Notification of Major Holdings

RNS Number : 8841A

Playtech PLC

03 January 2018

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)

1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:			Playtech plc
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer						X
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments						X
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation
Name			Morgan Stanley
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			Wilmington, Delaware, USA
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)
Name			Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			London, UNITED KINGDOM.
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached:			29/12/2017
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			03/01/2018
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)		Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights of issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	5.56%	1.61%		7.17%	317,344,603
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	5.54%	1.40%		6.95%

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)		Number of voting rights					% of voting rights
		Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)		Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)			Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)		Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)
IM00B7S9G985				17,631,111					5.56%


SUBTOTAL 8. A		17,631,111					5.56%

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period			Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.			% of voting rights
Right of recall over securities lending agreements		at any time	at any time			3,316,747			1.05%


			SUBTOTAL 8. B 1			3,316,747			1.05%

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion Period		Physical or cash settlement			Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
Equity Swap	04/04/2018		at any time		Cash			272,751	0.09%
Equity Swap	12/04/2018		at any time		Cash			129,317	0.04%
Equity Swap	15/07/2019		at any time		Cash			416,186	0.13%
Equity Swap	09/12/2019		at any time		Cash			9,700	0.003%
Convertible Bond	19/11/2019		At any time		Cash			972,845	0.31%
					SUBTOTAL 8.B.2			1,800,799	0.57%

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an "X")
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity(please add additional rows as necessary)				X
Name	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC
Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc.
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc.
Morgan Stanley International Limited
Morgan Stanley Investments (UK)
Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc	5.56%		7.14%

10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder
The number and % of voting rights held
The date until which the voting rights will be held

11. Additional information
As stated in articles of association, Playtech plc has requested to be treated as a UK issuer and has therefore been treated as such.