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

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13/10/2021 10:10

RNS Number : 9478O
  
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
  
13 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:


12 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


1,046,852


21.0440 GBP


20.5514 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


SALES


599,808


21.0900 GBP


20.6100 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


PURCHASES


56,000


28.2566 USD


28.2566 USD




EUR 0.01 ordinary


SALES


56,000


28.2636 USD


28.2636 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


1,843


20.6829 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a long position


27,625


20.7553 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a long position


130


20.7800 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a long position


4,157


20.8401 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


979


20.6026 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


15,182


20.6026 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


3,731


20.6026 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


5,155


20.6026 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


26


20.7000 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


14,638


20.7300 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


472


20.7300 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


10,000


20.7347 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


513


20.7492 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


738


20.7585 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


2,029


20.7776 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


7,976


20.8052 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


4,615


20.8200 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


19,323


20.8200 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


19,033


20.8200 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


5,164


20.8200 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


1,039


20.8200 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


326


20.8200 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


44


20.8263 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


51,187


20.8503 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


4,054


20.8750 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


117


20.8886 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


7,998


20.8987 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


1,542


20.9480 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


23,683


20.9740 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


93


21.0353 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


958


21.0354 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


5,154


21.0354 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


527


21.0354 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


530


21.0354 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


293


21.0354 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


2,877


21.0354 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


2,579


21.0354 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


4,911


20.8263 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


5,955


20.9269 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


17


20.9480 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


744


20.9981 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


34


21.0300 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


413


20.7300 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


12,000


20.7300 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


1,691


20.7315 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


1,132


20.7315 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


6,127


20.7315 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


193


20.7315 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


629


20.7315 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


5,506


20.7315 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


2,028


20.7315 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


10,945


20.7315 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


10,259


20.8305 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


14,313


20.8305 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


3,270


20.8305 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


2,158


20.8305 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


4,054


20.8450 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


759


20.8571 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


1,542


20.8573 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


26


20.9935 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


4,000


20.9950 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


8,000


21.0060 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


1,000


21.0073 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:


13 October 2021




Contact name:


Craig Horsley




Telephone number:


+44 141 245-7736



 
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