TIDMBET
RNS Number : 9912X
Betfair Group PLC
03 September 2015
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) Identity of the person whose positions/dealings Edward Wray
are being disclosed:
(on behalf of himself,
his family members and
entities that he controls)
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(b) Owner or controller of interests
and short positions disclosed, if
different from 1(a): The naming of
nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient
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(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation Betfair Group plc
to whose relevant securities this
form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
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(d) If an exempt fund manager connected Not applicable
with an offeror/offeree, state this
and specify identity of offeror/offeree:
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(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 2nd September 2015
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(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, NO
or are they today disclosing, under
the Code in respect of any other party
to this offer?
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2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of
the offeror or offeree to which t
he disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
Class of relevant security: Ordinary shares of 0.095 pence each
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Interests Short positions
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Number % Number %
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(1) Relevant securities
owned and/or controlled: 8,850,545 9.53 0 0
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(2) Derivatives (other
than options): 0 0 0
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(3) Options and agreements
to purchase/sell: 0 0 0
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TOTAL: 8,850,545 9.53 0 0
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All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open derivative or option positions, 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 executive options)
Class of relevant security
in relation to which subscription
right exists:
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Details, including nature of
the rights concerned and relevant
percentages:
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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.
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit
security
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(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Class of relevant Product description Nature of dealing Number of Price per
security e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing reference unit
a long/short position, securities
increasing/reducing
a long/short position
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(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class Product Writing, Number Exercise Type e.g. Expiry Option
of relevant description purchasing, of securities price American, date money
security e.g. call selling, to which per unit European paid/
option varying etc. option etc. received
relates per unit
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(ii) Exercising
Class of relevant Product description Number of securities Exercise price
security e.g. call option per unit
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(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant Nature of dealing Details Price per unit
security e.g. subscription, (if applicable)
conversion
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The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be
stated.
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.
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:
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? NO
Date of disclosure: 3(rd) September 2015
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Contact name: Natasha Leat
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Telephone number: 020 7736 4699
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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 dealing disclosure
requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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