Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - WILLIAM HILL PLC - Amendment

LONDON--()-- 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

Amendment to Purchase and Sales

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN

EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY (“RI”) STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a) Name of exempt principal trader: BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

WILLIAM HILL PLC

relevant securities this form relates:
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

WILLIAM HILL PLC

principal trader is connected
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

17 November 2020

(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal

NO:

trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
 

2. POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

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(b), 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: 10p ordinary
Interests Short Positions
Number (%) Number (%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

 

and/or controlled:

23,543,584

2.24%

1,992,974

0.19%

 

 

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,686,874

0.16%

22,463,535

2.14%

 

(3)

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

TOTAL:

25,230,458

2.40%

24,456,509

2.33%

 

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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), 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

Total number of

Highest price per unit

Lowest price per unit

security

securities

paid/received

paid/received

10p ordinary

Purchase

903,330

2.6770 GBP

2.6635 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

682,148

2.6710 GBP

2.6601 GBP

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

10p ordinary

SWAP

Long

20,312

2.6655 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Long

21,147

2.6695 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Long

42,959

2.6697 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Long

54,385

2.6653 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Long

70,804

2.6669 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Short

265

2.6701 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Short

494

2.6651 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Short

663

2.6682 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Short

143,409

2.6674 GBP

(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class Product Writing, Number Exercise Type Expiry Option
of description purchasing, of price date money
relevant selling, securities per unit paid/
security varying etc to which received
option per unit
relates
 

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of Exercise price per
security securities unit
 

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant Nature of Dealings Details Price per unit (if
security applicable)
 

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 exempt principal trader 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

 

(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader 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

 

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO
Date of disclosure:

18 Nov 2020

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.

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

Category Code: FEO
Sequence Number: 721365
Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20201119T045720+0000

Contacts

BARCLAYS PLC

Contacts

BARCLAYS PLC