FORM 8.3 – PLAYTECH PLC

FORM 8.3 – PLAYTECH PLC

BARCLAYS PLC

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a)	Full name of discloser:				Barclays PLC.
(b)	Owner or controller of interest and short
	positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				PLAYTECH PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(d)	If an exempt fund manager connected with an
	offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
	offeror/offeree:
(e)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				22 October 2021
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				NO
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

Class of relevant security:			Ordinary NPV
			Interests		Short Positions
			Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:		8,635,146	2.82%	5,911,335	1.93%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			5,659,462	1.85%	8,020,994	2.62%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		14,294,608	4.67%	13,932,329	4.55%

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other employee options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		288		6.7375 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		294		6.7200 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		309		6.7325 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		325		6.7250 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		619		6.7224 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,238		6.7387 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,555		6.7270 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		1,873		6.7342 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		2,489		6.7366 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		2,733		6.7340 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		2,750		6.7380 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		3,284		6.7319 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		4,127		6.7298 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		4,465		6.7370 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		4,630		6.7378 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		4,632		6.7344 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		6,502		6.7332 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		6,762		6.7275 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		7,619		6.7300 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		7,931		6.7368 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		9,088		6.7400 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		11,539		6.7273 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		11,722		6.7304 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		12,503		6.7350 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		13,506		6.7283 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		16,250		6.7381 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		22,948		6.7264 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		42,684		6.7367 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		43,593		6.7333 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Purchase		49,250		6.7308 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		294		6.7200 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		316		6.7290 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		538		6.7325 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		565		6.7275 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		587		6.7250 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		660		6.7308 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		945		6.7265 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,504		6.7237 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		1,840		6.7293 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		2,000		6.7350 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		2,607		6.7334 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		2,755		6.7221 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		2,838		6.7300 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		3,805		6.7274 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		4,178		6.7289 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		4,516		6.7270 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		7,378		6.7306 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		8,428		6.7243 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		9,579		6.7338 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		10,602		6.7302 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		28,476		6.7346 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		31,457		6.7326 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		49,138		6.7310 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		55,988		6.7282 GBP
Ordinary NPV		Sale		67,859		6.7384 GBP

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		492	6.7291 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		625	6.7299 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		660	6.7308 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		1,007	6.7339 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Long		1,042	6.7294 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		1,531	6.7371 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Long		2,782	6.7289 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		3,399	6.7261 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		9,988	6.7346 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		14,127	6.7282 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Long		15,147	6.7343 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Long		49,138	6.7310 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		1,629	6.7245 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		2,210	6.7224 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		2,216	6.7322 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		2,500	6.7383 GBP
Ordinary NPV		CFD		Short		5,659	6.7389 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		7,538	6.7300 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		15,000	6.7350 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		28,402	6.7337 GBP
Ordinary NPV		SWAP		Short		32,915	6.7331 GBP

(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.	Number of securities to which option relates	Exercise price per unit	Type e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security	Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion	Details	Price per unit (if applicable)

4. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”

None

(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”

None

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				25 Oct 2021
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on [phone].

*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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