RNS Number : 4332H
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
17 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
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(a) Name of exempt principal trader:
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Morgan Stanley & Co. International 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 and The Rank Group Plc
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(d) Date dealing undertaken:
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16 AUGUST 2016
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(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today
disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?
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Yes
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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
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Lowest price per unit paid/received
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13 8/9 ordinary
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PURCHASES
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44,678
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2.1790 GBP
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2.1160 GBP
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13 8/9 ordinary
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SALES
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40,674
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2.1900 GBP
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2.1150 GBP
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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
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13 8/9 ordinary
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CFD
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LONG
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72
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2.1465 GBP
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13 8/9 ordinary
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CFD
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LONG
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2,760
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2.1465 GBP
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13 8/9 ordinary
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CFD
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LONG
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1,446
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2.1465 GBP
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13 8/9 ordinary
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CFD
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LONG
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662
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2.1559 GBP
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13 8/9 ordinary
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CFD
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LONG
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11,282
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2.1579 GBP
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13 8/9 ordinary
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CFD
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LONG
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641
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2.1693 GBP
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13 8/9 ordinary
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CFD
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LONG
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6,643
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2.1737 GBP
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13 8/9 ordinary
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CFD
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SHORT
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1,009
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2.1454 GBP
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13 8/9 ordinary
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CFD
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SHORT
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148
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2.1490 GBP
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13 8/9 ordinary
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CFD
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SHORT
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2,937
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2.1654 GBP
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13 8/9 ordinary
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CFD
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SHORT
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20,912
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2.1670 GBP
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13 8/9 ordinary
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CFD
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SHORT
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1,430
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2.1790 GBP
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13 8/9 ordinary
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CFD
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SHORT
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2,424
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2.1790 GBP
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13 8/9 ordinary
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CFD
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SHORT
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71
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2.1790 GBP
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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
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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
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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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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Number of securities
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Exercise price per unit
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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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)
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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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
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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:
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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17 AUGUST 2016
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Contact name:
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Craig Horsley
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Telephone number:
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+44(141) 245 7736
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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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