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 interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	PLAYTECH PLC
(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: For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	04 March 2022
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”	NO

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:		5,134,256	1.68%	3,800,936	1.24%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			3,746,938	1.22%	4,635,474	1.51%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
(4)
	TOTAL:		8,881,194	2.90%	8,436,410	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		83		5.9343 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		300		5.9618 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		300		5.9097 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		521		5.9300 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		585		5.8975 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		750		5.9350 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		915		5.9600 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		949		5.9501 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,500		5.9762 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,555		5.9603 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		2,028		5.9417 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		2,149		5.9855 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		2,324		5.9829 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		6,032		5.9933 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		8,638		5.9986 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		20,140		5.8814 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		257		5.9705 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		312		5.9381 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		353		5.8552 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		470		5.9700 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		585		5.8975 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		585		5.8976 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		771		5.8550 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		910		5.9281 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,243		5.9781 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,250		5.9800 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,278		6.0050 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,685		5.9333 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,775		5.9343 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,859		5.9861 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		2,418		5.9818 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		3,029		5.9479 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		7,360		5.9975 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		7,615		5.8945 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		16,192		5.9633 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		32,460		5.9657 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		29	5.9549 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		32	6.1400 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Long		48	5.9141 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Long		81	6.1395 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		283	5.9364 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		1,775	5.9344 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Long		11,687	5.9142 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Long		12,923	5.9472 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		16,663	5.9673 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		24,306	5.9717 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		2,324	5.9829 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		3,038	5.9570 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		6,032	5.9933 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		8,919	5.8923 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		12,187	5.8850 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:	7 March 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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