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Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
16 August 2016
AMENDMENT (Section 2b)
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: 11 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 1,180,845 3.3320 GBP 3.1950 GBP
10p ordinary SALES 1,818,961 3.3340 GBP 3.1930 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 4,346 3.2649 GBP
10p ordinary CFD LONG 37,530 3.2650 GBP
10p ordinary CFD LONG 8,202 3.2686 GBP
10p ordinary CFD LONG 8,674 3.2698 GBP
10p ordinary CFD LONG 2,550 3.2700 GBP
10p ordinary CFD LONG 9,700 3.2768 GBP
10p ordinary CFD LONG 13,077 3.2797 GBP
10p ordinary CFD LONG 46,673 3.2805 GBP
10p ordinary CFD LONG 196,010 3.2813 GBP
10p ordinary CFD LONG 803,990 3.2813 GBP
10p ordinary CFD LONG 103,909 3.2813 GBP
10p ordinary CFD LONG 196 3.2835 GBP
10p ordinary CFD LONG 3,276 3.2890 GBP
10p ordinary CFD LONG 153,808 3.2890 GBP
10p ordinary CFD LONG 24,158 3.3184 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 1,211 3.2110 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 18,291 3.2245 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 1 3.2620 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 1,252 3.2645 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 12,333 3.2698 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 7,956 3.2698 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 374 3.2698 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 103,909 3.2712 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 9,700 3.2720 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 5,952 3.2748 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 11,168 3.2748 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 29,735 3.2748 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 45,354 3.2748 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 3,947 3.2748 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 10,417 3.2748 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 3,445 3.2753 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 1,073 3.2811 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 54,277 3.2811 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 16,488 3.2819 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 3,373 3.2833 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 606 3.2833 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 15,194 3.2833 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 419 3.2890 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 1,857 3.2890 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 2,717 3.2890 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 5,867 3.2891 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 66,656 3.2994 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 1,072 3.2994 GBP
10p ordinary CFD SHORT 30,000 3.3156 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: 16 AUGUST 2016
Contact name: Craig Horsley
Telephone number: +44(141) 245 7736
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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