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03/04/2025 09:45

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RNS Number : 5316D  Entain PLC  03 April 2025

3 April 2025

Entain plc

("Entain" or "Group" or "Company")

 

Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility
("PDMR")

Or Persons Closely Associated ('PCA')

Entain plc (LSE: ENT), the global sports betting and gaming group, announces
transactions of Entain ordinary shares of €0.01 each in the capital of the
Company ("Shares") due to portfolio rebalancing transactions by Eminence
Capital, LP as set out below:

 

 Name & Role            Shares held prior to dealing  Nature of transaction                                                   Number Shares sold and purchased  Date of Sale and Purchase of Shares  Sale & Purchase price (pence per share)      Total Shares held after dealing

 Eminence Capital, LP   41,199,346                    Rebalancing transaction between funds and accounts managed by Eminence  Sold:                             01/04/2025                           574.00p                                      41,199,346

                                                    Capital, LP

 PCA of Ricky Sandler                                                                                                         803,208

                                                                                                                              Purchased:

                                                                                                                              803,208

 

There was no change to the aggregate holding of the funds and accounts managed
by Eminence Capital, LP as a result of the rebalancing transactions above. The
purchase and sales were done simultaneously as separate cross transactions
between Eminence funds and accounts.

The information set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements
of Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms
part of English law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

 

Enquiries:

 Company Secretary                      secretary@entaingroup.com (mailto:secretary@entaingroup.com)

 Investor Relations - Entain plc        investors@entaingroup.com (mailto:investors@entaingroup.com)

 Media - Entain plc                     media@entaingroup.com

 Sodali & Co                            Tel: +44 (0) 20 7250 1446

 Rob Greening/Russ Lynch/Sam Austrums   entain@sodali.com

 

LEI: 213800GNI3K45LQR8L28

 

About Entain plc

Entain plc (LSE: ENT) is a FTSE100 company and is one of the world's largest
sports betting and gaming groups, operating both online and in the retail
sector. The Group owns a comprehensive portfolio of established brands; Sports
brands include BetCity, bwin, Coral, Crystalbet, Eurobet, Ladbrokes, Neds,
Sportingbet, Sports Interaction, STS and SuperSport; Gaming brands include
Foxy Bingo, Gala, GiocoDigitale, Ninja Casino, Optibet, Partypoker and
PartyCasino. The Group operates the TAB NZ brand as part of a long-term
strategic partnership with TAB New Zealand. The Group owns proprietary
technology across all its core product verticals and in addition to its B2C
operations provides services to a number of third-party customers on a B2B
basis.

The Group has a 50/50 joint venture, BetMGM, a leader in sports betting and
iGaming in the US. Entain provides the technology and capabilities which power
BetMGM as well as exclusive games and products, specially developed at its
in-house gaming studios. The Group is tax resident in the UK and is the only
global operator to exclusively operate in domestically regulated or regulating
markets operating in over 30 territories.

Entain is a leader in ESG, a member of FTSE4Good, the DJSI and is AAA rated by
MSCI. For more information see the Group's website: www.entaingroup.com
(https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.entaingroup.com%2F&data=05%7C01%7CEmily.Carey%40entaingroup.com%7C89986aa3574b4384d55c08db10dbbe93%7C60c43c0a64ac4050bf3e31e1cdfffdeb%7C0%7C0%7C638122308205799396%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=XNdgGlXYdOaFRljkqU6Ae%2BTjlt%2B4xA90bacwAGAunqc%3D&reserved=0)

 

 

 

 1   Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
     associated
 a)  Name                                                         Eminence Capital, LP
 2   Reason for the notification
 a)  Position/status                                              PCA of Ricky Chad Sandler, a Non-Executive Director of the issuer
 b)  Initial notification/Amendment                               Initial notification
 3   Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
     platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 a)  Name                                                         Entain plc
 b)  LEI                                                          213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
 4   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
 a)  Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument  Ordinary shares of Entain plc of €0.01 each

 
     Identification code

                                                                  IM00B5VQMV65
 b)  Nature of the transaction                                    Share sale
 c)  Price(s) and volume(s)                                       Price(s)  Volume(s)
                                                                  574.00p    803,208

 
 d)  Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

     - Price                                                      803,208 ordinary shares of €0.01 each

 
574.00p consideration

 e)  Date of the transaction                                      1 April 2025
 f)  Place of the transaction                                     CBOE BXE

 

d)

Aggregated information

 -  Aggregated volume
 -  Price

 

 

803,208 ordinary shares of €0.01 each

574.00p consideration

 

e)

Date of the transaction

1 April 2025

f)

Place of the transaction

CBOE BXE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 1   Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
     associated
 a)  Name                                                         Eminence Capital, LP
 2   Reason for the notification
 a)  Position/status                                              PCA of Ricky Chad Sandler, a Non-Executive Director of the issuer
 b)  Initial notification/Amendment                               Initial notification
 3   Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
     platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 a)  Name                                                         Entain plc
 b)  LEI                                                          213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
 4   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
 a)  Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument  Ordinary shares of Entain plc of €0.01 each

 
     Identification code

                                                                  IM00B5VQMV65
 b)  Nature of the transaction                                    Share purchase
 c)  Price(s) and volume(s)                                       Price(s)  Volume(s)
                                                                  574.00p    803,208

 
 d)  Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

     - Price                                                      803,208 ordinary shares of €0.01 each

 
574.00p consideration

 e)  Date of the transaction                                      1 April 2025
 f)  Place of the transaction                                     CBOE BXE

 

d)

Aggregated information

 -  Aggregated volume
 -  Price

 

 

803,208 ordinary shares of €0.01 each

574.00p consideration

 

e)

Date of the transaction

1 April 2025

f)

Place of the transaction

CBOE BXE

 

 

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