Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Apr 28, 2023
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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To be held at 10.00 a.m. on 24 May 2023 at Ground Floor, Midcity Place, 71 High Holborn, London WC1V 6EA.
Whether or not you propose to attend the Annual General Meeting, please complete and submit a form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed on the enclosed form.
The form of proxy must be received by no later than 10.00 a.m. on 22 May 2023.
If you are in any doubt as to what action you should take, you are recommended to seek your own financial advice from your stockbroker or other independent adviser authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
If you have sold or transferred all of your shares in Playtech plc, please forward this document, together with the accompanying documents, as soon as possible either to the purchaser or transferee or to the person who arranged the sale or transfer so they can pass these documents to the person who now holds the shares.
Incorporated in the Isle of Man under company number 008505V
Ground Floor St George's Court Upper Church Street Douglas Isle of Man IM1 1EE
Final date for receipt of proxies by the registrars 22 May 2023 at 10.00 a.m. Time and date of the Annual General Meeting 24 May 2023 at 10.00 a.m.
Playtech plc Incorporated in the Isle of Man under company number 008505V

Ground Floor St George's Court Upper Church Street Douglas Isle of Man IM1 1EE
26 April 2023
I am pleased to be writing to you with details of the Annual General Meeting of Playtech plc ("Playtech" or the "Company") for 2023 (the "AGM" or "Meeting"), which will be held at Ground Floor, Midcity Place, 71 High Holborn, London WC1V 6EA on 24 May 2023 at 10.00 a.m.
The formal notice of the AGM (the "Notice of Annual General Meeting") is set out on pages 5 and 6 of this document.
If you would like to vote on the resolutions, please fill in the enclosed form of proxy appointing the Chairman of the Meeting as your proxy with your voting instructions and return it to our registrars, Computershare, as soon as possible. Alternatively, you can register your proxy to vote electronically by logging on to www.investorcentre.co.uk/eproxy. You will need to enter the Control Number, Shareholder Reference Number and Personal Identification Number ("PIN") as shown on your proxy form, or, if you are a member of CREST, via Computershare Investor Services (ID3RA50). The registrars must receive your proxy appointment by 10.00 a.m. on 22 May 2023 at the latest.
The explanatory notes in Appendix 2 outline the business to be considered at the AGM.
Please check that you have received the following with this document:
You are strongly encouraged to register a proxy vote by either casting your proxy online as explained in the notes on pages 7 and 8 or by completing, signing and returning your form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed thereon as soon as possible, but in any event so as to be received by post at Computershare Investor Services (Jersey) Limited, c/o, The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road, Bristol BS99 6ZY by no later than 10.00 a.m. on 22 May 2023.
The Directors of the Company consider that all the proposals to be considered at the AGM are in the best interests of the Company and its members as a whole and are most likely to promote the success of the Company for the benefit of its members as a whole. The Directors unanimously recommend that you vote in favour of all the proposed resolutions as they intend to do in respect of their own beneficial holdings which amount to 407,050 ordinary shares representing approximately 0.13% of the existing issued ordinary shares.
Yours sincerely
Brian Mattingley Chairman
Brian was appointed to the Board as Group Chairman in June 2021.
Brian first joined 888 Holdings in 2005 as a Non-executive Director, before being appointed CEO in March 2012, and was Non-executive Chairman in March 2016 until he stepped down in 2021. Prior to 888, Brian was CEO of Gala Regional Developments, and held senior roles with Gala Group, Ritz Bingo, Kingfisher plc and Dee Corporation plc.
Mor was appointed as Playtech's Chief Executive Officer in May 2007.
Prior to being appointed CEO, Mor was the Chief Executive Officer of one of the Group's subsidiaries, Techplay Marketing Limited, which required him to oversee the Group's licensee relationship management, product management for new licensees and marketing activities. Before joining Playtech, Mor worked for Oracle for over four years, initially as a development consultant and then as a product manager, which involved creating sales and consulting channels on behalf of Oracle Israel and Oracle Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Earlier in his career, he worked in a variety of roles, including as an auditor and financial consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers and a system analyst for Tadiran Electronic Systems Limited, an Israeli company that designed electronic warfare systems.
Chris was appointed as Playtech's Chief Financial Officer in November 2022.
Chris started his career at Deloitte in Canada where he qualified as a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA). He then worked in Equity Research for UBS in Canada and Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the UK. Prior to being appointed CFO in 2022, Chris was Director of Investor Relations. Prior to joining Playtech, Chris was Head of Corporate Strategy at software company Temenos. Chris is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.
Ian was appointed to the Board in September 2018.
Ian is currently Non-executive Director of ASX listed data encryption, privacy and evaluation business IXUP Limited, a Non-executive Director of Chicago-based streaming technology business Phenix Real Time Solutions Inc., and a Non-executive Director of Weatherbys Limited, providing technology solutions and administrative functions to the global horseracing industry (together with its technology partnership with the British Horseracing Authority, Racing Digital Ltd). Prior to his appointment, Ian was CEO of Sportech plc from 2005 to 2017 and served as CEO of Arena Leisure plc from 2001 to 2005. Last year, Ian retired as Chairman of the National Football Museum, having been a trustee for over a decade.
Anna was appointed to the Board in April 2019.
Anna worked in Investment Banking and Asset Management for over 15 years and is widely respected as a global gambling industry expert. During her time at PAR Capital Management, Anna was responsible for idea generation and portfolio maintenance. Prior to joining PAR, Anna held positions at leading financial institutions including JP Morgan, Marathon Asset Management and Hedgeye Risk Management. Anna is currently a Non-executive Director of AGS, LLC, Betmakers Technology Group Ltd, Artemis Strategic Investment Corporation and Gaming Realms plc.
John was appointed to the Board in April 2019.
John's significant non-executive experience includes his current role, and previously at Hogg Robinson Group plc and across a series of private companies in the IT, technology, med-tech and related service sectors. In addition, John is active across education and currently a Trustee at Big Education Trust. Prior to this, John spent over 20 years in investment banking as a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and subsequently at both Deutsche Bank and Société Générale.
Linda was appointed to the Board in October 2021.
Formerly a senior tax partner at EY, Linda was a member of the EY Midlands Board and Head of Tax EY Midlands. Linda is passionate about Diversity & Inclusion and spent 5 years as EY's Midlands People partner, leading the agenda across people matters. She established a cross business female mentoring network for the Midlands region and set up and continues to lead a female entrepreneur's network. Linda is currently a Transaction Tax partner and Head of Tax for the Midlands at Cooper Parry.
Samy was appointed to the Board in January 2023.
Samy brings extensive experience of working with global businesses largely across wealth and tax advisory. He began his career in tax advisory at Ernst & Young and tax management at Credit Suisse, before focusing on wealth advisory as an Executive Director at Julius Baer, and subsequently joining 1291 Group as Managing Partner. Over the years, Samy developed a leading franchise advising on the financial affairs of many Asia-based ultra-high net worth clients.
The Chairman will present to the AGM the accounts and the reports of the Directors and the auditors for the financial year ended 31 December 2022 (the "Annual Report").
For UK incorporated companies, there are requirements in relation to the content and approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report. Although, as an Isle of Man incorporated company, Playtech is not subject to these requirements, the Board considers that shareholders would expect the Company to voluntarily mirror the requirements of the UK legislation applicable to a premium listed main market company so far as is practicable. The Board is happy to do so as the Directors consider that the requirements facilitate good corporate governance.
Accordingly, the Directors' Remuneration Report set out in full on pages 111 to 128 in the Annual Report is in three sections and contains:
The first and third sections of the report will be put to an advisory shareholder vote by ordinary resolution.
Resolution 3 proposes the re-appointment of BDO LLP as the Company's auditors to hold office until the next annual general meeting of the Company and resolution 4, as is common practice, authorises the Directors to set the auditors' remuneration.
Although the articles of association of the Company (the "Articles") do not require all of the Directors to retire and be put up for re-election at each annual general meeting of the Company, in accordance with the provisions of the UK Corporate Governance Code, all of the Directors of the Company have resolved that they will retire and offer themselves for election and re-election by shareholders at the AGM.
The Board considers that the performance of each Board member continues to be effective, that each member of the Board demonstrates the commitment required to continue in their present roles, and accordingly supports each Director's election and re-election.
Biographical details of the Directors can be found in Appendix 1 and further details of their skills and experience, and representation on the Board committees, can be found on pages 96 and 97 of the Annual Report.
The Articles provide that the Directors may only allot ordinary shares or grant rights to subscribe for or convert securities into ordinary shares if authorised to do so by the holders of ordinary shares. At the last annual general meeting of the Company held on 30 June 2022, the Directors were given authority to allot ordinary shares and grant rights to subscribe for or convert securities into ordinary shares. The authority granted at the last annual general meeting is due to expire at the conclusion of this year's meeting.
The Investment Association ("IA") guidelines on authority to allot shares state that IA members will permit, and treat as routine, resolutions seeking to allot shares representing approximately one-third of the number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held in treasury). In addition, IA members will treat as routine a request for authority to allot shares representing approximately an additional one-third of the number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held in treasury) provided that it is only used to allot shares in connection with a fully pre-emptive offer.
Accordingly, the authority in resolution 13, paragraph (a) will allow your Directors to allot up to 103,098,081 ordinary shares in the Company or grant rights to subscribe for, or convert any security into, such number of ordinary shares in the Company, representing approximately one-third of the Company's issued ordinary shares (excluding shares held in treasury) as calculated as at 25 April 2023 (being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this Notice of Annual General Meeting). The authority in resolution 13, paragraph (b) will allow your Directors to allot ordinary shares in the Company or grant rights to subscribe for, or convert any security into, ordinary shares in the Company, only in connection with a fully pre-emptive offer, up to an aggregate number of 206,196,162 ordinary shares, representing approximately two-thirds of the Company's issued ordinary shares (excluding shares held in treasury), as reduced by the aggregate number of ordinary shares allotted or rights granted under resolution 13, paragraph (a) and calculated as at 25 April 2023 (being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this Notice of Annual General Meeting).
The power conferred by this resolution will expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company or, if sooner, at the close of business on the date which is 15 months after the date of the passing of the resolution.
The Directors have no present intention of exercising this authority. However, it is considered prudent to maintain the flexibility that this authority provides. The Directors intend to renew this authority annually. The Company did not hold any shares in treasury as at 25 April 2023 (being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this Notice of Annual General Meeting).
Resolutions 1 to 13 will be proposed as ordinary resolutions and will require more than half of the votes cast at the AGM to be in favour of the resolution to be passed.
Under article 6 of the Articles, if the Directors wish to exercise the authority under resolution 13 to offer ordinary shares or grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert any security into, ordinary shares or to sell any ordinary shares which the Company may purchase and elect to hold as treasury shares for cash (other than pursuant to a share scheme of the Company), they must first be offered to existing shareholders pro-rata to their holdings. There may be occasions, however, when it is in the Company's interests for the Directors to have the flexibility to finance business opportunities by allotting new ordinary shares (or granting rights to subscribe for, or convert securities into, ordinary shares) for cash or selling treasury shares for cash without a fully pre-emptive offer to existing shareholders.
The purpose of resolutions 14 and 15 is therefore to authorise the Directors (subject to the passing of resolution 13) to allot ordinary shares or to grant rights to subscribe for, or convert securities into, ordinary shares or to sell treasury shares for cash (other than pursuant to a share scheme of the Company) without having to first offer such shares to existing shareholders in proportion to their existing shareholdings.
The authority under resolution 14 would be limited to:
Resolution 15 would give the Directors authority to allot additional ordinary shares for cash and/or to sell treasury shares up to an aggregate number of 30,929,424 ordinary shares, which is approximately 10% of the Company's issued ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares) as at 6.00 p.m. on 25 April 2023 (being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this Notice of Annual General Meeting), for the purposes of financing (or refinancing, if the authority is to be used within 12 months after the original transaction) a transaction which the Directors determine to be either an acquisition or a specified capital investment of a kind contemplated by the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights most recently published by the Pre-Emption Group prior to the date of this Notice of Annual General Meeting.
These disapplication authorities are in line with the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights most recently published by the Pre-Emption Group prior to the date of this Notice of Annual General Meeting.
The authority sought and the limits set by resolutions 14 and 15 will also apply to any sale or transfer of treasury shares. The Directors consider it prudent to have the flexibility to buy back shares into treasury and subsequently to sell or to transfer them, if appropriate. This will enable them to act on short notice in appropriate circumstances if that is in the best interests of the Company. The Company did not hold any shares in treasury as at 25 April 2023 (being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this Notice of Annual General Meeting).
The Directors have no present intention to exercise the authorities conferred by these resolutions. However, it is considered prudent to maintain the flexibility that these authorities provide. Any allotment or sale under resolutions 14 and 15 will be in accordance with the shareholder protections contemplated in paragraph 1 of section 2B of the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights most recently published by the Pre-Emption Group prior to the date of this Notice of Annual General Meeting. Additionally, the authority under resolution 15 would only be used in connection with an acquisition or a specified capital investment which is announced contemporaneously with the allotment or sale, or which has taken place in the preceding 12 month period and is disclosed in the announcement of the allotment or sale.
The authority under resolutions 14 and 15 will expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company or, if sooner, at the close of business on the date which is 15 months after the date of the passing of the resolutions. The Directors intend to renew these authorities annually.
This resolution seeks authority for the Company to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares and is proposed as a special resolution. If passed, the resolution gives authority for the Company to purchase up to 30,929,424 of its ordinary shares, representing just under 10% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital as at 25 April 2023 (being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this Notice of Annual General Meeting).
The resolution specifies the minimum and maximum prices which may be paid for any ordinary shares purchased under this authority. The power conferred by this resolution will expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company or, if sooner, at the close of business on the date which is 15 months after the date of the passing of the resolution.
The Directors do not currently have any intention of exercising the authority granted by this resolution. The Directors will only exercise the authority to purchase ordinary shares granted by this resolution where they consider that such purchases will be in the best interests of shareholders generally.
On 25 April 2023 (being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this Notice of Annual General Meeting) the total number of options to subscribe for ordinary shares in the Company amounted to 9,979,027. This represented 3.23% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital on that date. If this authority to purchase shares was exercised in full these options would represent 3.58% of the issued ordinary share capital as at 25 April 2023 (the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this Notice of Annual General Meeting). The Company does not have any outstanding share warrants.
Resolutions 14, 15 and 16 will be proposed as special resolutions and require that 75% or more of the votes cast at the AGM be in favour of the resolution for it to be passed.
Notice is given that the Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") of Playtech plc (the "Company") will be held at Ground Floor, Midcity Place, 71 High Holborn, London WC1V 6EA on 24 May 2023 at 10.00 a.m. for the following purposes:
To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions which will be proposed as ordinary resolutions:
provided that the authority conferred by this resolution shall expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company or, if shorter, at the close of business on the date which is 15 months after the date of the passing of this resolution (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company) but so that the Company may, before such expiry, make offers or agreements which would or might require ordinary shares to be allotted or rights to subscribe for or convert securities into ordinary shares to be granted after such expiry and the Directors may allot ordinary shares or grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into ordinary shares pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if this authority had not expired.
For the purposes of this resolution, "pre-emptive offer" means an offer of equity securities open for acceptance for a period fixed by the Directors to (a) holders (other than the Company) on the register on a record date fixed by the Directors of ordinary shares in proportion to their respective holdings and (b) other persons so entitled by virtue of the rights attaching to any other equity securities held by them, but subject in both cases to the power of the Directors to impose any limits or restrictions and make any arrangements which they consider necessary or appropriate to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates or legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory or any other matter.
To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions, which will be proposed as special resolutions:
such authority to expire at the end of the next annual general meeting of the Company or, if earlier, at the close of business on the date which is 15 months after the date of the passing of this resolution (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company) but, in each case, prior to its expiry the Company may make offers, and enter into agreements, which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (and treasury shares to be sold) after the authority expires and the Directors of the Company may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.
THAT, subject to and conditional on the passing of resolution 13, the Directors of the Company be authorised in addition to any authority granted under resolution 14 to allot equity securities (as defined in the Articles) for cash under the authority conferred by resolution 13 and/ or to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash, in each case free from the restriction in article 6.1 of the Articles, provided that such power is limited to the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares up to an aggregate number of 30,929,424 ordinary shares (representing approximately 10% of the Company's issued ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares)), such authority to be used only for the purposes of financing (or refinancing, if the authority is to be used within 12 months after the original transaction) a transaction which the Directors determine to be either an acquisition or a specified capital investment of a kind contemplated by the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights most recently published by the Pre-Emption Group prior to the date of this Notice of Annual General Meeting, such authority to expire at the end of the next annual general meeting of the Company or, if earlier, at the close of business on the date which is 15 months after the date of the passing of this resolution (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company) but, in each case, prior to its expiry the Company may make offers, and enter into agreements, which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (and treasury shares to be sold) after the authority expires and the Directors of the Company may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.
Voting on all resolutions will be by way of a poll.
By order of the Board
Douglas Isle of Man IM1 1EE
Registered in Isle of Man number 008505V
After this time any change of instructions to proxies appointed through CREST should be communicated to the appointee through other means.
Ground Floor St George's Court Upper Church Street Douglas Isle of Man IM1 1EE
www.playtech.com
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