Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP: Form 8.3 - Playtech Plc
October 20 2021 - 5:00AM
Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP: Form 8.3 -
Playtech Plc
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) Identity
of the person whose positions/dealings are being
disclosed: |
Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP Boussard &
Gavaudan Asset Management LP Boussard & Gavaudan Gestion SAS
acting on behalf of various funds |
(b) Owner or
controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different
from 1(a):
The naming of
nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient |
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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: |
19th October 2021 |
(f) Has the
discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under
the Code in respect of any other party to this offer? |
No |
2. POSITIONS
OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(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 ISIN: IM00B7S9G985 |
|
Interests |
Short positions |
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
(1) Relevant
securities owned and/or controlled: |
8,346,630 |
2.72% |
|
|
(2) Derivatives
CFD (other than options): |
1,867,126 |
0.60% |
|
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(3) Options
and agreements to purchase/sell: |
|
|
|
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TOTAL: |
10,213,756 |
3.32% |
|
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All interests and all short positions should be
disclosed. Details of any open derivative or option positions, 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
executive options)
Class of relevant security in relation to which
subscription right exists: |
|
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and
relevant percentages: |
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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.
3. DEALINGS
(IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a) Purchases
and sales
Class of relevant security |
Purchase/sale |
Number of securities |
Price per unit |
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(b) Derivatives
transactions (other than options)
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 NPV |
CFD |
Increase a long position |
356,359 |
676.91 |
(c) Options
transactions in respect of existing securities
(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) Exercising
Class of relevant security |
Product description e.g. call option |
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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The currency of all prices and other monetary
amounts should be stated.
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.
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: If there are no such agreements,
arrangements or understandings, state “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” |
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(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached
? |
NO |
Date of disclosure: |
20th October
2021 |
Contact name: |
Deborah Gewinner |
Telephone number: |
+44 203 751 54 12 |
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must
be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be
emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The
Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in
relation to the Code’s dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20
7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.