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	[e-mail]            [e-mail]
Media - Entain plc	[e-mail]
Sodali & Co Rob Greening/Russ Lynch/Sam Austrums	Tel: [phone] [e-mail]

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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