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

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25/10/2021 10:40

RNS Number : 1378Q
  
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
  
25 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:


22 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


120,392


21.5800 GBP


21.2200 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


PURCHASES


215,825


21.5828 GBP


21.2500 GBP



 
(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


27


21.3912 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


59


21.2500 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


369


21.2500 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


131,290


21.2500 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


10,952


21.2500 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


1,183


21.2500 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


189


21.2500 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


2,041


21.2880 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


58


21.3800 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


1,362


21.4828 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


958


21.4856 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


increasing a short position


240


21.5451 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


5,326


21.2500 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


555


21.2500 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


2,759


21.3420 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


3,241


21.3791 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


381


21.3794 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


26


21.3800 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


269


21.4100 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


15


21.4856 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


793


21.5292 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a long position


1,188


21.5292 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


131,290


21.2500 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


154


21.2500 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


1,171


21.2821 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


1,336


21.3207 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


84


21.3224 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


7,182


21.3531 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


958


21.3912 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


881


21.4384 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


2,202


21.4643 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


731


21.5032 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


7,045


21.5232 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


689


21.5232 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


462


21.5232 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


346


21.5232 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


28,366


21.5232 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


119


21.5643 GBP




EUR 0.01 ordinary


CFD


reducing a short position


269


21.5645 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:


25 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.  
 
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
 
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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