REG - Morgan Stanley & Co. Rank Group PLC 888 Holdings 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 : 8308F
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
01 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:
29 JULY 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
796,755
3.2002 GBP
3.1290 GBP
10p ordinary
SALES
1,146,011
3.1990 GBP
3.1240 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
614
3.1563 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
15,890
3.1583 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
13,915
3.1626 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
31,548
3.1651 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
800
3.1700 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
29,004
3.1729 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
821
3.1729 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
9,211
3.1801 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
279
3.1801 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
2,479
3.1839 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
1,927
3.1917 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
146,778
3.1990 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
LONG
1,091
3.1990 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
107
3.1650 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
18,217
3.1698 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
1,353
3.1702 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
63,986
3.1713 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
5,119
3.1788 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
22,500
3.1807 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
1,093
3.1906 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
1,389
3.1929 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
645
3.1990 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
4,184
3.1990 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
645
3.1990 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
342
3.1990 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
2,860
3.1990 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
185
3.1990 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
43,307
3.1991 GBP
10p ordinary
CFD
SHORT
103
3.2002 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:
01 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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