Playtech continues with share buyback programme

Playtech continues with share buyback programme

Online gaming and financial trading giant Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) has made the first purchases of its own shares in the open market back in 2016, following its announcement that the company will buy back up to €50 million (USD $54 million) of its own shares.

On 04 March 2019 the company purchased a total of 239,482 of its ordinary shares of no par value each on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) through the Company’s broker Goodbody Stockbrokers UC.

Playtech announces that on 02 April 2019 it purchased a total of 79,330 of its ordinary shares of no par value each (the ‘ordinary shares’) on the London Stock Exchange through the Company’s broker UBS AG, London Branch (UBS) as detailed below. The repurchased shares will be cancelled.

Number of ordinary shares purchased: 

79,330

Highest price paid per share:

£4.4560

Lowest price paid per share:

£4.4160

Volume weighted average price paid:

£4.4255

The purchases form part of the Company’s share buyback programme announced on 21 February 2019.

Playtech’s total number of ordinary shares in issue shall be 312,285,210 ordinary shares. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company will be 312,285,210.

Trading venue

Currency

Aggregated Volume

Volume Weighted Average Price

LSE

GBP

79,330

£4.4255

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