Form 8.3 - Playtech plc

Form 8.3 - Playtech plc

BARCLAYS 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)	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:				18 November 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:		8,094,323	2.64%	5,705,525	1.86%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			5,533,167	1.81%	7,565,393	2.47%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		13,627,490	4.45%	13,270,918	4.33%

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 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		74		7.6675 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		186		7.7174 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		443		7.7025 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		446		7.7189 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		765		7.7200 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		876		7.7074 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,252		7.7069 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,514		7.7186 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,582		7.7080 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		2,036		7.7100 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		2,161		7.7141 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		2,701		7.7065 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		2,727		7.7185 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		2,845		7.7211 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		3,371		7.7050 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		3,498		7.7064 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		4,133		7.7009 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		4,358		7.6426 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		4,972		7.7060 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		6,764		7.7000 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		8,787		7.7005 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		12,036		7.7150 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		16,311		7.7003 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		17,721		7.7051 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		20,160		7.7022 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		444		7.6375 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		464		7.6100 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		504		7.7075 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		631		7.6037 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		754		7.6150 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		908		7.7300 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,173		7.7250 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,300		7.7000 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		2,049		7.6350 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		3,120		7.7200 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		3,928		7.6348 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		4,666		7.7017 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		7,751		7.7061 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		7,966		7.7027 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		15,473		7.7004 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		22,588		7.7114 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		36,851		7.7009 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		51,040		7.6900 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		60,000		7.6988 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		78,394		7.7031 GBP

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Long		79	7.7113 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Long		631	7.6037 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Long		1,319	7.7139 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		7,459	7.6950 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		9,226	7.7052 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Long		22,509	7.7114 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		23,604	7.7074 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		32,093	7.6974 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		36,876	7.7075 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		60,000	7.6988 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		38	7.7173 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		60	7.7231 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		148	7.7174 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		240	7.7233 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Short		1,061	7.7261 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		3,776	7.7052 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		17,924	7.7040 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:				19 Nov 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 [phone].

*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.

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