Director/PDMR Shareholding

Entain PLC
14 August 2024
 

14 August 2024

Entain plc

("Entain" or "Group" or "Company")

 

Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR")
Or Persons Closely Associated ('PCA')

Entain plc (LSE: ENT), the global sports betting and gaming group, announces the purchases of Entain ordinary shares of €0.01 each in the capital of the Company ("Shares") as set out below:

 

Name & Role

Shares held prior to dealing

Nature of transaction

Number Shares purchased

Date of purchase of Shares

Purchase price (pence per share)

Total Shares held after dealing

 

Eminence Capital, LP

 

Eminence Capital, LP

 

PCA of Ricky Sandler (Director)

 

 

37,154,030

 

 

40,644,013

Share purchase

 


Share purchase

3,489,983

 

 

555,333

12/08/2024

 

 

13/08/2024

570.46p

 

 

579.67p

40,644,013

 

 

41,199,346

 

The information set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of English law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

 

Enquiries

 

 

 

Company Secretary - Entain plc                                                                       

 

Investor Relations - Entain plc

               secretary@entaingroup.com

 

           investors@entaingroup.com

 

 

Media - Entain plc

media@entaingroup.com

 

 

Sodali & Co

Rob Greening/Russ Lynch/Sam Austrums

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7250 1446 entain@sodali.com

 

LEI: 213800GNI3K45LQR8L28

About Entain plc

Entain plc (LSE: ENT) is a FTSE100 company and is one of the world's largest sports betting and gaming groups, operating both online and in the retail sector. The Group owns a comprehensive portfolio of established brands; Sports brands include BetCity, bwin, Coral, Crystalbet, Eurobet, Ladbrokes, Neds, Sportingbet, Sports Interaction, STS, SuperSport and TAB NZ; Gaming brands include Foxy Bingo, Gala, GiocoDigitale, Ninja Casino, Optibet, Partypoker and PartyCasino. The Group owns proprietary technology across all its core product verticals and in addition to its B2C operations provides services to a number of third-party customers on a B2B basis.

The Group has a 50/50 joint venture, BetMGM, a leader in sports betting and iGaming in the US. Entain provides the technology and capabilities which power BetMGM as well as exclusive games and products, specially developed at its in-house gaming studios. The Group is tax resident in the UK and is the only global operator to exclusively operate in domestically regulated or regulating markets operating in over 30 territories.

Entain is a leader in ESG, a member of FTSE4Good, the DJSI and is AA rated by MSCI. For more information see the Group's website: www.entaingroup.com.

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Eminence Capital, LP

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

PCA of Ricky Chad Sandler, a Non-Executive Director of the issuer

b)

Initial notification/Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Entain plc

b)

LEI

213800GNI3K45LQR8L28

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary shares of Entain plc of €0.01 each 
 

IM00B5VQMV65

b)

Nature of the transaction

Share purchase

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

570.46p

 3,489,983

 

d)

Aggregated information

-

Aggregated volume

-

Price

 

 

3,489,983 ordinary shares of €0.01 each

570.46p consideration

 

e)

Date of the transaction

12 August 2024

f)

Place of the transaction

AQXA, AQXD, AQXE, BATD, BATE, CHID, CHIX, LIQU, SGMX, TRQM, TRQX, XLON, XPOL

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Eminence Capital, LP

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

PCA of Ricky Chad Sandler, a Non-Executive Director of the issuer

b)

Initial notification/Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Entain plc

b)

LEI

213800GNI3K45LQR8L28

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary shares of Entain plc of €0.01 each 
 

IM00B5VQMV65

b)

Nature of the transaction

Share purchase

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

579.67p

 555,333

 

d)

Aggregated information

-

Aggregated volume

-

Price

 

 

555,333 ordinary shares of €0.01 each

579.67p consideration

 

e)

Date of the transaction

13 August 2024

f)

Place of the transaction

AQXA, AQXD, AQXE, BATD, BATE, CHID, CHIX, LIQU, SGMX, TRQM, TRQX, XLON, XPOL, BATP, TRQA, GSEI, SGMY, EUCC, HRSI

 

 

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