Menu Search

Company Announcements

Deutsche Bank AG, William Hill PLC

Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - William Hill Plc

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 2891H
Deutsche Bank AG
02 December 2020
 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

 

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1.         KEY INFORMATION

 

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:

Deutsche Bank AG London

(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

William Hill plc

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

01.12.2020

(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?

     If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

N/A

 

 

2.         DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(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

Purchases/ sales

 

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

(GBP)

Lowest price per unit paid/received

(GBP)

10p ordinary

Purchases

 280,607

2.6901

2.6865

10p ordinary

Sales

 6,220

2.6880

2.6880

 

(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)

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

15

2.6874

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

34

2.6874

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

34

2.6874

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

47

2.6874

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

62

2.6865

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

64

2.6874

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

123

2.6874

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

128

2.6865

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

131

2.6865

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

153

2.6874

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

173

2.6865

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

181

2.6901

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

189

2.6871

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

191

2.6874

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

193

2.6875

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

200

2.6874

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

244

2.6865

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

291

2.6874

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

303

2.6874

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

314

2.6874

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

370

2.6866

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

377

2.6901

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

385

2.6901

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

392

2.6871

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

400

2.6875

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

400

2.6871

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

409

2.6875

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

462

2.6865

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

510

2.6901

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

528

2.6871

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

542

2.6875

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

570

2.6865

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

575

2.6874

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

711

2.6865

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

714

2.6901

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

739

2.6871

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

745

2.6865

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

758

2.6875

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

772

2.6866

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

786

2.6866

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

916

2.6871

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

1,045

2.6866

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

1,086

2.6865

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

1,130

2.6865

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

1,178

2.6865

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

1,368

2.6901

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

1,412

2.6871

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

1,449

2.6875

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

1,461

2.6866

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

1,689

2.6901

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

1,744

2.6871

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

1,789

2.6875

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

1,902

2.6871

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

1,936

2.6871

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

2,107

2.6901

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

2,149

2.6865

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

2,176

2.6871

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

2,210

2.6901

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

2,232

2.6875

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

2,282

2.6871

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

2,341

2.6875

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

2,565

2.6871

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

2,799

2.6866

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

3,222

2.6901

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

3,326

2.6871

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

3,352

2.6901

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

3,412

2.6875

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

3,457

2.6866

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

3,461

2.6871

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

3,495

2.6901

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

3,549

2.6875

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

3,597

2.6871

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

3,609

2.6871

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

3,701

2.6875

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

4,314

2.6866

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

4,527

2.6866

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

6,378

2.6901

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

6,384

2.6866

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

6,584

2.6871

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

6,593

2.6866

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

6,753

2.6875

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

6,875

2.6871

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

7,155

2.6866

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

8,493

2.6871

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

10,595

2.6871

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

11,118

2.6871

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

13,055

2.6866

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

16,202

2.6871

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

16,353

2.6871

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

17,576

2.6871

10p ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

32,070

2.6871

 

 

(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









 

(ii)        Exercise

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit





 

 

 

(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)


 

 



 

3.         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 exempt principal trader 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"

None

 

 

(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

 

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader 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

 

 

 

Date of disclosure:

02.12.2020
Contact name:

Harvinder Bhambra
Telephone number:

+44 121 6157167

 

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 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 news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy.
 
END
 
 
FERKKBBDDBDDPBK