Director/PDMR Share Dealing

RNS Number : 2633E

Sportech PLC

03 July 2019

 

For immediate release

3 July 2019

SPORTECH PLC

('Sportech' or the 'Company')

Director/PDMR Share Dealing

Sportech PLC (LSE: SPO), the international betting technology business, announces that the Company has been notified that on 2^nd July 2019, Richard McGuire, CEO of Sportech, purchased 130,000 ordinary shares of 20p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') at a price of 33.4 pence per share.

Following the above purchase, Richard McGuire now holds 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares representing 0.53% of the issued share capital of the Company.

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail:

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Richard McGuire
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Sportech PLC
b)	LEI	2138003BHYUQWAYGSK090
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 20p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') ISIN GB00B28ZPV64
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) 33.4p Volume(s) 130,000
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume - Price	N/a
e)	Date of the transaction	2 July 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

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Contacts:

Sportech PLC	Tel: [phone]
Giles Vardey, Non-Executive Chairman
Peel Hunt	Tel: [phone]
(Corporate Broker to Sportech) Dan Webster / George Sellar / Guy Pengelley
Buchanan	Tel: [phone]
(Financial PR adviser to Sportech) Henry Harrison-Topham / Mark Court	[e-mail]

Notes to Editors

About Sportech

Sportech PLC, the international betting technology business, provides and operates betting technology solutions for some of the world's best-known gaming companies, sports teams, and horse and greyhound racetracks, as well as owning and operating its own gaming venues in Connecticut under exclusive licences.

The Group focuses on highly regulated markets worldwide. It has more than 27,000 betting terminals deployed to over 400 clients in 37 countries.  Its global systems process nearly US$12 billion in betting handle annually.  In the US, it operates under 35 licences across 37 states.  The Group has invested over US$60 million in the last five years in the successful expansion of its US gaming Venues and in developing its technology services, resulting in its proprietary Quantum™ System being the most widely deployed pari-mutuel betting system globally.

 

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