Ladbrokes Coral : Form 8.3 - Ladbrokes Coral Group 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:	Société Générale S.A.
(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	Ladbrokes Coral Group 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	16/01/2018
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state 'N/A'	YES: GVC Holdings plc

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
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	413,605	0.02	2,559,048	0.13
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	1,066,361	0.06	161,945	0.01
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	1,479,966	0.08	2,720,993	0.14

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 GBP
Ordinary	Purchase	64	1.836
Ordinary	Purchase	14	1.836
Ordinary	Purchase	2,494	1.835
Ordinary	Purchase	39	1.835
Ordinary	Purchase	1,200	1.8345
Ordinary	Purchase	343	1.8345
Ordinary	Purchase	411	1.8345
Ordinary	Purchase	609	1.8345
Ordinary	Purchase	1,048	1.8345
Ordinary	Purchase	1,313	1.8335
Ordinary	Purchase	2,414	1.8365
Ordinary	Purchase	2,415	1.836
Ordinary	Purchase	2,500	1.836
Ordinary	Purchase	2,620	1.834
Ordinary	Purchase	1,322	1.834
Ordinary	Purchase	1,548	1.833
Ordinary	Purchase	1,030	1.834
Ordinary	Purchase	2,500	1.834
Ordinary	Purchase	2,500	1.833
Ordinary	Purchase	100	1.833
Ordinary	Purchase	981	1.833
Ordinary	Purchase	22,340	1.835
Ordinary	Purchase	2,367	1.833
Ordinary	Purchase	175	1.835
Ordinary	Purchase	1,012	1.835
Ordinary	Purchase	100	1.835
Ordinary	Purchase	2,500	1.841
Ordinary	Purchase	32	1.835
Ordinary	Purchase	335	1.8345
Ordinary	Purchase	402	1.8345
Ordinary	Purchase	2,418	1.836
Ordinary	Purchase	2,482	1.8365
Ordinary	Purchase	360	1.836
Ordinary	Purchase	1,054	1.836
Ordinary	Purchase	305	1.836
Ordinary	Purchase	89	1.836
Ordinary	Purchase	594	1.8345
Ordinary	Purchase	532	1.836
Ordinary	Purchase	1,071	1.8355
Ordinary	Purchase	1,527	1.8375
Ordinary	Purchase	2,418	1.836
Ordinary	Purchase	1,956	1.8345
Ordinary	Purchase	3,297	1.834
Ordinary	Purchase	2,978	1.834
Ordinary	Purchase	2,643	1.8405
Ordinary	Purchase	442	1.8425
Ordinary	Purchase	2,690	1.8425
Ordinary	Purchase	1,824	1.843
Ordinary	Purchase	1,501	1.8355
Ordinary	Purchase	2,118	1.8355
Ordinary	Purchase	525,222	1.835793
Ordinary	Sale	1,500	1.833
Ordinary	Sale	717	1.8315
Ordinary	Sale	2,500	1.8315
Ordinary	Sale	2,500	1.8345
Ordinary	Sale	921	1.838
Ordinary	Sale	1,638	1.838
Ordinary	Sale	2,407	1.834
Ordinary	Sale	3,399	1.826
Ordinary	Sale	687	1.826
Ordinary	Sale	2,500	1.8345
Ordinary	Sale	603	1.8345
Ordinary	Sale	2,500	1.834
Ordinary	Sale	2,696	1.8355
Ordinary	Sale	1,450	1.838
Ordinary	Sale	2,796	1.838
Ordinary	Sale	1,001	1.8235
Ordinary	Sale	1,014	1.8225
Ordinary	Sale	503	1.8225
Ordinary	Sale	2,745	1.8345
Ordinary	Sale	3,912	1.826
Ordinary	Sale	954	1.826
Ordinary	Sale	363	1.826
Ordinary	Sale	4,791	1.826
Ordinary	Sale	2,800	1.8235
Ordinary	Sale	2,492	1.8325
Ordinary	Sale	2,424	1.833
Ordinary	Sale	2,423	1.8335
Ordinary	Sale	2,423	1.834
Ordinary	Sale	5,261	1.8325
Ordinary	Sale	1,486	1.8325
Ordinary	Sale	2,976	1.833
Ordinary	Sale	299	1.833
Ordinary	Sale	3,790	1.833
Ordinary	Sale	2,415	1.84
Ordinary	Sale	2,600	1.8385
Ordinary	Sale	1,643	1.8385
Ordinary	Sale	4,471	1.8365
Ordinary	Sale	4,760	1.838
Ordinary	Sale	2,496	1.838
Ordinary	Sale	3,013	1.8385
Ordinary	Sale	2,500	1.839
Ordinary	Sale	5,501	1.8375
Ordinary	Sale	2,490	1.8365
Ordinary	Sale	1,388	1.8375
Ordinary	Sale	2,414	1.8405
Ordinary	Sale	2,475	1.841
Ordinary	Sale	2,085	1.8415
Ordinary	Sale	420	1.84
Ordinary	Sale	2,451	1.8405
Ordinary	Sale	1,995	1.84
Ordinary	Sale	6,131	1.831
Ordinary	Sale	3,523	1.826
Ordinary	Sale	2,176	1.826
Ordinary	Sale	2,480	1.841
Ordinary	Sale	2,298	1.8415
Ordinary	Sale	1,468	1.8265
Ordinary	Sale	2,895	1.83
Ordinary	Sale	3,712	1.83
Ordinary	Sale	2,275	1.8305
Ordinary	Sale	4,553	1.8305
Ordinary	Sale	6,983	1.825
Ordinary	Sale	1,931	1.84
Ordinary	Sale	704	1.84
Ordinary	Sale	130	1.84
Ordinary	Sale	3,178	1.841
Ordinary	Sale	3,164	1.84
Ordinary	Sale	2,500	1.8395
Ordinary	Sale	2,594	1.84
Ordinary	Sale	2,147	1.8235
Ordinary	Sale	2,862	1.838
Ordinary	Sale	2,851	1.8385
Ordinary	Sale	1,929	1.8255
Ordinary	Sale	3,166	1.8255
Ordinary	Sale	1	1.826
Ordinary	Sale	5	1.841
Ordinary	Sale	30	1.8405
Ordinary	Sale	580	1.831
Ordinary	Sale	1,750	1.8325
Ordinary	Sale	278	1.8325
Ordinary	Sale	334	1.824
Ordinary	Sale	1,043	1.824
Ordinary	Sale	1,459	1.8265
Ordinary	Sale	1,997	1.8405
	Total Purchases	614,249
	Total Sales	188,715

(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
Ordinary	Equity Linked Swap	Expiry	525,222	N/A

(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 GBP

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit GBP

(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) GBP

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'

(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'

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:	17/01/2018
Contact name:	Olivier Vero
Telephone number:	[phone]

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].The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.