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 52,500 | 5.9061 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 143,676 | 5.8370 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 33 | 5.9900 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 166 | 5.5250 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 243 | 5.8096 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 548 | 5.8300 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 556 | 5.8350 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 850 | 5.7950 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 876 | 5.8550 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 920 | 5.7996 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 1,090 | 5.9837 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 1,477 | 5.9032 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 1,493 | 5.7750 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 1,565 | 5.8200 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 1,570 | 5.7550 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 1,590 | 5.9751 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 1,899 | 5.7900 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 2,000 | 5.8575 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 2,266 | 5.7700 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 2,640 | 5.8703 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 2,652 | 5.8088 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 2,691 | 5.8100 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 3,322 | 5.9651 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 3,672 | 5.6406 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 3,768 | 5.9031 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 4,171 | 5.8600 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 4,265 | 5.8982 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 4,691 | 5.9204 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 5,065 | 5.8325 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 5,198 | 5.8415 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 5,283 | 6.0051 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 5,697 | 5.8716 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 6,029 | 5.7800 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 6,557 | 5.9800 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 6,681 | 5.8140 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 7,270 | 5.6933 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 7,398 | 5.8441 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 7,728 | 5.8989 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 8,174 | 5.5373 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 9,414 | 5.8502 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 9,854 | 5.7879 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 10,766 | 5.8601 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 14,885 | 5.8375 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 18,312 | 5.7914 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 39,500 | 5.7501 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 59,505 | 5.8976 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 72,454 | 5.8629 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 75,771 | 5.7260 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 127,717 | 5.8620 GBP | ||||
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
| Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
| relevant | description | reference | unit | ||||
| security | securities | ||||||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Long | 132 | 5.9000 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Long | 190 | 6.0399 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Long | 400 | 5.7962 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Long | 492 | 5.8922 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Long | 1,401 | 5.9882 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Long | 1,439 | 6.0500 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Long | 4,066 | 5.8500 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Long | 9,323 | 5.8985 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Long | 11,109 | 5.8556 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | Long | 43,947 | 5.8181 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Long | 63,196 | 5.9014 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Short | 332 | 5.8050 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Short | 2,191 | 5.8512 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Short | 3,234 | 5.8022 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Short | 4,493 | 5.8409 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Short | 4,716 | 5.8611 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Short | 5,203 | 5.8470 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Short | 9,842 | 5.8463 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Short | 22,305 | 5.8452 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Short | 41,088 | 5.8790 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Short | 60,431 | 5.8315 GBP | |||
(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 |
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(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit |
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(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) |
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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” |
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(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” |
None
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(c) Attachments
| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
| Date of disclosure: | 3 Feb 2022 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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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