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RNS Number : 8874G  Playtech PLC  30 April 2025

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

30 April 2025

 

Playtech plc

 

("Playtech" or the "Company")

 

Return of approximately €1.8 billion to shareholders

 

Further to the announcement earlier today regarding the completion of the sale
of Snaitech S.p.A. by Playtech's group, Playtech plc (LSE: PTEC) is pleased to
announce a special dividend of €5.73 per ordinary share (the "Special
Dividend").

 

The Special Dividend will be paid on 12 June 2025 to shareholders who appear
on the register on 9 May 2025 (the "Record Date"). The Company's ordinary
shares will be marked as ex-dividend on 8 May 2025.

 

Shareholders should note that the default payment currency is Euro, though
shareholders will be entitled to elect to have their Special Dividend paid in
Sterling. The last day for currency elections in respect of the Special
Dividend to be registered is 27 May 2025. For uncertificated shareholders,
currency elections should be submitted via CREST in the usual manner.
Certificated shareholders should either: (i) complete and return the
personalised currency election form that has been, or will be, delivered (by
mail or otherwise) to them; or (ii) access and download a currency election
form from the Company's website
at https://www.investors.playtech.com/shareholder-centre/dividend-information
(https://www.investors.playtech.com/shareholder-centre/dividend-information) ,
and complete and return this. Completed Special Dividend currency election
forms should be sent to the Company's registrar, Computershare Investor
Services (Jersey) Limited c/o The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road, Bristol, BS99
6ZY. Shareholders who wish to submit a currency election in respect of their
Special Dividend should note that such election must be in respect of their
full Special Dividend entitlement, and that they will not be permitted to
elect for their Special Dividend to be paid in a combination of Euro and
Sterling.

 

Sterling currency elections previously registered by shareholders in respect
of dividends paid, or to be paid, by the Company will, unless changed or
revoked prior to 27 May 2025, remain in place in respect of the Special
Dividend (to the extent that the relevant shareholder appears on the register
on the Record Date). However, the Company retains the discretion in respect of
any future dividends not to offer shareholders the right to elect to receive
those dividends in Sterling rather than the default currency, Euro.

 

The Company will announce the Sterling dividend rate in respect of the Special
Dividend on 3 June 2025.

 

Key Dates

 

The expected timetable for the Special Dividend is set out below:

 

 Ordinary shares marked ex-Special Dividend                                   8.00 a.m. on 8 May 2025
 Record time and date for entitlement to the Special Dividend                 6.00 p.m. on 9 May 2025
 Last day for currency elections to be registered/received                    27 May 2025(1)
 Announcement of Sterling dividend rate                                       3 June 2025
 Payment of Special Dividend to shareholders (by CREST payment or by cheque)  12 June 2025

 

 

Notes:

References to time in this document are to London time. All dates are subject
to change. If any of the above times or dates change, the revised times and/or
dates will be notified to shareholders by an announcement on a RIS.

(1) Currency election forms received by Computershare after this date will not
be processed and the associated dividend will be paid in the default payment
currency, Euro.

 

Defined terms used in this announcement have the same meaning where defined in
the Company's RNS announcement dated 9 April 2025, unless otherwise defined
herein.

 

- ENDS -

 

For further information 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 on the Main Market of the London Stock
Exchange, Playtech is a technology leader in the gambling industry with over
7,300 employees across 19 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, 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.

 

 

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