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 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	PLAYTECH 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	25 January 2022
(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 NPV
			Interests		Short Positions
			Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:		8,120,284	2.65%	4,140,577	1.35%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			3,988,114	1.30%	4,828,676	1.58%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
(4)
	TOTAL:		12,108,398	3.95%	8,969,253	2.93%

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		105		6.0800 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		943		6.4773 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,044		6.1751 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,537		6.1966 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		2,737		6.2190 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		5,864		6.1428 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		5,875		6.1593 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		8,026		6.2750 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		10,260		6.3335 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		10,610		6.4494 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		26,624		6.1648 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		283		6.4200 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		292		6.3750 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		537		6.1600 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		607		6.4400 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		692		6.4156 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,145		6.2946 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,254		6.4847 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,540		6.2660 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,854		6.4850 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,899		6.4900 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		2,079		6.5050 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		2,441		6.2650 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		3,682		6.4373 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		3,816		6.2950 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		4,191		6.4153 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		5,800		6.1550 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		6,180		6.4341 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		8,457		6.4478 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		9,320		6.2737 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		10,016		6.2413 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		10,257		6.4516 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		11,056		6.4534 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		18,680		6.4359 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		107,441		6.2681 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		250	6.0587 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		574	6.1250 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		2,005	6.1646 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		2,261	6.1077 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		3,580	6.2430 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		25,088	6.2380 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		101,119	6.2852 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		1,686	6.2203 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		2,744	6.1459 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		2,764	6.2232 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		4,429	6.2505 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		5,598	6.2655 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		26,980	6.1560 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:	26 January 2022
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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