Playtech. Playtech wurde 1999

The Company is also pleased to announce that it has established an employee benefit trust ("EBT") in order to satisfy the vesting of existing and future option grants to Playtech group employees. The Company confirms that Roxwell Investments Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company) in its capacity as the initial trustee of the EBT has acquired 5,517,241 Ordinary Shares from Brickington at the Placing Price, as part of the Enlarged Placing, representing approximately 1.9 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital. This transaction is a smaller related party transaction, as defined in LR 11.1.10 of the UK Listing Authority's Listing Rules. For the purposes of DTR3, the Company's executive directors and other persons discharging managerial responsibility have an interest in such shares solely on the basis that they are potential discretionary beneficiaries of the EBT.

In addition, Mor Weizer, the Company's CEO and Ron Hoffman, the Company's CFO, have acquired 36,000 ordinary shares and 10,000 ordinary shares respectively in the Enlarged Placing.


For further information contact:

Playtech plc                                                                            

Mor Weizer, CEO

Ron Hoffman, CFO

c/o Bell Pottinger                                                                                   +44 (0)20 7861 3232

Adam Kay, Head of IR                                                                           +44 (0)1624 645954

Canaccord Genuity Limited - Joint Bookrunner + 44 (0) 20 7523 8350

Piers Coombs

Bruce Garrow

Shore Capital - Joint Bookrunner + 44 (0) 20 7408 4090

Simon Fine

Malachy McEntyre

UBS - Joint Bookrunner

Francois-Olivier Mercier                                                                         +44 (0) 7568 7504

Tomer Jacob                                                                                          +972 99 600102

Bell Pottinger - Financial PR advisers + 44 (0)20 7861 3232

David Rydell

Olly Scott

Guy Scarborough

Charlotte Offredi

Important Notice

MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO TAKE PART IN THE PLACING. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY OFFER OF SECURITIES TO WHICH IT RELATES ARE ONLY ADDRESSED TO AND DIRECTED AT (1) IN ANY MEMBER STATE OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA, PERSONS WHO ARE QUALIFIED INVESTORS WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 2(1)(E) OF EU DIRECTIVE 2003/71/EC AND ANY RELEVANT IMPLEMENTING MEASURES (THE "PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE"); and (2) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, PERSONS WHO (I) HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MATTERS RELATING TO INVESTMENTS WHO FALL WITHIN ARTICLE 19(5) OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005 (AS AMENDED) (THE "ORDER"); OR (II) FALL WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(A) TO (D) OF THE ORDER OR (III) ARE PERSONS TO WHOM AN OFFER OF THE PLACING SHARES MAY OTHERWISE LAWFULLY BE MADE (ALL SUCH PERSONS REFERRED TO IN (1) AND (2) TOGETHER BEING REFERRED TO AS "RELEVANT PERSONS"). THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE PLACING SET OUT IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MUST NOT BE ACTED ON OR RELIED ON BY PERSONS WHO ARE NOT RELEVANT PERSONS. ANY INVESTMENT OR INVESTMENT ACTIVITY TO WHICH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO RELEVANT PERSONS AND WILL BE ENGAGED IN ONLY WITH RELEVANT PERSONS.

This announcement and the information contained herein is for information purposes only and does not constitute or form part of any offer or an invitation to acquire or dispose of securities in the United States, Canada, Australia, South Africa or Japan or in any other jurisdiction in which such an offer or solicitation is unlawful.

The Placing Shares have not been, and will not be, registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act"), or under the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States, and, absent registration, may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the US Securities Act and the securities laws of any relevant state or other jurisdiction of the United States. There will be no public offering of the Placing Shares in the United States or elsewhere.

The Placing Shares have not been approved or disapproved by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, any state securities commission or other regulatory authority in the United States, nor have any of the foregoing authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the Placing or the accuracy or adequacy of this announcement. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offence in the United States.

No prospectus or offering document has been or will be prepared in connection with the Placing. Any investment decision to buy securities in the Placing must be made solely on the basis of publicly available information. Such information is not the responsibility of and has not been independently verified by Brickington, Canaccord Genuity, Shore Capital, UBS or any of their respective affiliates.

Neither this announcement nor any copy of it may be taken, transmitted or distributed, directly or indirectly, in or into or from the United States (including its territories and possessions, any state of the United States and the District of Columbia), Canada, Australia, South Africa or Japan. Any failure to comply with this restriction may constitute a violation of United States, Canadian, Australian, South African or Japanese securities laws.

The distribution of this announcement and the offering or sale of the Placing Shares in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. No action has been taken by Brickington, Canaccord Genuity, Shore Capital, UBS or any of their respective affiliates that would, or which is intended to, permit a public offer of the Placing Shares in any jurisdiction or possession or distribution of this announcement or any other offering or publicity material relating to the Placing Shares in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Persons into whose possession this announcement comes are required by Brickington, Canaccord Genuity, Shore Capital and UBS to inform themselves about and to observe any applicable restrictions.

No representation or warranty express or implied is, or will be made as to, or in relation to, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by Canaccord Genuity, Shore Capital, UBS or by any of their respective affiliates or agents as to or in relation to, the accuracy or completeness of this announcement or any other written or oral information made available to or publicly available to any interested party or its advisers, and any liability therefore is expressly disclaimed.

Canaccord Genuity, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, which has been instructed by Banque Hapoalim (Switzerland) Ltd. who is acting only for Brickington in connection with the Placing, will not be responsible to anyone other than Banque Hapoalim (Switzerland) Ltd. for providing the protections offered to the clients of Canaccord Genuity, nor for providing advice in relation to the Placing or any matters referred to in this announcement.

Shore Capital, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, which has been instructed by Banque Hapoalim (Switzerland) Ltd. who is acting only for Brickington in connection with the Placing, will not be responsible to anyone other than Banque Hapoalim (Switzerland) Ltd. for providing the protections offered to the clients of Shore Capital, nor for providing advice in relation to the Placing or any matters referred to in this announcement.

UBS is acting only for Brickington in connection with the Placing and will not be responsible to anyone other than Brickington for providing the protections offered to the clients of UBS, nor for providing advice in relation to the Placing or any matters referred to in this announcement.

playtech-ir.production.investis.com/~/...tatement-26022015.pdf

In order to better position the
business
for future opportunities the Group successfully issued a
convertible bond in November, which was oversubscribed. The Board remains focused on the most
effective use of the
Group
’s
cash resources,
including
the potential for further strategic activity
. The
focus here remains that of growing
Playtech’s presence in regulated and soon
-
to
-
be
regulated
markets, via bolt
-
on or more strategic acquisitions and partnerships
.






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Playtech PLC

FORECASTS

      2015      2016§
      Date       Rec§Pre-tax (£) EPS (p) DPS (p) Pre-tax (£) EPS (p) DPS (p)

Peel Hunt LLP
  15-07-15§BUY 149.01 42.98 19.99 170.74 46.96 22.74
Exane BNP Paribas
  15-07-15§BUY 143.60 45.98 21.22 190.99 55.17 25.46
Shore Capital
  10-07-15§None 141.43 44.18 19.04 171.76 50.79 22.38
Canaccord Genuity Ltd [B]
  03-07-15§None
Goodbody Stockbrokers
  03-07-15§BUY 45.88 19.95 53.04 23.06
Panmure Gordon [A]
  03-07-15§BUY 142.80 46.93 19.37 162.84 53.61 21.46
Investec Securities
  15-06-15§BUY 171.08 51.94 20.78 217.26 65.92 26.37
Numis Securities Ltd [D]
  25-02-15§HOLD 148.59 49.19 24.71 154.46 51.17 25.82
Westhouse Securities [A]
  18-12-14§BUY

      2015§2016
Pre-tax (£) EPS (p) DPS (p) Pre-tax (£) EPS (p) DPS (p
)
 Consensus    144.71     44.71     20.22    177.80     53.00§23.42
1 Month Change -1.31 -2.07 -0.74 1.54 -1.46 -1.44
3 Month Change -1.06 1.04 0.80 18.23 5.49 1.55
Notes to forecasts
(22 Oct 2014) A flag refers to outlook

GROWTH
2014 (A) 2015 (E) 2016 (E)
Norm. EPS 12.42% 20.03% 18.55%
       DPS     4.55%     0.99%§15.80%

INVESTMENT RATIOS
2014 (A) 2015 (E) 2016 (E)

    EBITDA  £184.40m  £173.23m  £212.28m§
      EBIT   £99.35m  £142.66m§£178.11m
Dividend Yield 2.27% 2.29% 2.66%
Dividend Cover 1.86x 2.21x 2.26x
       PER    23.66x    19.72x    16.63x§
       PEG     1.91f     0.98f§0.90f
Net Asset Value PS 130.82p 224.33p 250.63p