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Form 8.3 - William Hill plc

12th Nov 2020 10:05

RNS Number : 1248F

Societe Generale SA

12 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	11/11/2020
(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:	33,581,993	3.20	289,345	0.03
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	742	0.00	30,705,596	2.93
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	33,582,735	3.20	30,994,941	2.95

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	95	2.675
Ordinary	Purchase	2,802	2.67
Ordinary	Purchase	1,710	2.675
Ordinary	Purchase	638	2.675
Ordinary	Purchase	900	2.697
Ordinary	Purchase	5,775	2.678
Ordinary	Purchase	1,262	2.676
Ordinary	Purchase	900	2.675
Ordinary	Purchase	1,236	2.675
Ordinary	Purchase	900	2.678
Ordinary	Purchase	5,000	2.675
Ordinary	Purchase	1,132	2.68
Ordinary	Purchase	246	2.675
Ordinary	Purchase	527	2.68
Ordinary	Purchase	900	2.675
Ordinary	Purchase	3,287	2.675
Ordinary	Purchase	1,658	2.68
Ordinary	Purchase	1,339	2.68
Ordinary	Purchase	900	2.669
Ordinary	Purchase	1,098	2.669
Ordinary	Purchase	862	2.679
Ordinary	Purchase	2,168	2.675
Ordinary	Purchase	1,268	2.675
Ordinary	Purchase	607	2.675
Ordinary	Purchase	134	2.685
Ordinary	Purchase	715	2.685
Ordinary	Purchase	19,271	2.675
Ordinary	Purchase	1,393	2.675
Ordinary	Purchase	900	2.675
Ordinary	Purchase	900	2.671
Ordinary	Purchase	1,661	2.677
Ordinary	Purchase	1,648	2.683
Ordinary	Purchase	10	2.683
Ordinary	Purchase	1,660	2.672
Ordinary	Purchase	2,155	2.674
Ordinary	Purchase	942	2.692
Ordinary	Purchase	900	2.677
Ordinary	Purchase	1,217	2.664
Ordinary	Purchase	1,000	2.664
Ordinary	Purchase	3,799	2.666
Ordinary	Purchase	278	2.666
Ordinary	Purchase	1,118	2.666
Ordinary	Purchase	1,660	2.674
Ordinary	Purchase	900	2.675
Ordinary	Purchase	106	2.675
Ordinary	Purchase	1,590	2.679
Ordinary	Purchase	69	2.679
Ordinary	Purchase	900	2.669
Ordinary	Purchase	932	2.677
Ordinary	Purchase	1,888	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	1,922	2.672
Ordinary	Purchase	900	2.67
Ordinary	Purchase	1,655	2.685
Ordinary	Purchase	1,654	2.684
Ordinary	Purchase	856	2.678
Ordinary	Purchase	900	2.668
Ordinary	Purchase	2,617	2.692
Ordinary	Purchase	1,652	2.69
Ordinary	Purchase	935	2.677
Ordinary	Purchase	550	2.677
Ordinary	Purchase	760	2.677
Ordinary	Purchase	1,525	2.673
Ordinary	Purchase	135	2.673
Ordinary	Purchase	3,311	2.674
Ordinary	Purchase	1,653	2.692
Ordinary	Purchase	900	2.674
Ordinary	Purchase	900	2.678
Ordinary	Purchase	1,283	2.674
Ordinary	Purchase	1,530	2.665
Ordinary	Purchase	3,157	2.668
Ordinary	Purchase	1,233	2.677
Ordinary	Purchase	9	2.677
Ordinary	Purchase	32	2.677
Ordinary	Purchase	340	2.677
Ordinary	Purchase	4,824	2.677
Ordinary	Purchase	4,908	2.677
Ordinary	Purchase	1,146	2.664
Ordinary	Purchase	1,717	2.675
Ordinary	Purchase	1,016	2.674
Ordinary	Purchase	51	2.671
Ordinary	Purchase	1,049	2.671
Ordinary	Purchase	47	2.672
Ordinary	Purchase	1,848	2.672
Ordinary	Purchase	100	2.678
Ordinary	Purchase	997	2.678
Ordinary	Purchase	870	2.679
Ordinary	Purchase	3,306	2.696
Ordinary	Purchase	3,309	2.694
Ordinary	Purchase	3,309	2.694
Ordinary	Purchase	3,309	2.693
Ordinary	Purchase	3,309	2.692
Ordinary	Purchase	3,315	2.692
Ordinary	Purchase	1,653	2.692
Ordinary	Purchase	3,322	2.692
Ordinary	Purchase	1,577,534	2.6699811
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit EUR
Ordinary	Purchase	8,000	3.0146
Ordinary	Purchase	8,000	3.0144
Ordinary	Purchase	4,000	3.0123
Ordinary	Purchase	7,000	3.0047
Ordinary	Purchase	6,910	3.0075
Ordinary	Purchase	15,000	3.0079
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
Ordinary	Sale	360	2.668
Ordinary	Sale	343	2.673
Ordinary	Sale	1,333	2.664
Ordinary	Sale	854	2.678
Ordinary	Sale	600	2.679
Ordinary	Sale	385	2.668
Ordinary	Sale	1,447	2.668
Ordinary	Sale	468	2.678
Ordinary	Sale	900	2.679
Ordinary	Sale	449	2.677
Ordinary	Sale	844	2.68
Ordinary	Sale	900	2.673
Ordinary	Sale	689	2.663
Ordinary	Sale	385	2.679
Ordinary	Sale	385	2.674
Ordinary	Sale	1,200	2.68
Ordinary	Sale	398	2.664
Ordinary	Sale	2,272	2.67
Ordinary	Sale	178	2.673
Ordinary	Sale	1,200	2.68
Ordinary	Sale	269	2.673
Ordinary	Sale	754	2.673
Ordinary	Sale	463	2.677
Ordinary	Sale	513	2.671
Ordinary	Sale	497	2.667
Ordinary	Sale	78	2.677
Ordinary	Sale	517	2.673
Ordinary	Sale	284	2.677
Ordinary	Sale	385	2.675
Ordinary	Sale	385	2.675
Ordinary	Sale	503	2.678
Ordinary	Sale	1,200	2.68
Ordinary	Sale	1,200	2.68
Ordinary	Sale	349	2.677
Ordinary	Sale	457	2.677
Ordinary	Sale	1,086	2.672
Ordinary	Sale	379	2.678
Ordinary	Sale	423	2.676
Ordinary	Sale	179	2.673
Ordinary	Sale	179	2.673
Ordinary	Sale	161	2.673
Ordinary	Sale	66	2.673
Ordinary	Sale	215	2.673
Ordinary	Sale	1,333	2.674
Ordinary	Sale	600	2.684
Ordinary	Sale	900	2.687
Ordinary	Sale	539	2.675
Ordinary	Sale	468	2.672
Ordinary	Sale	864	2.685
Ordinary	Sale	385	2.685
Ordinary	Sale	383	2.672
Ordinary	Sale	22,638	2.67
Ordinary	Sale	5,060	2.67
Ordinary	Sale	1,754	2.67
Ordinary	Sale	1,221	2.67
Ordinary	Sale	1,608	2.697
Ordinary	Sale	2,581	2.682
Ordinary	Sale	1,617	2.68
Ordinary	Sale	2,104	2.693
Ordinary	Sale	1,948	2.683
Ordinary	Sale	1,314	2.69
Ordinary	Sale	1,223	2.69
Ordinary	Sale	1,650	2.695
Ordinary	Sale	1,868	2.685
Ordinary	Sale	1,135	2.69
Ordinary	Sale	430	2.69
Ordinary	Sale	1,866	2.685
Ordinary	Sale	2,124	2.685
Ordinary	Sale	1,806	2.685
Ordinary	Sale	1,836	2.685
Ordinary	Sale	1,818	2.685
Ordinary	Sale	1,924	2.685
Ordinary	Sale	2,212	2.693
Ordinary	Sale	995	2.685
Ordinary	Sale	818	2.685
Ordinary	Sale	40	2.697
Ordinary	Sale	2,509	2.6910004
Ordinary	Sale	10,237	2.675
Ordinary	Sale	7,069	2.67
Ordinary	Sale	2,494	2.6840016
Ordinary	Sale	2,018	2.69
Ordinary	Sale	247	2.69
Ordinary	Sale	1,112	2.69
Ordinary	Sale	753	2.69
Ordinary	Sale	2,600	2.69
Ordinary	Sale	941	2.69
Ordinary	Sale	279	2.69
Ordinary	Sale	1,134	2.69
Ordinary	Sale	1,463	2.69
Ordinary	Sale	3,331	2.677
Ordinary	Sale	3,331	2.678
Ordinary	Sale	3,363	2.663
Ordinary	Sale	3,363	2.664
Ordinary	Sale	3,362	2.666
Ordinary	Sale	3,356	2.669
Ordinary	Sale	3,357	2.671
Ordinary	Sale	3,345	2.675
Ordinary	Sale	3,345	2.675
Ordinary	Sale	3,342	2.676
Ordinary	Sale	3,350	2.673
Ordinary	Sale	3,348	2.672
Ordinary	Sale	3,339	2.674
Ordinary	Sale	3,336	2.675
Ordinary	Sale	3,339	2.676
Ordinary	Sale	104,426	2.6930865
	Total Purchases	1,785,214
	Total Sales	282,683

(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

1,577,534

2.6699811

Ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

104,426

2.6930865

(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:	12/11/2020
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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