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:				15 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:		4,983,348	1.63%	3,905,139	1.27%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			3,848,353	1.26%	4,629,277	1.51%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
(4)
	TOTAL:		8,831,701	2.88%	8,534,416	2.79%

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		63		6.3900 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		431		6.5269 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		609		6.5000 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		619		6.4997 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,193		6.5962 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,346		6.5821 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,372		6.4570 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,413		6.5900 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,514		6.6050 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,760		6.5173 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		2,531		6.5218 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		3,993		6.5961 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		4,251		6.5692 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		4,417		6.5300 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		5,454		6.5430 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		7,094		6.5842 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		7,925		6.5170 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		7,951		6.5360 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		8,967		6.5474 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		11,405		6.5441 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		18,468		6.6041 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		39,419		6.5081 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		83,378		6.4670 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		288,579		6.5376 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		10		6.4950 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		52		6.5744 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		406		6.5303 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		507		6.5150 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		560		6.6075 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		609		6.5000 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		619		6.5263 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		641		6.5478 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		724		6.5726 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		916		6.5951 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,382		6.5250 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,786		6.4957 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,902		6.5559 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,959		6.6021 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		2,333		6.6050 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		2,826		6.5900 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		3,426		6.5300 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		3,926		6.5253 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		5,001		6.5848 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		5,172		6.5469 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		8,615		6.6154 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		48,419		6.5378 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		429,992		6.5255 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		11	6.5745 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Long		14	6.5742 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Long		27	6.5744 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		724	6.5726 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		1,902	6.5559 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		3,746	6.5258 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		9,978	6.5419 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		15,116	6.5426 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		15,214	6.5416 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		20,674	6.5274 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		839	6.4979 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		1,193	6.5962 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Short		1,514	6.6055 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		3,498	6.5147 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		6,941	6.5070 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Short		9,260	6.5199 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Short		24,975	6.5038 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:				16 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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