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FORM 8.3

IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2013

DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

1. KEY INFORMATION

 
Name of person dealing(Note 1)    MFS Investment Management, Inc. 
Company dealt in                  Common Stock 
Class of relevant security        Betfair Group plc 
to which the dealings 
being disclosed  relate(Note 2) 
Date of dealing                   1 September 2015

2. INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS

(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 3)

 
                                             Long              Short 
                                             Number  (%)       Number  (%) 
(1) Relevant securities                      7,371,385 7.94% 
(2) Derivatives (other than options) 
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 
Total                                        7,371,385 7.94%

(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3)

 
Class of relevant security:                  Long        Short 
                                             Number  (%) Number  (%) 
(1) Relevant securities 
(2) Derivatives (other than options) 
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 
Total

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1. DEALINGS (Note 4)

(a) Purchases and sales

 
Purchase/sell  Number of relevant securities Price per unit (Note 5) 
Purchase       14,256                        31.6858 
Purchase       3,634                         31.6545

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)

 
Product name,  Nature of transaction Number of relevant Price per unit 
e.g. CFD       (Note 6)              securities         (Note 5) 
                                     (Note 7)

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 
Product    Writing,     Number       Exercise Type,     Expiry date Option 
name,      selling,     of           price    e.g.                  money 
e.g. call  purchasing,  securities            American,             paid/received 
option     varying etc. to which              European              per 
                        the                   etc.                  unit(Note 
                        option                                      5) 
                        relates(Note 
                        7)

(ii) Exercising

 
Product name,     Number of securities Exercise price per unit(Note 5) 
e.g. call option

(d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 4)

 
Nature of transaction  Details Price per unit 
(Note 8)                       (if applicable) (Note 5)

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2. OTHER INFORMATION

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.

Not Applicable

Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO

 
Date of disclosure                                       2 September 2015 
Contact name                                             Robert R. Flaherty 
Telephone number                                         617-954-5814 
If a connected EFM, name of offeree/sell 
with which connected 
If a connected EFM, state nature of connection(Note 10)

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