Driehaus Capital Administration LLC UK Regulatory Announcement: Type 8.3 – The Bally’s Company

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE) –

FORM 8.3

DISCLOSURE OF THE PUBLIC OPENING POSITION / DISCLOSURE OF TRADE OF

PERSON WITH INTEREST IN RELEVANT SECURITIES OF 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. IMPORTANT INFORMATION

(a) Full name of the person required to disclose:	Driehaus Capital Management GmbH
(b) Owner or person responsible for the disclosed interests and short positions, if different from 1 (a): The naming of nominees or vehicle companies is insufficient. In the case of a trust, the trustee (s), the settlor and the beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of the offeror / offer recipient in relation to their relevant securities this form refers to: Use a separate form for each provider / offer recipient	Ballys Corporation
(d) If an exempt fund manager is linked to an offerer / offer recipient, please indicate this and provide the identity of the offeror / offer recipient:
(e) Date of position held / trade made: For the disclosure of an opening position, please indicate the latest practicable date before the disclosure	August 26, 2021
(f) Does the Discloser provide information about other parties to the Offer in addition to the Company in 1 (c) above? If it is a cash offer or a potential cash offer, indicate “N / A”.	NO

2. POSITIONS OF THE DISCLOSURE PERSON

If there are positions or subscription rights to disclosure in more than one class of relevant securities of the provider or target recipient identified in 1 (c), copy Table 2 (a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional relevant class of collateral.

(a) Holdings and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or recipient to which the post-trade disclosure relates (if any)

Class of relevant security:	$ 0.01 shared
	Interests		Short positions
	number	%	number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and / or controlled:	567.451	1.27%
(2) Derivatives with cash settlement:
(3) Securities derivatives (including options) and purchase / sale agreements:
TOTAL:	567.451	1.27%

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open equity settled derivative positions (including traded options) or agreements to buy or sell relevant securities should be provided on Supplement Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Subscription rights for new securities (including options for directors and other employees)

Class of relevant securities for which subscription rights exist:
Details, including the nature of the rights involved and the relevant percentages:

3. ACTION (IF NECESSARY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

If trades have taken place in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or recipient named in 1 (c), copy Table 3 (a), (b), (c) or (d) (if applicable) for each additional class of the relevant security traded.

The currency must be specified for all prizes and other amounts of money.

(a) Purchases and Sales

Class of the relevant security	Buy / sell	Number of securities	price per unit
$ 0.01 shared	sale	41	$ 50.37
	Obtain	632	$ 50.37

(b) Derivatives transactions with cash settlement

Class of the relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Way of acting eg opening / closing of a long / short position, increase / decrease of a long / short position	Number of reference values	price per unit

(c) Securities settlement derivatives transactions (including options)

(i) Write, Sell, Buy, or Vary

Class of the relevant security	Product description eg call option	Write, buy, sell, vary etc.	Number of securities to which the option relates	Exercise price per share	Type e.g. American, European etc.	Expiration date	Option money paid / received per unit

(ii) exercise

Class of the relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercise / exercise against	Number of securities	Exercise price per share

(d) Other transactions (including subscription of new securities)

Class of the relevant security	Way of acting z. B. Subscription, conversion	details	Price per unit (if applicable)

4. FURTHER INFORMATION

(a) Compensation and Other Trade Agreements

Details of any indemnity or option agreement, or any agreement or arrangement, formal or informal, in relation to any relevant securities that may constitute an incentive to trade or to refrain from doing business between the disclosing person and any party to the offer or any other person in common Trading 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, indicate “none”.

None

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

Details of any agreement, arrangement, or arrangement, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and another person relating to: (i) the voting rights of all relevant securities under an option; or (ii) the voting rights or the future acquisition or disposal of relevant securities to which a derivative relates: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, indicate “none”.

None

(c) Appendices

Has a supplementary form 8 (vacancies) been attached?

NO

Disclosure date:	August 28, 2021
Contact name:	Anne Kochevar
Telephone number *:	312-587-3800

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 on the disclosure requirements of the Code on +44 (0) 20 7638 0129.

* If the person required to disclose is a natural person, there is no need to provide a telephone number, provided that contact information has been provided to the market surveillance body of the panel.

The Code can be viewed on the panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

Category code: RET

Sequence number: 744702

Receiving time (offset from UTC): 20210829T144215 + 0100