FORM 8.3 – PLAYTECH PLC

FORM 8.3 – PLAYTECH PLC

BARCLAYS PLC

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:				10 February 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

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

(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:		5,000,589	1.63%	3,792,360	1.24%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			3,730,615	1.22%	4,644,831	1.52%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		8,731,204	2.85%	8,437,191	2.75%

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other employee 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

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		137		6.2700 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,010		6.2983 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,039		6.2100 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,586		6.3294 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,974		6.2619 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		6,611		6.2783 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		11,390		6.3225 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		11,631		6.4050 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		36		6.4000 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		110		6.3386 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		204		6.4001 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		448		6.2050 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		452		6.2950 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		478		6.2497 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		500		6.2100 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		959		6.2526 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		994		6.3000 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,018		6.3331 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,085		6.2700 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,212		6.3125 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,688		6.3526 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		3,851		6.2887 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		4,624		6.3001 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		4,978		6.3044 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		6,897		6.3282 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		7,068		6.2884 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		8,371		6.3241 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		8,630		6.4053 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		12,909		6.3311 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		21,648		6.3398 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		44,855		6.2971 GBP

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Long		22	6.3309 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		36	6.3999 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Long		55	6.3310 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		204	6.4001 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		687	6.4050 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		1,018	6.3331 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		1,448	6.3672 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		1,452	6.3047 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		2,597	6.2729 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		3,601	6.3255 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		4,192	6.3022 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		4,625	6.2987 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		4,747	6.2944 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		4,770	6.3230 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		4,919	6.2890 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		6,993	6.3213 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		10,257	6.3073 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Long		12,832	6.3311 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		15,530	6.3381 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		21,984	6.2901 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		22,871	6.3039 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		3	6.3650 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		531	6.3150 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Short		578	6.3258 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		1,586	6.3294 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Short		3,269	6.2958 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		6,390	6.2493 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		11,390	6.3225 GBP

(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.	Number of securities to which option relates	Exercise price per unit	Type e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security	Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion	Details	Price per unit (if applicable)

4. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing 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: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”

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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”

None

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				11 Feb 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on [phone].

*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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