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RNS Number : 2946H
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
16 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:
15 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
5,511,864
3.3600 GBP
3.1250 GBP
10p ordinary
SALES
3,691,265
3.3600 GBP
3.1248 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
60,247
3.1248 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
4,870
3.1250 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
2,623
3.1250 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
677
3.1250 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
9,159
3.1250 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
2,010
3.1970 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
160,865
3.2094 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
161,762
3.2146 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
33,577
3.2247 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
8,688
3.2248 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
3
3.2390 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
34,735
3.2461 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
13,700
3.2472 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
9,845
3.2513 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
24,909
3.2689 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
1,925
3.2811 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
461
3.2985 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
94,482
3.1250 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
486,512
3.1250 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
391
3.1890 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
142,556
3.1992 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
16,892
3.2143 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
29,089
3.2143 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
776
3.2143 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
3,643
3.2199 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
655
3.2199 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
16,412
3.2199 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
125,184
3.2200 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
21,439
3.2200 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
1,071
3.2200 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
35,334
3.2200 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
34,327
3.2202 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
1,041
3.2202 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
20,828
3.2202 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
32,831
3.2209 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
1,489
3.2217 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
85,001
3.2239 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
2,746
3.2267 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
7,308
3.2267 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
7,834
3.2267 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
20,859
3.2267 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
31,813
3.2267 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
4,173
3.2267 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
13,700
3.2302 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
20,542
3.2338 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
955
3.2338 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
32,593
3.2338 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
77,433
3.2339 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
243,415
3.2372 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
161,762
3.2386 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
61,873
3.2387 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
6,734
3.2412 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
458
3.2489 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
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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