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
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(a) Identity of the person whose positions/dealings are being Unicredit SpA
disclosed:
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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 Paddy Power PLC
this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
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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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(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 19th January 2016
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(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today NO
disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this Please only note that Today
offer? we are disclosing all trades
occurred since January 19th
till now.
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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)
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Class of relevant security:
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Interests Short positions
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Number % Number %
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(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 455,491.00 1,011%
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(2) Derivatives (other than options):
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(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:
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455,491.00 1,011%
TOTAL:
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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)
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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
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Class of relevant security Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit
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(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
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Class of relevant Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference Price per
security e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a securities unit
long/short position,
increasing/reducing a
long/short position
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(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
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Class of Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type Expiry Option money
relevant description purchasing, securities to price per e.g. American, date paid/
security e.g. call selling, which option unit European etc. received per
option varying etc. relates unit
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(ii) Exercising
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Class of relevant security Product description Number of securities Exercise price per
e.g. call option unit
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(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
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Class of relevant security Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if applicable)
e.g. subscription, 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
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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
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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
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO
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Date of disclosure: 20th January 2015
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Contact name: SEBASTIANO MOREDDU, PIONEER GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT SPA
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Telephone number: +39 (0)2 76223623
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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.