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 are being disclosed:
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BNP Paribas Asset Management
S.A.S
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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 to whose relevant securities this form relates:
Use a
separate form for each offeror/offeree
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Betfair Group Plc
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(d) If an exempt fund manager
connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity
of offeror/offeree:
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no
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(e) Date position held/dealing
undertaken:
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16th November 2015
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(f) Has the discloser
previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code
in respect of any other party to this offer?
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NO
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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 the disclosure relates following the dealing (if
any)
Class of relevant
security:
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Ordinary shares - ISIN:
GB00BSPL1J93
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Interests
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Short positions
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Number
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%
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Number
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%
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(1) Relevant securities owned and/or
controlled:
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1,546,072
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1.66
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0.00
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0.00
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(2) Derivatives (other than
options):
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell:
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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1,546,072
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1.66
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0.00
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0.00
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Class of relevant
security:
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|
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Interests
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Short positions
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Number
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%
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Number
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%
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(1) Relevant securities owned and/or
controlled:
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0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
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0.00
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(2) Derivatives (other than
options):
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell:
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0.00
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0.00
|
0.00
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0.00
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TOTAL:
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0.00
|
0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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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
security
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Date
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Purchase/sale
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Number of securities
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Price per unit
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GB00BSPL1J93
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16/11/2015
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Sale
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117
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34.3650
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(b) Derivatives
transactions (other than options)
Class of relevant
security
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Product description
e.g. CFD
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Nature of dealing
e.g. opening/closing a long/short
position, increasing/reducing a long/short position
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Number of reference
securities
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Price per unit
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None
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(c) Options
transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing,
selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant
security
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Product description e.g. call
option
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Writing, purchasing, selling,
varying etc.
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Number of securities to which option
relates
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Exercise price per unit
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Type
e.g. American, European
etc.
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Expiry date
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Option money paid/ received per
unit
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None
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(ii)
Exercising
Class of relevant
security
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Product description
e.g. call option
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Number of securities
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Exercise price per unit
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None
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(d) Other dealings
(including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant
security
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Nature of dealing
e.g. subscription,
conversion
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Details
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Price per unit (if
applicable)
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None
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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"
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None
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(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"
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None
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(c)
Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open
Positions) attached?
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NO
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Date
of disclosure: |
17th November 2015
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Contact name: |
Charles Brown
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Telephone number: |
+44 (0) 207 595
9695
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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.