SPO.L Regulatory News (SPO)

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii

Sportech PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

Intra-group transfer

X

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii

Scientific Games Corporation

4. Full name of shareholder(s)

(if different from 3.): iv

Scientific Games Holdings Limited

Scientific Games International Holdings Limited

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v

9 December 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:

11 December 2013

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or

reached: vi, vii

19% (no change in the aggregate holdings)

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary £0.50

GB00B28ZPV64

39,742,179

39,742,179

0

0

39,742,179

0%

19.4%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/ConversionPeriod xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exerciseprice

Expirationdate xvii

Exercise/Conversionperiod xviii

Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

39,742,179

19.4%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

1. Scientific Games Corporation (Delaware)

2. Scientific Games Holdings Limited (Ireland)

3. Scientific Games Luxembourg Holdings SARL (Luxembourg)

4. Scientific Games International Holdings Limited (United Kingdom) 

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

This notification concerns an intra-group transfer of the entire shareholding in Sportech PLC from Scientific Games Holdings Limited (a wholly-owned, direct subsidiary of Scientific Games Corporation) to Scientific Games International Holdings Limited (a wholly-owned, indirect subsidiary of Scientific Games Corporation).

As a result of this transaction and an earlier intra-group transfer, Scientific Games Corporation does not have any direct shareholding or direct holding of voting rights in Sportech PLC.

14. Contact name:

Jack Sarno

15. Contact telephone number:

+ 1 (212) 754 2233