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	23/02/2018
(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:	12,477,609	0.65	1,467,661	0.08
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	0	0.00	350,495	0.02
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	12,477,609	0.65	1,818,156	0.09

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	3,114	1.671
Ordinary	Purchase	2,591	1.671
Ordinary	Purchase	2,353	1.6685
Ordinary	Purchase	2,636	1.669
Ordinary	Purchase	2,139	1.671
Ordinary	Purchase	2,000	1.6715
Ordinary	Purchase	2,429	1.67
Ordinary	Purchase	2,631	1.6715
Ordinary	Purchase	1,539	1.6685
Ordinary	Purchase	2,995	1.666
Ordinary	Purchase	1,769	1.665
Ordinary	Purchase	3,857	1.6695
Ordinary	Purchase	2,353	1.671
Ordinary	Purchase	198	1.671
Ordinary	Purchase	2,291	1.6725
Ordinary	Purchase	2,500	1.6635
Ordinary	Purchase	1,515	1.6665
Ordinary	Purchase	1,791	1.669
Ordinary	Purchase	3,857	1.6705
Ordinary	Purchase	2,760	1.6705
Ordinary	Purchase	1,482	1.6635
Ordinary	Purchase	1,910	1.6655
Ordinary	Purchase	1,342	1.67
Ordinary	Purchase	1,109	1.67
Ordinary	Purchase	183	1.67
Ordinary	Purchase	1,549	1.6705
Ordinary	Purchase	1,585	1.6655
Ordinary	Purchase	2,444	1.6715
Ordinary	Purchase	2,083	1.6715
Ordinary	Purchase	1,858	1.6715
Ordinary	Purchase	2,995	1.671
Ordinary	Purchase	1,636	1.666
Ordinary	Purchase	492	1.668
Ordinary	Purchase	986	1.668
Ordinary	Purchase	2,732	1.671
Ordinary	Purchase	3,376	1.671
Ordinary	Purchase	2,500	1.67
Ordinary	Purchase	2,091	1.6645
Ordinary	Purchase	549	1.6645
Ordinary	Purchase	4,069	1.6715
Ordinary	Purchase	2,500	1.6655
Ordinary	Purchase	1,322	1.6655
Ordinary	Purchase	3,027	1.671
Ordinary	Purchase	2,167	1.6615
Ordinary	Purchase	1,632	1.6615
Ordinary	Purchase	1,563	1.6635
Ordinary	Purchase	2,795	1.6705
Ordinary	Purchase	541	1.663
Ordinary	Purchase	230	1.663
Ordinary	Purchase	1,044	1.663
Ordinary	Purchase	2,274	1.6655
Ordinary	Purchase	2,500	1.672
Ordinary	Purchase	2,712	1.6695
Ordinary	Purchase	1,823	1.6705
Ordinary	Purchase	1,511	1.6705
Ordinary	Purchase	2,995	1.668
Ordinary	Purchase	1,042	1.659
Ordinary	Purchase	675	1.659
Ordinary	Purchase	955	1.6595
Ordinary	Purchase	469	1.6595
Ordinary	Purchase	2,292	1.6705
Ordinary	Purchase	1,290	1.6675
Ordinary	Purchase	688	1.6675
Ordinary	Purchase	1,480	1.665
Ordinary	Purchase	2,500	1.6725
Ordinary	Purchase	13,595	1.66
Ordinary	Purchase	1,943	1.665
Ordinary	Purchase	1,932	1.671
Ordinary	Purchase	1,249,057	1.686288
Ordinary	Sale	26	1.679
Ordinary	Sale	2,921	1.677
Ordinary	Sale	3,260	1.677
Ordinary	Sale	2,918	1.675
Ordinary	Sale	2,500	1.68
Ordinary	Sale	1,434	1.678
Ordinary	Sale	1,737	1.6765
Ordinary	Sale	896	1.6765
Ordinary	Sale	2,500	1.6745
Ordinary	Sale	3,295	1.673
Ordinary	Sale	1,252	1.6725
Ordinary	Sale	1,399	1.6725
Ordinary	Sale	2,183	1.6725
Ordinary	Sale	2,102	1.6725
Ordinary	Sale	2,107	1.6725
Ordinary	Sale	2,115	1.671
Ordinary	Sale	2,500	1.6765
Ordinary	Sale	4,524	1.673
Ordinary	Sale	5,896	1.6805
Ordinary	Sale	3,111	1.668
Ordinary	Sale	2,294	1.6685
Ordinary	Sale	696	1.6685
Ordinary	Sale	2,644	1.668
Ordinary	Sale	2,916	1.681
Ordinary	Sale	2,762	1.681
Ordinary	Sale	1,870	1.6765
Ordinary	Sale	5,616	1.6785
Ordinary	Sale	1,735	1.6785
Ordinary	Sale	2,500	1.679
Ordinary	Sale	1,493	1.68
Ordinary	Sale	4,106	1.68
Ordinary	Sale	2,105	1.679
Ordinary	Sale	2,500	1.679
Ordinary	Sale	1,870	1.679
Ordinary	Sale	1,627	1.6785
Ordinary	Sale	3,614	1.6755
Ordinary	Sale	4,015	1.676
Ordinary	Sale	1,584	1.6715
Ordinary	Sale	1,839	1.6715
Ordinary	Sale	4,044	1.6785
Ordinary	Sale	208	1.6735
Ordinary	Sale	1,433	1.6735
Ordinary	Sale	912	1.6795
Ordinary	Sale	1,870	1.6795
Ordinary	Sale	26	1.679
Ordinary	Sale	3,566	1.66
Ordinary	Sale	10	1.681
Ordinary	Sale	1,500	1.6745
Ordinary	Sale	12	1.673
Ordinary	Sale	1,671	1.6770018
Ordinary	Sale	1,249,057	1.685976
	Total Purchases	1,392,843
	Total Sales	1,360,771

(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

(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:	26/02/2018
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.