Partnership with Legia Warsaw

RNS Number : 5513V

Plus500 Limited

10 August 2020

 

10 August 2020

Plus500 Ltd.

("Plus500" or "the Company")

Partnership with Legia Warsaw

Plus500 become main sponsor for the next two   seasons

Plus500, a leading technology platform for trading Contracts for Difference ('CFDs') internationally, is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement ('Agreement') with Legia Warsaw, Poland's current national champions, to be its main sponsor for the 2020/21 and 2021/22 seasons.

The Agreement is in addition to Plus500's existing sponsorships, including, the longstanding and successful partnership as the main sponsor of Spanish football club Atlético Madrid, the recently announced partnership with BSC Young Boys Football Club and the sponsorship of the Plus500 Brumbies rugby club in Australia.

Plus500's sponsorships of popular professional sports clubs have been highly successful to date, increasing global brand recognition, growing brand awareness in important local markets and expanding the Company's customer base in new and existing territories.

As part of the Agreement, the Plus500 logo will feature on the front of the Legia Warsaw official jersey and training shirts for both national and overseas matches and gives Plus500 access to a range of branding rights. The Agreement will initially run for two years from the 2020/21 season, with an option to extend for the 2022/23 season.

Founded in 1916, Legia Warsaw is one of the most successful Polish football clubs in history, having won the country's domestic league and cup competitions a record 14 and 19 times respectively. Based in Poland's capital of Warsaw, the club will play in the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League during the 2020/21 season.

David Zruia, Chief Executive Officer of Plus500, said: "We are delighted to be partnering with Legia Warsaw, a club with a great legacy and an excellent fan base , continuing our commitment to support professional sports and adding them to our already formidable bench of high-quality sponsorship agreements with national champions across the world. Our partnership with Legia is expected to further strengthen our ability to increase our international brand recognition and grow our global customer base, as well as driving brand awareness in Poland, an important market with great potential."

Dariusz Mioduski, Chief Executive Officer and owner of Legia Warsaw, said: "We are thrilled to announce this partnership with Plus500, a leading international company, as our main sponsor. We are proud that Plus500 has decided to partner with us in developing its market position in Poland and the region. This is an acknowledgment of the strength of the Legia Warsaw brand, the most successful football club and recognised sports brand in Poland. Plus500 is not only a leader in its chosen markets, but it also has a great track record of supporting successful teams in professional sports, on an international basis. Our cooperation proves the unique position of our club on the global stage."

Enquiries

Plus500
Elad Even-Chen, Chief Financial Officer Rob Gurner, Head of Investor Relations	[phone] [phone] [e-mail]
MHP Communications
Reg Hoare, Rachel Mann, Pete Lambie	[phone]
	[e-mail]

About Plus500

Plus500 operates an online trading platform for individual customers to trade CFDs internationally. The Group offers more than 2,500 different underlying global financial instruments, comprising equities, indices, commodities, options, ETFs, foreign exchange and cryptocurrencies. Customers of Plus500 can trade CFDs in more than 50 countries and in 32 languages. The trading platform is accessible from multiple operating systems (Windows, iOS, Android and Surface) and web browsers. Plus500 retains operating licences and is regulated in the United Kingdom, Australia, Cyprus, Israel, New Zealand, South Africa, Singapore and the Seychelles. Customer care is and always been integral to Plus500, as such, customers cannot be subject to negative balances. A free demo account is available on an unlimited basis for platform users and sophisticated risk management tools are provided free of charge to manage leveraged exposure, and stop losses to help customers protect profits, while limiting capital losses. Plus500 does not utilise cold calling techniques and does not offer binary options. Plus500 shares have a premium listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (symbol: PLUS) and are a constituent of the FTSE 250 index. www.plus500.com

 

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