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RNS Number : 6682H
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
19 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:
18 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
2,583,688
3.0970 GBP
2.9410 GBP
10p ordinary
SALES
1,929,986
3.1060 GBP
2.9420 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
10,500
2.9775 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
10,000
2.9851 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
7,403
2.9969 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
19,865
2.9969 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
55,418
2.9992 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
23,570
3.0181 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
1,250
3.0198 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
2,110
3.0205 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
79,850
3.0227 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
6,341
3.0232 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
838
3.0307 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
29,031
3.0350 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
126,911
3.0352 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
92,680
3.0375 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
68,396
3.0425 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
7
3.0460 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
32,848
3.0462 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
56,083
3.0462 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
1,633
3.0462 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
9,664
3.0475 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
2,500
3.0750 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
6,902
3.0900 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
55,418
2.9668 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
10,500
2.9783 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
395
3.0160 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
9,923
3.0160 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
2,204
3.0160 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
16,850
3.0198 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
3,196
3.0199 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
340,999
3.0286 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
151,321
3.0310 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
1,036
3.0310 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
19,699
3.0310 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
13,470
3.0310 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
3,041
3.0310 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
551
3.0310 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
297
3.0310 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
9,664
3.0311 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
109,360
3.0338 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
20,000
3.0377 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
55,330
3.0380 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
19,865
3.0380 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
8,262
3.0381 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
1,076
3.0441 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
13,765
3.0441 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
2,023
3.0441 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
87,020
3.0453 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
147,610
3.0453 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
4,347
3.0453 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
31
3.0470 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
1,039
3.0470 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
652
3.0470 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
384
3.0510 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
4,545
3.0513 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
7,468
3.0513 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
228
3.0513 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
18,153
3.0516 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
59,536
3.0577 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
2,974
3.0577 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
100,990
3.0577 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:
19 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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