24th Jan 2022 13:26
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 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. |
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(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree | PLAYTECH PLC |
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree: |
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(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure | 21 January 2022 |
(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” | NO |
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 | |||||
| Number | (%) | Number | (%) | |||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | |||||
| and/or controlled: | 8,430,013 | 2.75% | 3,980,205 | 1.30% | |
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(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | |||||
| 3,814,459 | 1.25% | 5,081,967 | 1.66% | ||
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(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | |||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |
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| TOTAL: | 12,244,472 | 4.00% | 9,062,172 | 2.96% | ||
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 | 23 | 5.7925 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 380 | 5.6850 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 380 | 5.7500 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 1,015 | 6.0333 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 1,090 | 5.9025 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 2,181 | 5.6497 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 2,378 | 5.8400 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 2,572 | 5.7273 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 2,574 | 5.7790 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 2,927 | 5.7914 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 3,416 | 6.3500 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 3,757 | 5.7494 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 3,907 | 5.6862 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 4,189 | 5.9685 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 4,502 | 6.0562 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 4,556 | 5.9071 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 5,000 | 6.3000 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 5,380 | 6.3246 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 6,691 | 5.8007 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 9,479 | 6.0454 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 9,771 | 5.7825 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 11,349 | 5.7455 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 15,036 | 5.7950 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 16,013 | 5.8892 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Purchase | 152,981 | 5.9554 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 9 | 5.7800 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 23 | 5.7925 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 292 | 5.7900 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 317 | 5.7775 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 358 | 6.1600 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 398 | 6.0859 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 436 | 6.2250 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 583 | 5.7850 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 744 | 5.7076 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 760 | 6.2400 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 867 | 5.9271 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 990 | 6.0793 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 1,020 | 6.0705 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 1,027 | 6.1750 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 1,044 | 6.1829 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 1,090 | 5.9025 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 1,705 | 6.2500 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 2,130 | 5.7952 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 2,950 | 6.1134 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 3,040 | 6.2262 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 3,140 | 6.0605 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 3,200 | 5.8600 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 5,444 | 6.1805 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 6,640 | 6.1844 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 6,709 | 5.6276 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 7,234 | 5.8175 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 7,667 | 6.2256 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 8,000 | 5.8125 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 9,383 | 5.9966 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 9,911 | 6.1516 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 10,072 | 6.2333 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 10,633 | 5.9944 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 13,000 | 5.6789 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 13,999 | 5.7356 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 19,000 | 5.8123 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 20,597 | 6.3027 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 26,159 | 6.2274 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 27,703 | 5.9590 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 31,084 | 5.8792 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 148,198 | 5.8190 GBP | ||||
| Ordinary NPV | Sale | 244,225 | 5.9308 GBP | ||||
| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions | ||||||
| Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
relevant | description | reference | unit | ||||
| security | securities | ||||||
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | Long | 69 | 5.9294 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Long | 2,622 | 5.8750 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | Long | 5,000 | 5.7763 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | Long | 10,000 | 6.1699 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Long | 24,116 | 5.8325 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Long | 33,488 | 5.9644 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Long | 36,545 | 6.1053 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | Long | 53,713 | 5.6042 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Long | 55,465 | 5.8659 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Long | 112,214 | 6.0492 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Short | 180 | 5.7950 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Short | 641 | 5.9187 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Short | 821 | 5.9251 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | Short | 2,565 | 5.7954 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Short | 17,061 | 6.1175 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Short | 19,531 | 5.9853 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Short | 26,480 | 5.9665 GBP | |||
| Ordinary NPV | SWAP | Short | 104,002 | 5.9054 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” |
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: | 24 January 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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