SPO.L Regulatory News (SPO)

1 Sep 2006 09:30

Sportech PLC01 September 2006 Sportech PLC Directorate Change The Board of Sportech Plc ("Sportech" or "the Company") announces that GarySpeakman, Chief Operating Officer, has resigned his position as executivedirector to pursue alternative business interests. Gary will relinquish hisexecutive and operational responsibilities with immediate effect and following aperiod of leave will formally end his employment with Sportech on 29 September2006. The Board of Sportech extends its thanks and appreciation to Gary for all of hiswork during his long tenure at the Company, during which he has addedsignificantly to the development of the business. - ends - Enquiries Bell Pottinger Corporate & FinancialDavid Rydell / Emma Kent 020 7861 3232 Notes to Editors Sportech PLC Drawing on over 80 years of experience, Sportech PLC, through its variousbusinesses, including Littlewoods Football Pools, has developed a wide-ranginggaming product portfolio which includes football pools and football games,on-line casino, poker and entertainment games including bingo. Sportech has over600,000 customers, 500,000 of whom play the football pools on a weekly basis,making the football pools business the second most popular weekly gamingactivity in the UK. Sportech is continually developing access to its gaming products through anetwork of channels to include the internet, mobile phones, telephone, post anda UK network of collectors who visit customers at their homes. Sportech PLC is listed on the London Stock Exchange (SPO). For more information,visit www.sportech-plc.co.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange