Form 8.3 - Playtech plc

RNS Number : 6708H

Barclays PLC

07 April 2022

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.		KEY INFORMATION
(a)	Full name of discloser:		Barclays PLC.

(b)	Owner or controller of interest and short
	positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose		PLAYTECH PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(d)	If an exempt fund manager connected with an
	offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
	offeror/offeree:
(e)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:		06 April 2022
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making		NO
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

2.			POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree
	to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
Class of relevant security:		Ordinary NPV
		Interests		Short Positions
		Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:	5,315,561	1.74%	3,873,007	1.26%

(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
		3,803,252	1.24%	5,030,872	1.64%

(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00%	0	0.00%


	TOTAL:	9,118,813	2.98%	8,903,879	2.91%

(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive
	options)
Class of relevant security in relation to
which subscription right exists
Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages:

3.			DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale	Number of	Price per unit
security			securities
Ordinary NPV		Purchase	581	5.9960 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase	845	5.9937 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase	1,808	5.9200 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase	2,038	6.0067 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase	2,903	5.9600 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase	3,551	5.9231 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase	13,700	5.9761 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase	23,921	5.9398 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale	44	5.9500 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale	279	6.0086 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale	636	6.0325 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale	742	5.9850 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale	1,487	5.9200 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale	1,556	6.0138 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale	1,808	5.9202 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale	3,317	5.9984 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale	5,869	6.0175 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale	12,322	5.9732 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product	Nature of dealing	Number of	Price per
relevant		description		reference	unit
security				securities
Ordinary NPV		SWAP	Long	279	6.0086 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP	Long	1,718	6.0366 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP	Long	3,317	5.9984 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP	Long	4,151	6.0096 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP	Short	68	6.0800 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD	Short	2,903	5.9600 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP	Short	3,483	5.9200 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP	Short	3,785	5.9960 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP	Short	8,300	5.9440 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP	Short	15,300	5.9376 GBP

(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates


(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security				Exercising/ exercised against		securities	unit


(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security				Details		applicable)

4.				OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,
formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal
or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party
to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
NONE
(b)	Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between
the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:
(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				7 Apr 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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