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 : 5607H
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
18 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:
17 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
1,026,391
3.0960 GBP
2.9990 GBP
10p ordinary
SALES
871,646
3.0940 GBP
2.9960 GBP
10p ordinary
PURCHASES
32,253
3.0780 USD
3.0780 USD
(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
13,858
3.0129 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
100
3.0200 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
1,237
3.0294 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
2,303
3.0451 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
78,157
3.0451 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
46,118
3.0451 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
592
3.0500 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
16,922
3.0548 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
82,572
3.0550 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
47
3.0560 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
3,271
3.0565 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
205,055
3.0640 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
31,895
3.0641 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
713
3.0664 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
535
3.0760 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
96
3.0760 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
2,410
3.0760 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
14,901
3.0778 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
422
3.0780 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
100
3.0100 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
10,823
3.0131 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
27,500
3.0246 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
6,028
3.0309 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
9,854
3.0309 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
301
3.0309 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
35,394
3.0409 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
47,888
3.0437 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
1,037
3.0469 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
4,674
3.0469 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
187
3.0469 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
196,993
3.0546 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
5,801
3.0546 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
116,132
3.0546 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
6,218
3.0568 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
8,475
3.0621 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
3,742
3.0672 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
212
3.0683 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
251
3.0694 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
1,491
3.0780 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
5,206
3.0780 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
1,544
3.0780 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
238
3.0780 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
2,768
3.0780 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
1,054
3.0780 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
202,107
3.0780 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
83,366
3.0576 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
19,673
3.0602 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:
18 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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