2nd Apr 2026 07:00
02 April 2026
Playtech plc
("Playtech" or the "Company")
Transaction in Own Shares
Playtech plc (LSE: PTEC) announces that on 01 April 2026 it purchased the following number of ordinary shares of no par value each in the Company (the "Shares") through Jefferies International Limited ("Jefferies") as part of its share buyback programme announced on 27 March 2026.
Date of purchases | 01 April 2026 |
Number of ordinary shares purchased: | 45,290 |
Volume weighted average price paid: | £3.4676 |
Highest price paid per share: | £3.4700 |
Lowest price paid per share: | £3.4450 |
Playtech has to date purchased 1,458,395 Shares in aggregate in connection with its share buyback programme which commenced on 27 March 2026.
All of the purchased shares are being transferred to the Company's Employee Benefit Trust for nil consideration with a view to the shares being used to fund awards (as and when they vest and are exercised) under the Company's employee share schemes. Therefore, the total number of shares in issue and the total number of voting rights in the Company remains the same at 309,294,243. This figure should continue to be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation) (also in force in the UK, from time to time, including, where relevant, pursuant to the UK's European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, a detailed breakdown of individual trades made on 01 April 2026 by Jefferies on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme is scheduled to this announcement.
For further information contact:
Playtech plc Mor Weizer, Chief Executive Officer Chris McGinnis, Chief Financial Officer c/o Headland
Rohan Chitale, Director of Investor Relations |
+44 (0) 20 3805 4822
+44 (0) 20 3805 4822 |
Headland (PR adviser to Playtech) Lucy Legh, Jack Gault | +44 (0) 20 3805 4822 |
About Playtech
Founded in 1999 and listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, Playtech is a leading global B2B technology provider to the online betting and gaming industry. The Company employs over 7,400 people across 20 countries and operates in more than 50 regulated and regulating jurisdictions worldwide.
Playtech provides operators with a full proprietary, end-to-end, turnkey solution including its platform (PAM+), content and services, enabling customers to deliver an innovative, seamless and responsible player experience, supported by industry-leading player protection technology. Playtech's product suite covers the industry's most popular verticals including casino, live casino, sports betting, bingo and poker.
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Transaction Details
Issuer Name | Playtech Plc |
LEI | 21380068TTB6Z9ZEU548 |
ISIN | IM00B7S9G985 |
Intermediary Name | Jefferies International Limited |
Intermediary Code | JEFF |
Time Zone | BST |
Currency | GBP |
Date of Transactions | 01 April 2026 |
Aggregated information:
Trading Venue | Currency | Volume Weighted Average Price | Aggregated Volume |
London Stock Exchange (LSE) | GBP | £3.4672 | 31,620 |
Chi-X (CHIX) | GBP | £3.4689 | 3,930 |
BATE (BATE) | GBP | £3.4681 | 6,382 |
Aquis (AQXE) | GBP | £3.4684 | 1,818 |
Turquoise (TRQX) | GBP | £3.4681 | 1,540 |
Number of shares purchased | Currency | Price per Shares | Trading Venue | Time of transaction | Transaction reference number |
1356 | GBP | 3.4450 | XLON | 08:04:26 | 00528276973TRLO1.1.1 |
400 | GBP | 3.4700 | BATE | 08:14:34 | 00528279701TRLO1.1.1 |
439 | GBP | 3.4700 | CHIX | 08:14:34 | 00528279703TRLO1.1.1 |
482 | GBP | 3.4700 | BATE | 08:14:34 | 00528279702TRLO1.1.1 |
11 | GBP | 3.4700 | CHIX | 08:14:34 | 00528279705TRLO1.1.1 |
12 | GBP | 3.4700 | BATE | 08:14:34 | 00528279704TRLO1.1.1 |
217 | GBP | 3.4700 | AQXE | 08:14:34 | 00528279706TRLO1.1.1 |
4 | GBP | 3.4700 | TRQX | 08:14:34 | 00528279708TRLO1.1.1 |
167 | GBP | 3.4700 | TRQX | 08:14:34 | 00528279707TRLO1.1.1 |
192 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 08:14:34 | 00528279710TRLO1.1.1 |
230 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 08:14:34 | 00528279709TRLO1.1.1 |
2622 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 08:14:34 | 00528279711TRLO1.1.1 |
496 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 08:16:27 | 00528280265TRLO1.1.1 |
369 | GBP | 3.4600 | XLON | 08:20:05 | 00528281257TRLO1.1.1 |
481 | GBP | 3.4550 | XLON | 08:22:00 | 00528282128TRLO1.1.1 |
6 | GBP | 3.4700 | TRQX | 08:29:10 | 00528284339TRLO1.1.1 |
186 | GBP | 3.4700 | AQXE | 09:08:35 | 00528298841TRLO1.1.1 |
363 | GBP | 3.4700 | BATE | 09:08:35 | 00528298839TRLO1.1.1 |
419 | GBP | 3.4700 | BATE | 09:08:35 | 00528298840TRLO1.1.1 |
50 | GBP | 3.4700 | BATE | 09:08:35 | 00528298842TRLO1.1.1 |
155 | GBP | 3.4700 | AQXE | 09:08:35 | 00528298843TRLO1.1.1 |
366 | GBP | 3.4700 | BATE | 09:08:35 | 00528298844TRLO1.1.1 |
148 | GBP | 3.4700 | AQXE | 09:08:35 | 00528298846TRLO1.1.1 |
182 | GBP | 3.4700 | AQXE | 09:08:35 | 00528298847TRLO1.1.1 |
412 | GBP | 3.4700 | CHIX | 09:08:35 | 00528298845TRLO1.1.1 |
180 | GBP | 3.4700 | AQXE | 09:08:35 | 00528298848TRLO1.1.1 |
356 | GBP | 3.4700 | CHIX | 09:08:35 | 00528298851TRLO1.1.1 |
374 | GBP | 3.4700 | CHIX | 09:08:35 | 00528298850TRLO1.1.1 |
626 | GBP | 3.4700 | BATE | 09:08:35 | 00528298849TRLO1.1.1 |
313 | GBP | 3.4700 | CHIX | 09:08:35 | 00528298852TRLO1.1.1 |
602 | GBP | 3.4700 | BATE | 09:08:35 | 00528298853TRLO1.1.1 |
119 | GBP | 3.4700 | TRQX | 09:08:35 | 00528298856TRLO1.1.1 |
361 | GBP | 3.4700 | BATE | 09:08:35 | 00528298854TRLO1.1.1 |
400 | GBP | 3.4700 | CHIX | 09:08:35 | 00528298855TRLO1.1.1 |
120 | GBP | 3.4700 | TRQX | 09:08:35 | 00528298858TRLO1.1.1 |
148 | GBP | 3.4700 | TRQX | 09:08:35 | 00528298857TRLO1.1.1 |
161 | GBP | 3.4700 | TRQX | 09:08:35 | 00528298859TRLO1.1.1 |
121 | GBP | 3.4700 | TRQX | 09:08:35 | 00528298860TRLO1.1.1 |
1054 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 09:08:35 | 00528298861TRLO1.1.1 |
2660 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 09:08:35 | 00528298862TRLO1.1.1 |
419 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 09:08:35 | 00528298866TRLO1.1.1 |
626 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 09:08:35 | 00528298864TRLO1.1.1 |
684 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 09:08:35 | 00528298863TRLO1.1.1 |
1034 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 09:08:35 | 00528298865TRLO1.1.1 |
428 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 09:08:35 | 00528298870TRLO1.1.1 |
463 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 09:08:35 | 00528298867TRLO1.1.1 |
468 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 09:08:35 | 00528298869TRLO1.1.1 |
753 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 09:08:35 | 00528298868TRLO1.1.1 |
388 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 09:08:35 | 00528298872TRLO1.1.1 |
402 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 09:08:35 | 00528298873TRLO1.1.1 |
553 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 09:08:35 | 00528298871TRLO1.1.1 |
340 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 09:08:35 | 00528298874TRLO1.1.1 |
438 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 09:08:35 | 00528298875TRLO1.1.1 |
441 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 09:08:35 | 00528298876TRLO1.1.1 |
414 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 09:08:35 | 00528298877TRLO1.1.1 |
414 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 09:08:35 | 00528298880TRLO1.1.1 |
518 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 09:08:35 | 00528298879TRLO1.1.1 |
567 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 09:08:35 | 00528298878TRLO1.1.1 |
418 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 09:08:35 | 00528298881TRLO1.1.1 |
844 | GBP | 3.4650 | XLON | 09:09:24 | 00528299145TRLO1.1.1 |
550 | GBP | 3.4650 | XLON | 09:09:24 | 00528299147TRLO1.1.1 |
2214 | GBP | 3.4650 | XLON | 09:09:24 | 00528299146TRLO1.1.1 |
265 | GBP | 3.4650 | XLON | 09:09:33 | 00528299175TRLO1.1.1 |
180 | GBP | 3.4700 | AQXE | 09:10:19 | 00528299435TRLO1.1.1 |
699 | GBP | 3.4700 | BATE | 09:11:04 | 00528299621TRLO1.1.1 |
386 | GBP | 3.4700 | CHIX | 09:11:04 | 00528299623TRLO1.1.1 |
397 | GBP | 3.4700 | CHIX | 09:11:04 | 00528299622TRLO1.1.1 |
1099 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 09:11:04 | 00528299624TRLO1.1.1 |
149 | GBP | 3.4700 | TRQX | 09:11:04 | 00528299625TRLO1.1.1 |
208 | GBP | 3.4650 | AQXE | 09:11:31 | 00528299741TRLO1.1.1 |
449 | GBP | 3.4650 | BATE | 09:11:31 | 00528299742TRLO1.1.1 |
88 | GBP | 3.4600 | XLON | 09:12:47 | 00528300009TRLO1.1.1 |
551 | GBP | 3.4600 | XLON | 09:12:47 | 00528300010TRLO1.1.1 |
429 | GBP | 3.4600 | BATE | 09:13:17 | 00528300096TRLO1.1.1 |
133 | GBP | 3.4600 | TRQX | 09:13:27 | 00528300122TRLO1.1.1 |
495 | GBP | 3.4600 | XLON | 09:16:59 | 00528301697TRLO1.1.1 |
608 | GBP | 3.4600 | XLON | 09:16:59 | 00528301696TRLO1.1.1 |
140 | GBP | 3.4600 | XLON | 09:16:59 | 00528301699TRLO1.1.1 |
82 | GBP | 3.4600 | TRQX | 09:17:02 | 00528301717TRLO1.1.1 |
1578 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 09:22:40 | 00528303282TRLO1.1.1 |
452 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 09:24:34 | 00528303753TRLO1.1.1 |
334 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 09:26:28 | 00528304401TRLO1.1.1 |
319 | GBP | 3.4650 | BATE | 09:26:56 | 00528304509TRLO1.1.1 |
1 | GBP | 3.4650 | CHIX | 09:27:23 | 00528304606TRLO1.1.1 |
345 | GBP | 3.4650 | BATE | 09:27:23 | 00528304608TRLO1.1.1 |
390 | GBP | 3.4650 | CHIX | 09:27:23 | 00528304607TRLO1.1.1 |
431 | GBP | 3.4650 | XLON | 09:27:23 | 00528304609TRLO1.1.1 |
160 | GBP | 3.4650 | TRQX | 09:27:23 | 00528304610TRLO1.1.1 |
373 | GBP | 3.4650 | XLON | 09:30:24 | 00528305433TRLO1.1.1 |
173 | GBP | 3.4650 | BATE | 09:33:14 | 00528306099TRLO1.1.1 |
224 | GBP | 3.4650 | BATE | 09:33:14 | 00528306100TRLO1.1.1 |
1473 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 09:33:47 | 00528306237TRLO1.1.1 |
897 | GBP | 3.4700 | XLON | 09:35:47 | 00528306793TRLO1.1.1 |
160 | GBP | 3.4650 | AQXE | 09:36:59 | 00528307117TRLO1.1.1 |
202 | GBP | 3.4650 | AQXE | 09:36:59 | 00528307116TRLO1.1.1 |
451 | GBP | 3.4650 | CHIX | 09:36:59 | 00528307115TRLO1.1.1 |
170 | GBP | 3.4700 | TRQX | 09:38:20 | 00528307447TRLO1.1.1 |
63 | GBP | 3.4700 | BATE | 09:46:57 | 00528309775TRLO1.1.1 |
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