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

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12/10/2021 10:50

RNS Number : 8058O
  
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
  
12 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:


11 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


627,614


21.1900 GBP


20.9047 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


SALES


496,696


21.2024 GBP


20.9578 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


SALES


350,000


28.6743 USD


28.6743 USD




EUR 0.01 ordinary


PURCHASES


350,087


28.7137 USD


28.6671 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


1,305


21.0371 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a long position


13,302


21.0532 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a long position


1,153


21.0879 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a long position


20


21.1098 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a long position


4,692


21.1127 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a long position


17


21.1134 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a long position


6


21.1200 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


1,770


21.0155 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


7,371


21.0155 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


319


21.0155 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


6,836


21.0155 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


96


21.0155 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


1,449


21.0155 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


216


21.0208 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


6,512


21.0474 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


848


21.0582 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


119


21.0616 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


62,564


21.0641 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


1,688


21.0678 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


190


21.0800 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


423


21.0858 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


10,037


21.0858 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


3,810


21.0505 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


18


21.0582 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


87


21.0645 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


284


21.0700 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


1,083


21.1235 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


8,003


20.9578 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


4,002


20.9985 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


1,405


21.0270 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


216


21.0279 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


3,464


21.0755 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


116


21.0800 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


56


21.0800 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


41,791


21.0800 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


137


21.0814 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


1,650


21.0829 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


2,659


21.0829 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


5,214


21.1029 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


3,272


21.1032 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


319


21.1067 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


848


21.1098 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


1,688


21.1134 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


127


21.1200 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


8


21.1200 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


78


21.1200 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


855


21.1765 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


190


21.3000 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:


12 October 2021




Contact name:


Craig Horsley




Telephone number:


+44 141 245-7736



 
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.  
 
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