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:
                                                                     		27th March 2018
(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:

 

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: 0

  		0 0 0
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

  		3,807,285

  		1.2542 3,968,782

  		1.3074
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0 0 0
 

     TOTAL: 		3,807,285

  		1.2542 3,968,782

  		1.3074

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 Sale 8,983 9.2245
Euro 0.01 ordinary Sale 6,140 9.3026
Euro 0.01 ordinary Sale 1,291 9.2343
Euro 0.01 ordinary Sale 20,119 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary Sale 3,705 9.2050

(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 long position          1,565 9.2551
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position        38,047 9.2551
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position             126 9.2578
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position               67 9.2578
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position          2,396 9.2578
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position          2,187 9.2578
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position               65 9.2562
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position          1,546 9.2551
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position             838 9.2578
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position             158 9.2578
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position             334 9.2551
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position        10,337 9.2506
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position          4,059 9.3009
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          2,238 9.2343
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position        39,592 9.3026
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position        10,646 9.3026
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position       129,755 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position        23,902 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          6,425 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position        34,884 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position        57,933 9.2245
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position        15,575 9.2245
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position          8,327 9.2343
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position             467 9.2343
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          2,223 9.3026
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          3,250 9.2245
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          1,340 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          7,279 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position        59,325 9.2768
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position          4,490 9.2343
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position        12,884 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          3,156 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position        17,130 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          1,099 9.2343
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position        21,340 9.3026
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          5,224 9.3026
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position        31,230 9.2245
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          7,648 9.2245
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position        69,946 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position        16,261 9.2000
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          3,957 9.2275
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position        48,486 9.1721
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position        46,497 9.2005
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position        66,734 9.2768
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position        24,221 9.3026
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position          5,096 9.2343
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          1,248 9.2343
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          5,928 9.3026
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position        79,394 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position        14,626 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          3,582 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position        19,441 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          8,680 9.2245
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position        35,446 9.2245
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position        55,089 9.1721
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position        18,450 9.2000
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          4,380 9.2275
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position        52,829 9.2005
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position        10,026 9.2768
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position          5,316 9.2245
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          1,302 9.2245
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position             764 9.2343
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position          3,634 9.3026
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position             187 9.2343
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position             890 9.3026
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position             536 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          2,914 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position        11,905 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position          2,193 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          8,246 9.1721
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position             686 9.2275
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          7,908 9.2005
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          2,767 9.2000
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position        13,756 9.2768
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position             255 9.2343
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position          1,043 9.2343
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position          4,963 9.3026
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          1,217 9.3026
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          1,778 9.2245
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position          7,259 9.2245
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position             733 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          3,981 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position        16,259 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position          2,995 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position        10,813 9.2005
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          3,781 9.2000
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position             959 9.2275
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position        11,275 9.1721
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position        64,358 9.2768
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          3,646 9.2245
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position        33,753 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position          6,217 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          1,505 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          8,168 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position             524 9.2343
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          2,493 9.3026
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position          2,165 9.2343
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position        10,300 9.3026
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position        15,071 9.2245
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position        22,189 9.2005
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position        23,137 9.1721
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          7,738 9.2000
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          1,041 9.2275
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position          3,749 9.2768
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position             278 9.2343
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position          1,326 9.3026
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position             244 9.2343
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          1,163 9.3026
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position          4,451 9.3026
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position             935 9.2343
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position             194 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          1,056 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position          4,339 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position             799 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position               68 9.2343
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position             324 9.3026
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position             472 9.2245
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position          1,938 9.2245
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          3,805 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position             701 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position        14,581 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position          2,686 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position          6,510 9.2245
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          1,699 9.2245
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position             149 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position             809 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position               52 9.2343
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position             248 9.3026
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position             361 9.2245
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position               77 9.2275
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          1,003 9.2000
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          3,010 9.1721
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          2,887 9.2005
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a long position        10,411 9.2768
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Reducing a short position             110 9.2684
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position               90 9.2684
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position          5,160 9.2343
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position        24,536 9.3026
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position        35,903 9.2245
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position        14,813 9.2050
Euro 0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position        80,413 9.2050

(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:
 28th March 2018
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