Playtech
plc
("Playtech" or the
"Company")
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons
discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely
associated with them in accordance with the Market Abuse
Regulations.
20
December 2024
Playtech plc has been notified of
the following dealings in its ordinary shares, details as
follows:
Exercise of Nil Cost Options
On 19 December 2024, in accordance
with the provisions of the Playtech Long Term Incentive Plan 2012,
Shimon Akad, Chief Operations Officer, exercised options to acquire
330,242 ordinary shares in the Company.
The notification for Shimon Akad can
be found below. This announcement is made in accordance with the
requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation.
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1
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Details of the person discharging
managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
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Name
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Shimon Akad
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2
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Reason for Notification
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a)
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Position/status
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Chief Operations Officer
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b)
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Initial
notification/Amendment
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Initial announcement
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3
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Details of the issuer, emission
allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or
auction monitor
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a)
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Name
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Playtech plc
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b)
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LEI
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21380068TTB6Z9ZEU548
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4
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Details of the transaction(s):
section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each
type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where
transactions have been conducted
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a)
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Description of the financial
instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
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Ordinary Shares of Playtech plc of
no par
value
IM00B7S9G985
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b)
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Nature of the transaction
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Exercise of nil cost options under
the provisions of the Playtech Long Term Incentive Plan
2012
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c)
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Price(s) and volume(s)
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Date
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Price(s)
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Volume(s)
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19 December 2024
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Nil
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330,242
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d)
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Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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330,242
Nil
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e)
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Date of the transaction
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19 December 2024
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f)
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Place of the transaction
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Outside a trading venue
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- ENDS -
For further information please contact:
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Playtech plc
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+44 (0) 20 3805 4822
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Sandeep Gandhi, Head of Investor
Relations
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Headland (PR adviser to Playtech)
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+44 (0) 20 3805 4822
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Lucy Legh, Jack Gault
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About Playtech
Founded in 1999 and with a listing
on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, Playtech is a
technology leader in the gambling industry with over 7,900
employees across 20 countries.
Playtech is the gambling industry's
leading technology company delivering business intelligence driven
gambling software, services, content and platform technology across
the industry's most popular product verticals, including, casino,
live casino, sports betting, virtual sports, bingo and poker. It is
the pioneer of omni-channel gambling technology through its
integrated platform technology, Playtech ONE. Playtech ONE delivers
data driven marketing expertise, single wallet functionality, CRM
and responsible gambling solutions across one single platform
across product verticals and across retail and online.
Playtech partners with and invests
in the leading brands in regulated and newly regulated markets to
deliver its data-driven gambling technology across the online and
retail value chain. Playtech provides its technology on a B2B basis
to the industry's leading online and retail operators, land-based
casino groups and government sponsored entities such as lotteries.
The Playtech Group owns and operates Snaitech, one of the leading
sports betting and gaming companies in online and retail in
Italy