TIDMBET 
 
 
 
   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)                           HSBC Bank Plc 
Company dealt in                                        Betfair Group PLC 
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being   Ordinary Shares 
 disclosed relate (Note 2) 
Date of dealing                                            3 Sept 2015 
 
 
   1. INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS 
 
   2.         Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of 
      relevant security dealt in (Note 3) 
 
 
 
 
                                           Long         Short 
                                    Number       (%)    Number       (%) 
(1) Relevant securities               2,135,166 2.303%        1,768 0.002% 
(2) Derivatives (other than 
 options)                                 1,746 0.002%    2,133,493 2.301% 
(3) Options and agreements to 
purchase/sell 
Total                                 2,136,912 2.305%    2,135,261 2.303% 
 
 
 
   1.         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 
 
 
 
 
 
   1. DEALINGS (Note 4) 
 
 
   (a)      Purchases and sales 
 
 
 
 
Purchase/sale  Number of relevant securities  Price per unit (Note 5) 
    Sale                    203                      3195.00 p 
    Sale                    83                       3194.00 p 
 
 
   (b)      Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions) 
 
 
 
 
Product name,  Nature of transaction  Number of relevant securities  Price per unit 
 e.g. CFD       (Note 6)               (Note 7)                       (Note 5) 
 Equity Swap     Decrease in Short                 83                  3194.00 p 
                     position 
 
 
   (c)      Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities 
 
   (i)       Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
 
 
 
Product name,      Writing,     Number of securities to which the option relates (Note  Exercise  Type,      Expiry  Option money 
 e.g. call option  selling,      7)                                                     price     e.g.       date    paid/received 
                   purchasing,                                                                    American,          per unit 
                   varying                                                                        European           (Note 5) 
                   etc.                                                                           etc. 
 
 
 
   (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) 
 
 
 
 
   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. 
 
   Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) 
NO 
 
 
 
 
Date of disclosure                                        4 Sep 2015 
Contact name                                              Dilip Gupta 
Telephone number                                         0207 99 10928 
If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which        NA 
 connected 
If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note          NA 
 10) 
 
 
 
   This announcement is distributed by NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions on 
behalf of NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions clients. 
 
   The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely 
responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information 
contained therein. 
 
   Source: HSBC Bank Plc via Globenewswire 
 
   HUG#1949838 
 
 
  http://www.hsbc.co.uk/1/2/ 
 

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