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REG - Morgan Stanley Cap 888 Holdings plc Rank Group PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)Replacement William Hill Plc <Origin Href="QuoteRef">888.L</Origin> <Origin Href="QuoteRef">RNK.L</Origin>

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RNS Number : 0395G
Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC
02 August 2016 
 
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 Capital Services LLC      
 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree  William Hill Plc                         
 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:                                                       888 Holdings Plc and The Rank Group Plc  
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                                                                              29 JULY 2016                             
 (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  
 N/A                         N/A              N/A                           N/A                                   N/A                                  
 
 
(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  
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     2,654                           3.1495 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     22,656                          3.1517 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     7,346                           3.1519 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     6,772                           3.1727 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     2,896                           3.1729 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     1,956                           3.1729 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     271                             3.1781 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     525                             3.1783 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     6,894                           3.1784 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     14,812                          3.1785 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     5,066                           3.1833 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     150                             3.1890 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     71,657                          3.1894 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     575                             3.1917 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     600                             3.1930 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     2,563                           3.1964 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     3,397                           3.1964 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     77,452                          3.1990 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     7,066                           3.1990 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     7,066                           3.1990 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       LONG                                                                                                     1,091                           3.1990 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       SHORT                                                                                                    3,104                           3.1345 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       SHORT                                                                                                    1,148                           3.1400 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       SHORT                                                                                                    244                             3.1650 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       SHORT                                                                                                    69,516                          3.1715 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       SHORT                                                                                                    6,094                           3.1778 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       SHORT                                                                                                    8,078                           3.1778 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       SHORT                                                                                                    77,452                          3.1990 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       SHORT                                                                                                    7,066                           3.1990 GBP      
 10p ordinary                CFD                                       SHORT                                                                                                    7,066                           3.1990 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:  02 AUGUST 2016     
 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. 
 
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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