Playtech PLC Notice of General Meeting (4104V)

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RNS Number : 4104V

Playtech PLC

03 December 2019

Playtech PLC

('Playtech' or the 'Company')

Notice of General Meeting

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulations

Playtech announces that, following an extensive Shareholder engagement programme driven by some of the Company's largest institutional Shareholders, the Company is now seeking shareholder approval for the grant to the Chief Executive Officer, Mor Weizer, of a share award linked to long-term shareholder value creation.

The full terms of the award are set out in a circular to shareholders which includes a notice of general meeting to approve the terms of the award which is due to be held at 10.00 am on 19 December 2019.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1, copies of the circular have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and are available to view at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and on the Company's website www.investors.playtech.com.

 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person 
       closely associated 
 a)   Name                             Mor Weizer 
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 2    Reason for notification 
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status                  Chief Executive Officer 
     -------------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification/Amendment   Initial Announcement 
     -------------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction 
       platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                             Playtech plc 
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 b)   LEI                              21380068TTB6Z9ZEU548 
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 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     Ordinary Shares of Playtech plc of no par value 
       instrument, type of 
       instrument 
                                        IM00B7S9G985 
       Identification code 
     -------------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction        Grant of a nil cost option award under the Playtech 
                                        Long Term Incentive Plan 2012 
 
                                        The award will ordinarily become exercisable 
                                        over the vested shares at such time as the share 
                                        price performance target that is applicable to 
                                        such shares is satisfied. 
 
                                        Once vested the award shall ordinarily remain 
                                        exercisable as to the vested shares until the 
                                        eve of the tenth anniversary of the grant date 
                                        of the award. 
 
                                        The option will automatically lapse if the award 
                                        is not approved by shareholders at the Company's 
                                        general meeting which is due to be held at 10.00 
                                        am on 19 December 2019 
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 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)             Price(s)   Volume(s)   Share Price target 
                                          Nil        300,000     GBP6.00 
                                                    ----------  ------------------- 
                                          Nil        400,000     GBP7.00 
                                                    ----------  ------------------- 
                                          Nil        500,000     GBP8.00 
                                                    ----------  ------------------- 
                                          Nil        700,000     GBP12.00 
                                                    ----------  ------------------- 
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 d)        Aggregated information      Not applicable - single transaction 
             *    Aggregate volume 
 
 
             *    Price 
     -------------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of transaction              2 December 2019 
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 f)   Place of the transaction         Outside a trading venue 
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For further information please contact:

Playtech plc

Chris McGinnis, Director of Investor Relations & Strategic Analysis

Headland (PR adviser to Playtech) [phone]

Lucy Legh

Stephen Malthouse

Jack Gault

About Playtech

Founded in 1999 and premium listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, Playtech is a technology leader in the gambling and financial trading industries.

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 retail and online value chain. Playtech provides its technology on a B2B basis to the industry's leading retail and online operators, land-based casino groups and government sponsored entities such as lotteries. As of June 2018, through the acquisition of Snaitech, Playtech directly owns and operates a leading sports betting and gaming brand in online and retail in Italy, Snai.

Playtech's Financials Division, named TradeTech Group, is a technology leader in the CFD and financial trading industry and operates both on a B2B and B2C basis.

Playtech has in total c.5,900 employees across 18 countries and is headquartered in the Isle of Man.

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