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RNS Number : 6708F
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
29 July 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 & 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
THE RANK GROUP 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:
28 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
13 8/9 ORDINARY
PURCHASES
53,073
2.3530 GBP
2.2050 GBP
13 8/9 ORDINARY
SALES
77,713
2.3340 GBP
2.1970 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
13 8/9 ORDINARY
CFD
LONG
467
2.2267 GBP
13 8/9 ORDINARY
CFD
LONG
6,157
2.2388 GBP
13 8/9 ORDINARY
CFD
LONG
1,117
2.2403 GBP
13 8/9 ORDINARY
CFD
LONG
36,183
2.2403 GBP
13 8/9 ORDINARY
CFD
LONG
21,119
2.2403 GBP
13 8/9 ORDINARY
CFD
LONG
1,143
2.2560 GBP
13 8/9 ORDINARY
CFD
LONG
1,410
2.3060 GBP
13 8/9 ORDINARY
CFD
SHORT
10,856
2.2397 GBP
13 8/9 ORDINARY
CFD
SHORT
1,066
2.2406 GBP
13 8/9 ORDINARY
CFD
SHORT
55
2.2406 GBP
13 8/9 ORDINARY
CFD
SHORT
1,844
2.2406 GBP
13 8/9 ORDINARY
CFD
SHORT
28
2.2409 GBP
13 8/9 ORDINARY
CFD
SHORT
6,413
2.2409 GBP
13 8/9 ORDINARY
CFD
SHORT
2,390
2.2760 GBP
13 8/9 ORDINARY
CFD
SHORT
20,131
2.2859 GBP
13 8/9 ORDINARY
CFD
SHORT
358
2.2859 GBP
13 8/9 ORDINARY
CFD
SHORT
213
2.2900 GBP
13 8/9 ORDINARY
CFD
SHORT
1,556
2.2990 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 JULY 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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