REG - Morgan Stanley & Co. Entain PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Entain plc

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11/10/2021 10:30

RNS Number : 6563O
  
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
  
11 October 2021
  
 

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:


Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc




(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:
     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree


Entain plc




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


Entain plc




(d) Date dealing undertaken:


08 October 2021




(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"


YES- Draftkings Inc



 
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


Lowest price per unit paid/received




EUR 0.01 ordinary


PURCHASES


314,695


21.5600 GBP


21.3100 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


SALES


428,281


21.5700 GBP


21.2400 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


SALES


100,000


29.0682 USD


29.0682 USD




EUR 0.01 ordinary


PURCHASES


103,195


29.1717 USD


29.0609 USD



 
(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




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a long position


36,586


21.3250 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a long position


1,658


21.3372 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a long position


18


21.3657 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a long position


2,975


21.3717 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a long position


20


21.4200 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a long position


3,291


21.4258 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a long position


327


21.5058 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


5,928


21.3200 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


1,741


21.3200 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


300


21.3200 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


12,000


21.3700 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


12,743


21.3794 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


85,840


21.3850 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


553


21.4095 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


13,147


21.4095 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


3,302


21.4271 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


55


21.4946 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


730


21.4015 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


33


21.4271 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


2,975


21.4311 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


36


21.4900 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


666


21.5000 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


327


21.5301 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


181


21.3200 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


99


21.3330 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


3,302


21.3657 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


300


21.3800 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


8,654


21.3885 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


452


21.3894 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


5,674


21.4047 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


101,337


21.4064 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


2,163


21.4064 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


879


21.4064 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


2,473


21.4064 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


1,676


21.4064 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


25,410


21.4064 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


145


21.4094 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


8,258


21.4275 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


3,826


21.4568 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


1,911


21.4568 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


5,932


21.4607 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


1,890


21.4607 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


1,250


21.4607 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


8,275


21.4607 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


3,887


21.4680 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


4,174


21.4693 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


2,089


21.4693 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


3,887


21.4726 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


4,670


21.4892 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


68


21.4900 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


85


21.4906 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


24


21.5058 GBP



 
(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




N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A



 
(ii)        Exercise
 



Class of relevant security


Product description
e.g. call option


Exercising/ exercised against


Number of securities


Exercise price per unit




N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A



 
(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)




N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A



 
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:


11 October 2021




Contact name:


Craig Horsley




Telephone number:


+44 141 245-7736



 
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