RNS Number : 5229F
JPMorgan Securities Plc
28 July 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
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(a) Name of exempt principal trader:
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J.P. Morgan Securities plc
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(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form
relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
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The Rank Group PLC
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(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is
connected:
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888 Holdings PLC
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(d) Date dealing undertaken:
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27 July 2016
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(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making
disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible
cash offer, state "N/A"
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Yes
888 Holdings PLC
William Hill PLC
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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
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Class of relevant security
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Purchases/ sales
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Total number of securities
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Highest price per unit paid/received
(GBP)
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Lowest price per unit paid/received
(GBP)
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Ordinary Shares
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Purchases
Sales
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36,356
45,736
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2.4010
2.4025
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2.3000
2.3110
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(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
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Class of relevant security
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Product description
e.g. CFD
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Nature of dealing
e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
position
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Number of reference securities
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Price per unit
(GBP)
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Ordinary Shares
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Equity Swaps
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(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including
options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or
varying
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Class of relevant security
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Product description e.g. call option
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Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.
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Number of securities to which option relates
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Exercise price per unit (GBP)
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Type
e.g. American, European etc.
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Expiry date
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Option money paid/ received per unit (GBP)
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Ordinary Shares
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(ii) Exercise
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Class of relevant security
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Product description
e.g. call option
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Exercising/ exercised against
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Number of securities
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Exercise price per unit
(GBP)
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Ordinary Shares
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(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new
securities)
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Class of relevant security
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Nature of dealing
e.g. subscription, conversion
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Details
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Price per unit (if applicable)
(GBP)
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(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
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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:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are
no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
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None
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(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating
to options or derivatives
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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"
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None
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Date of disclosure:
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28 July 2016
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Contact name:
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Tung Le
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Telephone number:
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020 7742 7272
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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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