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 : 6752HMorgan Stanley Capital Services LLC19 August 2016FORM 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:
18 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
50,000
3.0214 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
101,534
3.0310 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
9,896
3.0412 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
3,485
3.0412 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
8,662
3.0412 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
4,619
3.0412 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
11,483
3.0412 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
13,117
3.0412 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
3,558
3.0462 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
3,905
3.0462 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
5,763
3.0462 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
9,443
3.0462 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
1,124
3.0462 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
23,909
3.0498 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
100
3.0520 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
1,873
3.0536 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
42,223
3.0134 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
8,987
3.0134 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
27,743
3.0141 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
4,619
3.0186 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
3,485
3.0186 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
5,600
3.0210 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
3,138
3.0310 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
12,908
3.0443 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
7,164
3.0449 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
9,948
3.0453 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
2,945
3.0453 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
24,830
3.0453 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
14,731
3.0453 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
10,348
3.0453 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
79
3.0470 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
110
3.0470 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
23
3.0470 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
186
3.0470 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
74
3.0470 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
12,133
3.0499 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
519
3.0513 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
1,296
3.0513 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
150
3.0513 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
756
3.0513 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
539
3.0513 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
829
3.0515 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
4,571
3.0532 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
2,742
3.0532 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
2,740
3.0532 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
429
3.0546 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
260
3.0546 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
258
3.0546 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
6,806
3.0577 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
7,080
3.0577 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
10,079
3.0577 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
2,016
3.0577 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
16,988
3.0577 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
1
3.0580 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:
19 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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