Form 8.3 - PLAYTECH PLC

LONDON--()-- 

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:

27 October 2021

(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

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

8,826,732

2.88%

5,694,955

1.86%

 

 

 

 

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

5,481,391

1.79%

8,250,465

2.69%

 

 

 

 

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

14,308,123

4.67%

13,945,420

4.55%

 

 

 

 

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

 

Purchase/sale

 

Number of

 

Price per unit

security

 

 

 

securities

 

 

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

348

6.7450 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

509

6.7420 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

753

6.7461 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

1,156

6.7407 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

1,262

6.7400 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

1,293

6.7412 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

1,359

6.7444 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

1,706

6.7356 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

2,030

6.7383 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

2,387

6.7380 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

4,438

6.7425 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

5,528

6.7406 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

6,961

6.7353 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

18,035

6.7410 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

24,727

6.7399 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

25,754

6.7301 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

95,645

6.7451 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

169,071

6.7377 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Sale

108

6.7230 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Sale

224

6.7337 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Sale

3,661

6.7300 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Sale

6,234

6.7262 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Sale

7,671

6.7328 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Sale

12,048

6.7405 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Sale

13,559

6.7303 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Sale

13,705

6.7325 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Sale

15,000

6.7308 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Sale

30,937

6.7335 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Sale

109,000

6.7400 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Sale

130,887

6.7375 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

108

6.7230 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Long

224

6.7327 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Long

699

6.7411 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Long

2,405

6.7282 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Long

2,407

6.7344 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Long

3,829

6.7250 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Long

6,409

6.7380 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Long

8,294

6.7328 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Long

38,165

6.7318 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Long

130,887

6.7375 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Short

478

6.7378 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Short

753

6.7461 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Short

1,909

6.7379 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Short

5,932

6.7300 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Short

18,806

6.7432 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Short

24,393

6.7337 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Short

29,144

6.7415 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Short

33,668

6.7467 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Short

41,718

6.7333 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Short

56,045

6.7457 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

(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)

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

(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

 

(c) Attachments

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

28 Oct 2021

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.

Category Code: RET
Sequence Number: 749701
Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20211028T114505+0100

Contacts

BARCLAYS PLC

Contacts

BARCLAYS PLC