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Form 8.3 - William Hill plc

11th Nov 2020 11:34

RNS Number : 0019F
Societe Generale SA
11 November 2020
 

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

William Hill 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

10/11/2020

(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

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

32,082,264

3.06

292,147

0.03

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

 

742

0.00

29,232,488

2.78

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00

0

0.00

 

TOTAL:

32,083,006

3.06

29,524,635

2.81

 

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

225

2.707

Ordinary

Purchase

955

2.707

Ordinary

Purchase

980

2.707

Ordinary

Purchase

1

2.705

Ordinary

Purchase

3,000

2.705

Ordinary

Purchase

4,073

2.708

Ordinary

Purchase

192

2.708

Ordinary

Purchase

1

2.707

Ordinary

Purchase

400

2.702

Ordinary

Purchase

2,035

2.702

Ordinary

Purchase

576

2.704

Ordinary

Purchase

340

2.704

Ordinary

Purchase

1,771

2.694

Ordinary

Purchase

1,467

2.7

Ordinary

Purchase

1,068

2.704

Ordinary

Purchase

2,000

2.692

Ordinary

Purchase

175

2.704

Ordinary

Purchase

1,480

2.704

Ordinary

Purchase

1,659

2.705

Ordinary

Purchase

1,664

2.707

Ordinary

Purchase

1,654

2.705

Ordinary

Purchase

774

2.693

Ordinary

Purchase

900

2.693

Ordinary

Purchase

1,587

2.7

Ordinary

Purchase

81

2.7

Ordinary

Purchase

900

2.696

Ordinary

Purchase

4,197

2.703

Ordinary

Purchase

1,435

2.703

Ordinary

Purchase

4,822

2.703

Ordinary

Purchase

900

2.704

Ordinary

Purchase

2,028

2.71

Ordinary

Purchase

2,320

2.703

Ordinary

Purchase

223

2.706

Ordinary

Purchase

1,425

2.706

Ordinary

Purchase

1,453

2.707

Ordinary

Purchase

1,488

2.707

Ordinary

Purchase

1,120

2.707

Ordinary

Purchase

2,000

2.708

Ordinary

Purchase

1,650

2.7

Ordinary

Purchase

2,726

2.694

Ordinary

Purchase

900

2.688

Ordinary

Purchase

1,237

2.709

Ordinary

Purchase

410

2.709

Ordinary

Purchase

2,252

2.707

Ordinary

Purchase

72

2.706

Ordinary

Purchase

955

2.706

Ordinary

Purchase

185

2.707

Ordinary

Purchase

2,134

2.707

Ordinary

Purchase

1,898

2.706

Ordinary

Purchase

900

2.707

Ordinary

Purchase

1,101

2.706

Ordinary

Purchase

1,649

2.703

Ordinary

Purchase

900

2.709

Ordinary

Purchase

1,159

2.705

Ordinary

Purchase

2,376

2.7055

Ordinary

Purchase

2,376

2.7055

Ordinary

Purchase

1,700

2.705

Ordinary

Purchase

397

2.705

Ordinary

Purchase

1,111

2.701

Ordinary

Purchase

682

2.705

Ordinary

Purchase

965

2.705

Ordinary

Purchase

900

2.701

Ordinary

Purchase

900

2.704

Ordinary

Purchase

1,098

2.704

Ordinary

Purchase

1,981

2.703

Ordinary

Purchase

914

2.707

Ordinary

Purchase

612

2.702

Ordinary

Purchase

925

2.702

Ordinary

Purchase

2,534

2.697

Ordinary

Purchase

750

2.697

Ordinary

Purchase

768

2.697

Ordinary

Purchase

614

2.697

Ordinary

Purchase

768

2.697

Ordinary

Purchase

1,106

2.697

Ordinary

Purchase

2,428

2.692

Ordinary

Purchase

4,627

2.692

Ordinary

Purchase

1,682

2.692

Ordinary

Purchase

845

2.703

Ordinary

Purchase

765

2.715

Ordinary

Purchase

200

2.715

Ordinary

Purchase

900

2.692

Ordinary

Purchase

432

2.7

Ordinary

Purchase

4,581

2.7

Ordinary

Purchase

558

2.703

Ordinary

Purchase

364

2.703

Ordinary

Purchase

970

2.715

Ordinary

Purchase

599

2.701

Ordinary

Purchase

621

2.701

Ordinary

Purchase

1,639

2.716

Ordinary

Purchase

945

2.7

Ordinary

Purchase

13,120

2.7

Ordinary

Purchase

215

2.7

Ordinary

Purchase

6,690

2.7

Ordinary

Purchase

64,979

2.7

Ordinary

Purchase

22,790

2.7

Ordinary

Purchase

9,305

2.7

Ordinary

Purchase

430

2.7

Ordinary

Purchase

2,408

2.71

Ordinary

Purchase

3,959

2.706

Ordinary

Purchase

1,000

2.705

Ordinary

Purchase

234

2.708

Ordinary

Purchase

1,100

2.708

Ordinary

Purchase

262

2.712

Ordinary

Purchase

254

2.712

Ordinary

Purchase

1,051

2.712

Ordinary

Purchase

500

2.707

Ordinary

Purchase

1,090

2.707

Ordinary

Purchase

1,921

2.711

Ordinary

Purchase

4,901

2.703

Ordinary

Purchase

297

2.703

Ordinary

Purchase

1,000

2.702

Ordinary

Purchase

500

2.701

Ordinary

Purchase

408

2.7

Ordinary

Purchase

1,000

2.7

Ordinary

Purchase

1,876

2.7069989

Ordinary

Purchase

8

2.706

Ordinary

Purchase

4,431,355

2.7006016

Ordinary

Purchase

200,000

2.708206

Ordinary

Sale

5

2.705

Ordinary

Sale

1,655

2.695

Ordinary

Sale

886

2.716

Ordinary

Sale

1,370

2.709

Ordinary

Sale

1,645

2.71

Ordinary

Sale

1,647

2.706

Ordinary

Sale

1,660

2.701

Ordinary

Sale

1,732

2.702

Ordinary

Sale

1,316

2.702

Ordinary

Sale

1,658

2.702

Ordinary

Sale

432

2.697

Ordinary

Sale

279

2.697

Ordinary

Sale

2,079

2.697

Ordinary

Sale

1,408

2.703

Ordinary

Sale

666

2.703

Ordinary

Sale

1,326

2.703

Ordinary

Sale

107

2.724

Ordinary

Sale

1,537

2.724

Ordinary

Sale

698

2.699

Ordinary

Sale

2,175

2.699

Ordinary

Sale

1,035

2.707

Ordinary

Sale

413

2.701

Ordinary

Sale

735

2.705

Ordinary

Sale

743

2.705

Ordinary

Sale

1,419

2.71

Ordinary

Sale

2,653

2.705

Ordinary

Sale

2,688

2.701

Ordinary

Sale

700

2.701

Ordinary

Sale

960

2.701

Ordinary

Sale

811

2.712

Ordinary

Sale

1,127

2.712

Ordinary

Sale

1,655

2.696

Ordinary

Sale

1,726

2.715

Ordinary

Sale

1,642

2.717

Ordinary

Sale

1,645

2.71

Ordinary

Sale

1,660

2.701

Ordinary

Sale

900

2.716

Ordinary

Sale

1,646

2.708

Ordinary

Sale

1,641

2.72

Ordinary

Sale

1,651

2.715

Ordinary

Sale

1,523

2.706

Ordinary

Sale

1,644

2.707

Ordinary

Sale

852

2.718

Ordinary

Sale

1,735

2.693

Ordinary

Sale

2,182

2.699

Ordinary

Sale

2,038

2.7

Ordinary

Sale

3

2.699

Ordinary

Sale

3

2.699

Ordinary

Sale

891

2.7

Ordinary

Sale

1,246

2.703

Ordinary

Sale

666

2.703

Ordinary

Sale

2,600

2.703

Ordinary

Sale

341

2.703

Ordinary

Sale

1

2.709

Ordinary

Sale

3,328

2.694

Ordinary

Sale

1,655

2.695

Ordinary

Sale

3,328

2.696

Ordinary

Sale

3,329

2.695

Ordinary

Sale

3,329

2.695

Ordinary

Sale

3,314

2.705

Ordinary

Sale

3,328

2.697

Ordinary

Sale

3,327

2.698

Ordinary

Sale

3,314

2.705

Ordinary

Sale

3,316

2.705

Ordinary

Sale

3,316

2.705

Ordinary

Sale

3,316

2.705

Ordinary

Sale

3,316

2.704

Ordinary

Sale

3,327

2.7

Ordinary

Sale

3,328

2.699

Ordinary

Sale

3,331

2.699

Ordinary

Sale

3,331

2.699

Ordinary

Sale

3,329

2.7

Ordinary

Sale

3,314

2.705

Ordinary

Sale

3,313

2.705

Ordinary

Sale

3,311

2.705

Ordinary

Sale

3,308

2.707

Ordinary

Sale

3,328

2.695

Ordinary

Sale

3,324

2.698

Ordinary

Sale

3,310

2.705

Ordinary

Sale

3,313

2.704

Ordinary

Sale

3,326

2.696

Ordinary

Sale

3,326

2.694

Ordinary

Sale

3,315

2.705

Ordinary

Sale

1,654

2.697

Ordinary

Sale

3,326

2.697

Ordinary

Sale

3,326

2.697

Ordinary

Sale

3,324

2.698

Ordinary

Sale

3,313

2.705

Ordinary

Sale

1,658

2.693

Total Purchases

4,891,783

Total Sales

178,707

 

 

(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

 4,431,355

2.7006016

Ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

200,000

2.708206

 

(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

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"

 

 

 

 

(c) Attachments

 

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

 

 

Date of disclosure:

11/11/2020

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

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