Playtech PLC

AGM Information • May 26, 2021

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Playtech PLC

26 May 2021

Playtech plc (the "Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting

Playtech plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting (AGM), held today, 26 May 2021, Ordinary resolutions nos. 1 to 12 set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 29 April 2021, were duly passed by shareholders by means of a poll vote. Special resolution no. 15 was also passed by shareholders by means of a poll vote. Special resolutions nos. 13 and 14 did not meet the required 75% threshold and therefore were not approved.

For information, the votes cast were as follows:

Resolutions	For	% Votes cast	Against	% Votes cast	Total Votes Cast (excl. Votes Withheld)	Votes Withheld
1.  Report and accounts	234,623,689	100.00	0.00	0.00	234,623,689	654,662
2.  Remuneration Policy	177,453,581	75.47	57,668,932	24.53	235,122,513	155,838
3.  Remuneration Report	161,331,310	69.18	71,887,800	30.82	233,219,110	2,059,240
4.  Reappoint the auditors	232,363,370	98.76	2,914,533	1.24	235,277,903	448
5.  Re-Elect Claire Milne	150,063,889	64.72	81,809,161	35.28	231,873,050	3,405,300
6.  Re-Elect John Jackson	141,634,745	60.20	93,643,139	39.80	235,277,884	466
7.  Re-Elect Ian Penrose	170,388,588	72.42	64,889,297	27.58	235,277,885	466
8.  Re-Elect Anna Massion	179,054,310	76.11	56,223,574	23.89	235,277,884	466
9.  Re-Elect John Krumins	179,270,632	76.20	56,007,252	23.80	235,277,884	466
10.        Re-Elect Andrew Smith	233,684,149	99.32	1,593,735	0.68	235,277,884	466
11.        Re-Elect Moran Weizer	234,430,081	99.64	847,503	0.36	235,277,584	766
12.        Directors Power to allot shares	173,068,800	73.56	62,208,176	26.44	235,276,976	375
13.       Disapplication of Pre-Emption rights	150,515,196	63.98	84,761,805	36.02	235,277,001	350
14.        Further disapplication of Pre-Emption rights	148,407,843	63.08	86,869,158	36.92	235,277,001	350
15.        Market purchase of own shares	179,075,319	76.33	55,522,354	23.67	234,597,673	679,677

The Board notes that certain resolutions were passed with the necessary majority but received less than 80% of votes in favour. Playtech aspires to high levels of shareholder and stakeholder engagement and will consult with those shareholders who voted against these resolutions to understand their specific concerns. The Company will provide an update on this in the coming months in line with the UK Corporate Governance Code.

At 26 May 2021, the issued share capital of the Company was 306,356,693 ordinary shares of no par value (excluding 2,937,550 shares held as treasury shares).

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions (other than those concerning ordinary business) will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for viewing at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism 

The proxy figures for the resolutions will also be displayed on the Company's corporate website - www.playtech.com 

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For further information please contact:

Playtech plc                                                      +44 (0) 16 2464 5954

Chris McGinnis, Director of Investor Relations &

Strategic Analysis

James Newman, Director of Corporate Affairs

Headland (PR adviser to Playtech)                     +44 (0) 20 3805 4822

Lucy Legh, Stephen Malthouse

About Playtech

Founded in 1999 and premium listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, Playtech is a market leader in the gambling and financial trading industries with c.6,400 employees across 24 countries.

Playtech is the gambling industry's leading technology company delivering business intelligence driven gambling software, services, content and platform technology across the industry's most popular product verticals, including, casino, live casino, sports betting, virtual sports, bingo and poker. It is the pioneer of omni-channel gambling technology through its integrated platform technology, Playtech ONE. Playtech ONE delivers data driven marketing expertise, single wallet functionality, CRM and responsible gambling solutions across one single platform across product verticals and across retail and online.

Playtech partners with and invests in the leading brands in regulated and newly regulated markets to deliver its data driven gambling technology across the retail and online value chain. Playtech provides its technology on a B2B basis to the industry's leading retail and online operators, land-based casino groups and government sponsored entities such as lotteries. Playtech directly owns and operates Snaitech, the leading sports betting and gaming company in online and retail in Italy,

Playtech's Financials Division, Finalto, is a technology leader in the CFD and financial trading industry and operates both on a B2B and B2C basis.

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