REG - Playtech PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

PlaytechAnnouncement

02/04/2019 07:05

RNS Number : 7445U
Playtech PLC
02 April 2019
 






02 April 2019

 



 


 


 


 


 

 



Playtech plc (the "Company")

 



Transaction in Own Shares

 



 


 


 


 


 

 



The Company announces that on 01 April 2019 it purchased a total of 45,276 of its ordinary shares of no par value each (the 'ordinary shares') on the London Stock Exchange through the Company's broker UBS AG, London Branch ("UBS") as detailed below. The repurchased shares will be cancelled.

 


 


 



Number of ordinary shares purchased: 


45,276


 

 



Highest price paid per share:


£4.4200


 

 



Lowest price paid per share:


£4.4100


 

 



Volume weighted average price paid:


£4.4182


 

 



 


 


 


 


 

 



The purchases form part of the Company's share buyback programme announced on 21 February 2019.

 



Following settlement of the above purchases, the Company's total number of ordinary shares in issue shall be 312,364,540 ordinary shares. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company will be 312,364,540. This figure for the total number of voting rights may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

 



Trading venue


Currency


Aggregated Volume


Volume Weighted Average Price

 



LSE


GBP


45,276


£4.4182

 



 


 


 


 


 

 



In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), the detailed breakdown of individual trades made by UBS on behalf of the Company as part of the share buyback programme is set out in the Appendix to this announcement.

 



 


 


 


 


 

 



Contact:


 


 


 


 

 



Chris McGinnis, Director of Investor Relations and Strategic Analysis

 



James Newman, Director of Corporate Affairs


 

 



Tel: +44 (0) 16 2464 5954


 

 



 




Issuer name:


 


Playtech plc


 


 




LEI


 


21380068TTB6Z9ZEU548


 




ISIN:


 


IM00B7S9G985


 




Intermediary name:


UBS AG London branch


 




Intermediary code:


UBSWGB2L


 


 




Time zone:


 


BST


 


 




Currency:


 


GBP


 


 




 


 


 


 


 




London Stock Exchange




 


 


 


 


 




Number of

Shares


Price per Share (GBP)


Trading Venue


Time of Transaction


Transaction Reference Number




1,228


4.4200


LSE


11:21:03


1139936




1,164


4.4140


LSE


11:28:04


1143193




82


4.4140


LSE


11:28:04


1143191




450


4.4140


LSE


11:35:48


1146505




115


4.4140


LSE


11:35:48


1146503




435


4.4140


LSE


11:35:48


1146501




4,187


4.4200


LSE


11:36:56


1147191




310


4.4200


LSE


11:36:56


1147189




1,385


4.4200


LSE


11:36:56


1147187




1,768


4.4200


LSE


11:36:56


1147185




3,735


4.4200


LSE


11:36:56


1147183




451


4.4180


LSE


11:49:33


1152876




1,297


4.4160


LSE


11:50:59


1153398




1,161


4.4180


LSE


11:55:00


1155472




1,259


4.4160


LSE


11:55:02


1155589




1,339


4.4160


LSE


11:58:17


1157270




1,218


4.4100


LSE


12:11:07


1164906




1,324


4.4170


LSE


12:30:13


1175299




1,302


4.4170


LSE


12:31:41


1176045




1,302


4.4200


LSE


13:02:57


1193306




316


4.4200


LSE


13:17:36


1201472




815


4.4200


LSE


13:17:36


1201470




1,240


4.4170


LSE


13:20:16


1203436




1,135


4.4160


LSE


13:27:54


1208383




1,100


4.4150


LSE


13:33:50


1213412




1,256


4.4160


LSE


13:33:50


1213410




398


4.4200


LSE


13:41:29


1218153




978


4.4200


LSE


13:41:29


1218151




1,282


4.4200


LSE


14:17:27


1242181




514


4.4190


LSE


14:25:51


1249219




850


4.4180


LSE


14:25:51


1249217




307


4.4190


LSE


14:25:51


1249215




973


4.4190


LSE


14:25:51


1249213




304


4.4180


LSE


14:40:05


1275237




850


4.4180


LSE


14:40:05


1275235




504


4.4200


LSE


14:44:54


1281590




699


4.4200


LSE


14:44:54


1281588




4


4.4200


LSE


14:44:54


1281586




1,140


4.4190


LSE


14:54:17


1295582




309


4.4200


LSE


14:54:17


1295580




250


4.4200


LSE


14:54:17


1295578




800


4.4200


LSE


14:54:17


1295576




688


4.4200


LSE


15:05:22


1312702




430


4.4200


LSE


15:05:22


1312700




1,338


4.4190


LSE


15:09:41


1319252




800


4.4190


LSE


15:12:14


1323271




484


4.4190


LSE


15:12:14


1323269




 




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