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

RNS Number : 4345H
Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC
17 August 2016

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:

16 AUGUST 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

25,934

3.0384 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

LONG

5,125

3.0406 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

LONG

5,331

3.0406 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

LONG

1,517

3.0406 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

LONG

12,792

3.0406 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

LONG

7,585

3.0406 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

LONG

12

3.0418 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

LONG

62

3.0418 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

LONG

8

3.0421 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

LONG

11,081

3.0430 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

LONG

13,956

3.0442 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

LONG

95,300

3.0609 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

6,800

3.0400 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

15,141

3.0427 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

11,950

3.0438 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

464

3.0442 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

18,752

3.0471 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

3,750

3.0471 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

13,173

3.0471 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

31,607

3.0471 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

12,663

3.0471 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

13,658

3.0526 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

18,103

3.0526 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

1,035

3.0526 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

1,372

3.0526 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

259,603

3.0546 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

4,136

3.0573 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

10,336

3.0573 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

4,309

3.0573 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

1,207

3.0573 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

6,031

3.0573 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

2,496

3.0597 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

8,903

3.0601 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

8,224

3.0630 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

11,861

3.0679 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

20

3.0770 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

7

3.0771 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

2,783

3.0822 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

379

3.0827 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

2,101

3.0833 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

401

3.0836 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

2,316

3.0853 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

5,361

3.0898 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

7,518

3.0917 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

1,647

3.0920 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

9,825

3.0925 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

6,642

3.0933 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

1,664

3.0941 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

1,088

3.0944 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

4,248

3.0953 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:

17 AUGUST 2016

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 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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