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: Man Group Plc
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
                                                                     		N/A
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:
                                                                     		GVC Holdings plc
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree: N/A
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:
                                                                     		08th December 2017
(f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
     		YES / NO / N/A
If YES, specify which:
Ladbrokes Coral Group plc

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:

  		Euro 0.01 ordinary
 

  		Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 642,511

  		0.2117

  		0 0
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

  		5,595,689

  		1.8433

  		      1,054,106

 

  		0.3472

 
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0 0 0
 

     TOTAL: 		6,238,200

  		2.0550

  		     1,054,106

 

  		0.3472

 

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 security Purchase/sale

  		Number of securities Price per unit
Euro 0.01 ordinary Purchase 7,179 9.6121
Euro 0.01 ordinary Purchase 346 9.6440
Euro 0.01 ordinary Purchase 13,491 9.6252
Euro 0.01 ordinary Purchase 2,646 9.6282
Euro 0.01 ordinary Purchase 4,978 9.6461
Euro 0.01 ordinary Purchase 17,274 9.6492
Euro 0.01 ordinary Purchase 4,978 9.6733

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

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)
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 1020 9.63020
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 26504 9.63020
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 80 9.62820
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 65 9.62820
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 1520 9.62820
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 1363 9.62820
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 52 9.63020
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 1087 9.63020
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 531 9.62820
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 136 9.62820
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 225 9.63020
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 6294 9.64710
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 8250 9.67330
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 8250 9.64610
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4058 9.64610
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 14079 9.64920
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4057 9.67330
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4386 9.62820
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2157 9.62820
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 10996 9.62520
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 11896 9.61210
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 22352 9.62520
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 5852 9.61210
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 282 9.64400
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 10024 9.61210
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 18830 9.62520
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 8784 9.62520
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4677 9.61210
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 227 9.64400
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3697 9.62820
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1725 9.62820
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3245 9.64610
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 6952 9.67330
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 6951 9.64610
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 11255 9.64920
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3244 9.67330
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 16352 9.61960
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 23848 9.61960
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 5199 9.62820
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2542 9.62820
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 16583 9.64920
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4780 9.67330
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4779 9.64610
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 9778 9.67330
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 9776 9.64610
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 335 9.64400
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 12941 9.62520
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 6890 9.61210
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 26478 9.62520
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 14097 9.61210
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1998 9.64920
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 576 9.67330
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 576 9.64610
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1180 9.67330
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1180 9.64610
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 627 9.62820
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 306 9.62820
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 40 9.64400
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1702 9.61210
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1562 9.62520
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3200 9.62520
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 831 9.61210
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2884 9.61960
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4261 9.61960
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1749 9.64610
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1748 9.67330
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2965 9.64920
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 855 9.67330
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 854 9.64610
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 929 9.62820
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 454 9.62820
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2522 9.61210
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4740 9.62520
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2318 9.62520
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1233 9.61210
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 59 9.64400
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1287 9.61960
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 271 9.62820
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 134 9.62820
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 403 9.62820
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 879 9.62820
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 758 9.67330
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2631 9.64920
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 758 9.64610
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1653 9.67330
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1653 9.64610
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 511 9.64610
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 510 9.67330
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 252 9.64610
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 252 9.67330
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 876 9.64920
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4482 9.62520
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 364 9.61210
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 737 9.61210
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1386 9.62520
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 686 9.62520
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 17 9.64400
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 52 9.64400
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2385 9.61210
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 2057 9.62520
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1094 9.61210
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1097 9.61960
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 418 9.61210
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 787 9.62520
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 382 9.62520
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 203 9.61210
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 9 9.64400
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 74 9.62820
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 154 9.62820
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 289 9.67330
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 290 9.64610
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 140 9.64610
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 140 9.67330
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 486 9.64920
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3175 9.61960
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 250 9.62710

(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? YES/NO

Date of disclosure:
 11th December 2017
Contact name:
 Matthew Irwin

 
Telephone number:
 02071447255

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 disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

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



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Source: Man Group PLC via Globenewswire