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

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RNS Number : 2416P
  
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
  
15 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:


14 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


SALES


578,393


20.9900 GBP


20.4182 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


PURCHASES


490,804


20.9988 GBP


20.4100 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


PURCHASES


1


28.0878 USD


28.0878 USD




EUR 0.01 ordinary


SALES


10


28.0878 USD


28.0878 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


795


20.5289 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a long position


4,045


20.5779 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a long position


46


20.5900 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a long position


7


20.7555 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


9,362


20.4258 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


1,427


20.4268 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


494


20.4616 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


104


20.4701 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


24


20.5021 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


96


20.5892 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


223


20.5900 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


3,340


20.6089 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


1,155


20.6289 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


14,825


20.6575 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


20,275


20.6575 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


5,988


20.9240 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


27


20.5278 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


409


20.5400 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


1


20.5900 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


39


20.6289 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


4,067


20.4182 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


32


20.4484 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


5,000


20.4639 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


1,979


20.4894 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


9,404


20.4894 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


2,997


20.4894 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


13,120


20.4894 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


3,000


20.4908 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


152


20.4917 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


106,566


20.4943 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


1,776


20.4943 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


2,624


20.4943 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


935


20.4943 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


2,300


20.4943 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


27,028


20.4943 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


1,000


20.5335 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


104


20.5353 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


4,300


20.5531 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


669


20.5545 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


636


20.5900 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


10,322


20.5900 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


1


20.5900 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


2


20.6050 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


500


20.6571 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


1,162


20.6649 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


5,981


20.7555 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


197


20.7875 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:


15 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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