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

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RNS Number : 6654G
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
09 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 & 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
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:
08 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
10p ordinary
PURCHASES
812,435
3.2910 GBP
3.1478 GBP
10p ordinary
SALES
1,263,820
3.2900 GBP
3.1730 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
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
2,625
3.2134 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
12,694
3.2217 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
117,569
3.2272 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
3,483
3.2272 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
68,849
3.2272 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
15,000
3.2300 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
36,188
3.2443 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
57,406
3.2489 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
42,100
3.2505 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
27,656
3.2508 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
5,036
3.2564 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
22,681
3.2564 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
905
3.2564 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
4,477
3.2572 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
16,170
3.2573 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
4,939
3.2573 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
17,574
3.2596 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
2
3.2740 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
1,108
3.2740 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
598
3.2740 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
2,088
3.2740 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
255,697
3.2740 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
843
3.2840 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
12,271
3.2889 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
1,867,680
3.5476 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
498
3.1478 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
90
3.1990 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
2,253
3.1990 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
501
3.1990 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
2,625
3.2024 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
1,854
3.2225 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
57,100
3.2266 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
23,221
3.2375 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
1,238
3.2380 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
13,420
3.2393 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
10,317
3.2436 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
22,853
3.2489 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
285,000
3.2492 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
6,585
3.2529 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
1,087
3.2539 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
1,691
3.2740 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
2,475
3.2740 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
381
3.2740 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
202
3.2741 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
33,744
3.2741 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
24,000
3.2833 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
1,781
3.2840 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
1,867,680
3.5476 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:
09 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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