26 September 2019 |
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Playtech plc (the "Company") |
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Transaction in Own Shares |
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The Company announces that on 25 September 2019 it purchased a total of 238,000 of its ordinary shares of no par value each (the 'ordinary shares') on the London Stock Exchange through the Company's broker Goodbody Stockbrokers UC ("Goodbody") as detailed below. The Company will hold the repurchased shares in treasury. |
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Number of ordinary shares purchased: |
238,000 |
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Highest price paid per share: |
£4.3490 |
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Lowest price paid per share: |
£4.2620 |
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Volume weighted average price paid: |
£4.2987 |
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The purchases form part of the Company's share buyback programme announced on 22 August 2019 |
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Following settlement of the above purchases, the Company's total number of ordinary shares in issue shall be 304,621,693 (excluding treasury shares), and the Company will hold a total of 4,672,550 ordinary shares in treasury. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company will be 304,621,693 which 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. |
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Aggregated Volume |
Volume Weighted Average Price |
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LSE |
GBP |
238,000 |
£4.2987 |
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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 Goodbody on behalf of the Company as part of the share buyback programme is set out in the Appendix to this announcement. |
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For further information contact: |
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Playtech plc |
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Chris McGinnis, Director of Investor Relations and Strategic Analysis |
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James Newman, Director of Corporate Affairs |
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Tel: +44 (0) 16 2464 5954 |
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