REG - Playtech PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding
02/10/2024 11:00
For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below:
http://newsfile.refinitiv.com/getnewsfile/v1/story?guid=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20241002:nRSB6512Ga&default-theme=true
RNS Number : 6512G Playtech PLC 02 October 2024
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.
2 October 2024
Further to the Company's Directors' Remuneration Report for the 2023 financial
year which detailed the deferral of the settlement of 50% of the Executive
Directors' annual bonus in respect of the 2023 year pending resolution of the
ongoing litigation with Caliplay, and further to the announcement on 16
September 2024 about the revised terms of the strategic agreement with
Caliplay, the Company confirms that the relevant annual bonus amounts have now
been settled.
As such, and in accordance with the requirements of the Company's remuneration
policy under which one third of the annual bonus must be deferred into shares
for two years, Playtech has been notified of the following dealings in its
ordinary shares by Directors/PDMRs of the Company:
· On 30 September 2024, Mor Weizer, Chief Executive Officer, purchased
36,000 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of £7.503594 per share; and
· On 30 September 2024, Chris McGinnis, Chief Financial Officer,
purchased 14,284 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of £7.49 per
share.
The Company makes the below announcements and notifications in accordance with
the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation.
Notifications and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging
managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them:
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
associated
a) Name Mor Weizer
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status Chief Executive Officer
b) Initial notification /Amendment Initial notification
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a) Name Playtech plc
b) LEI 21380068TTB6Z9ZEU548
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 Playtech plc of no par value
Identification code
ISIN Code: IM00B7S9G985
b) Nature of the transaction Acquisition of shares
c) Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s) Volume(s)
£7.503594 36,000
d) Aggregated information 36,000
- Aggregated volume £270,129
- Price
e) Date of the transaction 30 September 2024
f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange, main market (XLON)
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
36,000
£270,129
e)
Date of the transaction
30 September 2024
f)
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange, main market (XLON)
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
associated
a) Name Chris McGinnis
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status Chief Financial Officer
b) Initial notification /Amendment Initial notification
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a) Name Playtech plc
b) LEI 21380068TTB6Z9ZEU548
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 Playtech plc of no par value
Identification code
ISIN Code: IM00B7S9G985
b) Nature of the transaction Acquisition of shares
c) Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s) Volume(s)
£7.49 14,284
d) Aggregated information 14,284
- Aggregated volume £106,987
- Price
e) Date of the transaction 30 September 2024
f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange, main market (XLON)
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
14,284
£106,987
e)
Date of the transaction
30 September 2024
f)
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange, main market (XLON)
Playtech plc has also been notified of the following dealings in its ordinary
shares, details as follows:
On 30 September 2024 and 1 October 2024, in accordance with the provisions of
the Playtech Long Term Incentive Plan 2012, Fabio Schiavolin, Chief Executive
Officer of Snaitech, exercised options over, and subsequently sold, 24,135
ordinary shares in the Company.
The notification for Fabio Schiavolin can be found below. This announcement is
made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation.
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
associated
a) Name Fabio Schiavolin
2 Reason for Notification
a) Position/status Chief Executive Officer of Snaitech
b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial notification
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a) Name Playtech plc
b) LEI 21380068TTB6Z9ZEU548
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 Playtech plc of no par value
Identification code IM00B7S9G985
b) Nature of the transaction Exercise of nil cost options under the provisions of the Playtech Long Term
Incentive Plan 2012 and sale of shares
c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
£7.52 15,000
£7.511155 9,135
d) Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume 24,135
£181,414.40
- Price
e) Date of the transaction 30 September 2024 and 1 October 2024
f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange, main market (XLON)
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
24,135
£181,414.40
e)
Date of the transaction
30 September 2024 and 1 October 2024
f)
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange, main market (XLON)
- ENDS -
For further information please contact:
Playtech plc +44 (0) 20 3805 4822
Sandeep Gandhi, Head of Investor Relations
Headland (PR adviser to Playtech) +44 (0) 20 3805 4822
Lucy Legh, Jack Gault
About Playtech
Founded in 1999 and with a listing in the equity shares (commercial companies)
category 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
This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact
rns@lseg.com (mailto:rns@lseg.com)
or visit
www.rns.com (http://www.rns.com/)
.
RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our
Privacy Policy (https://www.lseg.com/privacy-and-cookie-policy)
. END DSHUPGPGUUPCUBPRecent news on Playtech
See all newsREG - Playtech PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding
AnnouncementREG - Playtech PLC - Remaining redemption of €350 million bond
AnnouncementREG - Playtech PLC - Return of approximately €1.8bn to shareholders
AnnouncementREG - Playtech PLC - Completion of Snaitech sale
AnnouncementREG - Playtech PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding
Announcement