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 | Entain plc |
| (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | Entain plc |
| (d) Date dealing undertaken: | 14 January 2021 |
| (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" | YES- MGM Resorts International |
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 |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | SALES | 812,723 | 14.0850 GBP | 13.8500 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | PURCHASES | 713,961 | 14.1000 GBP | 13.8550 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | SALES | 1,406 | 15.4506 EUR | 15.4506 EUR |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | PURCHASES | 1,406 | 15.6000 EUR | 15.4200 EUR |
(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 |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | LONG | 157 | 13.8680 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | LONG | 1,000 | 13.8907 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | LONG | 167 | 13.8990 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | LONG | 1,000 | 13.8990 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | LONG | 833 | 13.9165 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | LONG | 4,735 | 13.9193 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | LONG | 2,425 | 13.9319 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | LONG | 15,574 | 13.9485 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | LONG | 11,069 | 13.9485 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | LONG | 6,649 | 13.9485 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | LONG | 4,602 | 13.9640 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | LONG | 1,071 | 13.9655 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | LONG | 1,472 | 13.9689 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | LONG | 12,892 | 13.9704 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | LONG | 13,926 | 13.9717 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | LONG | 1,011 | 13.9794 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | LONG | 3,478 | 13.9805 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | LONG | 33,432 | 13.9818 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | LONG | 918 | 13.9823 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | LONG | 125,000 | 14.0444 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | LONG | 220 | 14.0496 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | LONG | 2,514 | 14.0550 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | LONG | 1,142 | 14.0550 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | LONG | 1,249 | 14.0550 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 74 | 13.8569 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 800 | 13.8902 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 26 | 13.9000 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 3,916 | 13.9181 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 4,735 | 13.9199 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 6,891 | 13.9334 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 6,421 | 13.9381 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 27,920 | 13.9395 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 5,383 | 13.9465 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 4,917 | 13.9478 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 72 | 13.9808 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 3,800 | 13.9904 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 12,264 | 13.9910 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 24,665 | 13.9964 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 17,265 | 14.0476 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 1,350 | 14.0476 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 13,766 | 14.0476 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 7,386 | 14.0476 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 20,543 | 14.0476 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 3,909 | 14.0476 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 360 | 14.0476 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 3,088 | 14.0476 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 1,010 | 14.0550 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 12,197 | 14.0550 GBP |
| EUR 0.01 ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 305 | 14.0564 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 | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit |
| N/A | 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 |
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: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. 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: | 15 January 2021 |
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.
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.
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