Playtech Regulatory News (PTEC)

7 November 2025

Playtech plc

("Playtech" or the "Company")

Transaction in Own Shares

Playtech plc (LSE: PTEC) announces that on 7 November 2025 it purchased 9,937,923 ordinary shares of no par value each in the Company (the "Shares"), representing approximately 3.2% of the Company's issued share capital at a price of £2.35 per Share, for a total consideration of approximately £23.4 million (the "Purchase").

The Purchase has been conducted in addition to the Company's share buyback programme to purchase up to £43.7m (€50.0 million) of the Company's ordinary shares, announced on 25 September 2025 (the "Share Buyback Programme"), which is continuing as planned. As at 6 November 2025, the Company had repurchased approximately £16.1 million (€18.4 million) of the Company's ordinary shares pursuant to the Share Buyback Programme.

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.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of domestic law in the United Kingdom by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and as amended by Regulation 11 of the Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019/310. With the publication of this announcement, this information is now considered to be in the public domain. This announcement has been issued by, and is the sole responsibility of, Playtech. The person responsible for making this announcement is Rohan Chitale (Director of Investor Relations).

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About Playtech

Founded in 1999 and with a listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, Playtech is a technology leader in the gambling industry with over 7,400 employees across 20 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, 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 online and retail value chain. Playtech provides its technology on a B2B basis to the industry's leading online and retail operators, land-based casino groups and government sponsored entities such as lotteries.