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RNS Number : 9168D
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
29 October 2015 
 
AMENDMENT 
 
(Section 2b) 
 
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  Betfair Group Plc                       
 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:                                                       Paddy Power Plc                         
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                                                                              26 OCTOBER 2015                         
 (e)Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today  disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?              Yes                                     
 
 
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  
 0.095p ordinary             PURCHASES        36,475                        32.0600 GBP                           31.3300 GBP                          
 0.095p ordinary             SALES            37,303                        32.0600 GBP                           31.3300 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  
 0.095p ordinary             CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     777                             31.7948 GBP     
 0.095p ordinary             CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     232                             31.7948 GBP     
 0.095p ordinary             CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     978                             31.7948 GBP     
 0.095p ordinary             CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     1,109                           31.7948 GBP     
 0.095p ordinary             CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     309                             31.7948 GBP     
 0.095p ordinary             CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     1,188                           31.7948 GBP     
 0.095p ordinary             CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     2,762                           31.7948 GBP     
 0.095p ordinary             CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     63                              31.8800 GBP     
 0.095p ordinary             CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     299                             31.8981 GBP     
 0.095p ordinary             CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     236                             31.9029 GBP     
 0.095p ordinary             CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     13                              32.0300 GBP     
 0.095p ordinary             CFD                                       SHORT                                                                                                    184                             31.8101 GBP     
 0.095p ordinary             CFD                                       SHORT                                                                                                    340                             31.8975 GBP     
 0.095p ordinary             CFD                                       SHORT                                                                                                    420                             31.8975 GBP     
 0.095p ordinary             CFD                                       SHORT                                                                                                    260                             31.8975 GBP     
 0.095p ordinary             CFD                                       SHORT                                                                                                    48                              31.9100 GBP     
 0.095p ordinary             CFD                                       SHORT                                                                                                    2                               31.9100 GBP     
 0.095p ordinary             CFD                                       SHORT                                                                                                    16                              31.9100 GBP     
 0.095p ordinary             CFD                                       SHORT                                                                                                    147                             31.9222 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  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit  
 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                             
 
 
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated. 
 
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. 
 
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: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:  29 OCTOBER 2015    
 Contact name:        Craig Horsley      
 Telephone number:    +44(141) 245 7736  
 
 
Telephone number: 
 
+44(141) 245 7736 
 
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at
monitoring@disclosure.org.uk.  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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