TIDMENT
RNS Number : 0005D
Entain PLC
16 June 2023
16 June 2023
Entain plc
("Entain" or "Group" or "Company")
Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial
Responsibility ("PDMR")
Or Persons Closely Associated
Share purchases by PDMRs, Vesting of Awards and Granting of
Awards under the Entain plc 2017 Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP"),
and Vesting of an Award under the Annual and Deferred Bonus Plan
("ADBP")
Entain plc (LSE: ENT), the global sports betting gaming and
interactive entertainment group, announces the purchases of Entain
ordinary shares of EUR0.01 each in the capital of the Company ("
Shares ") as set out below:
Name & Shares Nature Number Date of Purchase Total
Role held prior of transaction Shares purchase price Shares
to dealing purchased of Shares (pence held after
per share) dealing
Jette Nygaard-
Andersen 1,210.2
CEO 9,900 Share purchase 20,481 15/06/2023 2 30,381
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J M Barry
Gibson
Chairman
of the
Board 28,185 Share purchase 1,651 14/06/2023 1,210.72 29,836
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Brenda
Gibson
- Spouse
of JM Barry
Gibson 40,252 Share purchase 1,650 14/06/2023 1,211.93 41,902
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Stella
David
Senior
Independent
Non-Executive
Director 8,873 Share purchase 8,288 15/06/2023 1207.00 17,161
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Entain also announces the acquisition of Shares under the Rules
of the LTIP on 14 June 2023 as set out below:
Name & Shares Nature Number Number Price Total
Role held of Transaction of Shares of Shares Shares Shares
prior vested sold to sold in held after
to Transaction under award cover taxes the market v esting
Robert Wood Vesting
CFO & Deputy of Conditional
CEO 144,675 Share Award 111,797 52,808 GBP12.096 203,664
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Robert Hoskin Exercise
Chief Governance of vested
Officer 256,160 option 97,379 Nil Nil 353,539
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Entain also announces the acquisition of Shares under the Rules
of the ADBP on 14 June 2023 as set out below:
Name Shares Nature Number of Number Price Total
& Role held prior of Transaction Shares of Shares Shares Shares
to Transaction sold to sold in held
cover the market after
taxes v esting
Robert
Wood
CFO & Vesting
Deputy of deferred
CEO 203,664 bonus award 39,560 18,687 GBP12.096 224,537
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The Entain Directors hold in aggregate 758,356 Shares (including
those of their closely associated persons) equivalent to 0.119% of
the Company's issued share capital.
Entain also announces that the following awards over Shares were
granted to Executive Directors of the Company on 16 June 2023 as
set out below:
Name & Role Plan Number of
Shares subject
to the Award
Jette Nygaard-Andersen LTIP - 2023
CEO grant 316,198
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Robert Wood
CFO & Deputy LTIP - 2023
CEO grant 184,459
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The LTIP awards will normally vest on 21 March 2026 subject to
1) continuous employment; and 2) the satisfaction of the relative
Total Shareholder Return performance conditions set by the
Company's Remuneration Committee. These stretching performance
conditions are detailed in the 2022 Directors' Remuneration Report
in the Entain
Annual Report which is available on the Entain corporate website at www.entaingroup.com .
The terms of these awards provide the Remuneration Committee
with the ability to review the outcome at vesting and, if it
concludes that participants would benefit from 'windfall gains', it
will consider make appropriate adjustments to reflect this.
The information set out below is provided in accordance with the
requirements of Article 19(3) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation No
596/2014.
Enquiries:
Company Secretary secretary@entaingroup.com
Investor Relations - Entain plc investors@entaingroup.com
David Lloyd-Seed, Chief IR & Communications
Officer
Davina Hobbs, Head of Investor Relations
Aimee Remey, VP US IR
C allum Sims, IR Manager
Media - Entain plc media@entaingroup.com
Lisa Attenborough, Head of Corporate
Communications
Jay Dossetter, Head of Corporate
PR
Jodie Hitch, PR Manager
Media - Powerscourt Tel: +44 (0) 20 7250 1446
R ob Greening/Nick Hayns/Sam Austrums entain@powerscourt-group.com
LEI: 213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
About Entain plc
Entain plc (LSE: ENT) is a FTSE100 company and is one of the
world's largest sports-betting and gaming groups, operating both
online and in the retail sector. The Group owns a comprehensive
portfolio of established brands; Sports brands include BetCity,
bwin, Coral, Crystalbet, Eurobet, Ladbrokes, Neds, Sportingbet,
Sports Interaction and SuperSport; Gaming brands include Foxy
Bingo, Gala, GiocoDigitale, Ninja Casino, Optibet, Partypoker and
PartyCasino. The Group owns proprietary technology across all its
core product verticals and in addition to its B2C operations
provides services to a number of third-party customers on a B2B
basis.
The Group has a 50/50 joint venture, BetMGM, a leader in sports
betting and iGaming in the US. Entain provides the technology and
capabilities which power BetMGM as well as exclusive games and
products, specially developed at its in-house gaming studios. The
Group is tax resident in the UK and is the only global operator to
exclusively operate in domestically regulated or regulating markets
operating in over 40 territories.
Entain is a leader in ESG, a member of FTSE4Good, the DJSI and
is AA rated by MSCI. The Group has set a science-based target,
committing to be carbon net zero by 2035 and through the Entain
Foundation supports a variety of initiatives, focusing on safer
gambling, grassroots sport, diversity in technology and community
projects. For more information see the Group's website :
www.entaingroup.com
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a) Name Jette Nygaard-Andersen
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Chief Executive Officer
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b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial notification
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3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer
or auction monitor
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a) Name Entain plc
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b) LEI 213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
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4 Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii)
each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been
conducted
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a) Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Ordinary shares of Entain plc of EUR0.01 each
Identification code
IM00B5VQMV65
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b) Nature of the transaction Share purchase
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c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
1210.22p 20,481
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d) Aggregated information- Aggregated volume
- Price 20,481 ordinary shares of EUR0.01 each
1210.22p consideration
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e) Date of the transaction 15 June 2023
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f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange
Aquis Exchange plc
Cboe Europe Equities
Turquoise
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1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a) Name J M Barry Gibson
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Chairman of the Board
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b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial notification
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3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer
or auction monitor
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a) Name Entain plc
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b) LEI 213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
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4 Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii)
each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been
conducted
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a) Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Ordinary shares of Entain plc of EUR0.01 each
Identification code
IM00B5VQMV65
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b) Nature of the transaction Share purchase
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c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
1210.72p 1,651
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d) Aggregated information- Aggregated volume
- Price 1,651 ordinary shares of EUR0.01 each
1210.72p
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e) Date of the transaction 14 June 2023
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f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange
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1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a) Name Brenda Gibson
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Spouse of Chairman of the Board
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b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial notification
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3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer
or auction monitor
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a) Name Entain plc
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b) LEI 213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
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4 Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii)
each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been
conducted
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a) Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Ordinary shares of Entain plc of EUR0.01 each
Identification code
IM00B5VQMV65
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b) Nature of the transaction Share purchase
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c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
1211.93p 1,650
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d) Aggregated information- Aggregated volume
- Price 1,650 ordinary shares of EUR0.01 each
1211.93p
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e) Date of the transaction 14 June 2023
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f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange
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1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a) Name Stella David
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
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b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial notification
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3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer
or auction monitor
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a) Name Entain plc
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b) LEI 213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
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4 Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii)
each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been
conducted
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a) Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Ordinary shares of Entain plc of EUR0.01 each
Identification code
IM00B5VQMV65
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b) Nature of the transaction Share purchase
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c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
1207.00p 8,288
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d) Aggregated information- Aggregated volume
- Price 8,288 ordinary shares of EUR0.01 each
1207.00p
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e) Date of the transaction 15 June 2023
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f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange
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1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a) Name Robert Wood
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Executive
Officer
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b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial notification
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3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer
or auction monitor
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a) Name Entain plc
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b) LEI 213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
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4 Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii)
each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been
conducted
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a) Description of the financial instrument, type of Ordinary shares of Entain plc of EUR0.01 each
instrument
Identification code IM00B5VQMV65
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b) Nature of the transaction Vesting of conditional shares under the Entain plc
2017 Long Term Investment Plan
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c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
Nil 111,797
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d) Aggregated information- Aggregated volume
- Price 111,797 ordinary shares of EUR0.01 each
Nil consideration
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e) Date of the transaction 14 June 2023
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f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
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1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a) Name Robert Hoskin
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Chief Governance Officer
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b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial notification
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3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer
or auction monitor
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a) Name Entain plc
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b) LEI 213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
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4 Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii)
each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been
conducted
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a) Description of the financial instrument, type of Ordinary shares of Entain plc of EUR0.01 each
instrument
Identification code IM00B5VQMV65
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b) Nature of the transaction Exercise of vested option under the Entain plc 2017
Long Term Investment Plan
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c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
Nil 97,379
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d) Aggregated information- Aggregated volume
- Price 97,379 ordinary shares of EUR0.01 each
Nil consideration
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e) Date of the transaction 14 June 2023
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f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
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1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a) Name Robert Wood
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Executive
Officer
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b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial notification
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3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer
or auction monitor
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a) Name Entain plc
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b) LEI 213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
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4 Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii)
each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been
conducted
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a) Description of the financial instrument, type of Ordinary shares of Entain plc of EUR0.01 each
instrument
Identification code IM00B5VQMV65
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b) Nature of the transaction Vesting of award under the Entain plc Annual and
Deferred Bonus Plan
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c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
Nil 39,560
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d) Aggregated information- Aggregated volume
- Price 39,560 ordinary shares of EUR0.01 each
Nil consideration
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e) Date of the transaction 14 June 2023
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f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
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1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a) Name Jette Nygaard-Andersen
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Chief Executive Officer
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b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial notification
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3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer
or auction monitor
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a) Name Entain plc
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b) LEI 213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
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4 Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii)
each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been
conducted
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a) Description of the financial instrument, type of Ordinary shares of Entain plc of EUR0.01 each
instrument
Identification code IM00B5VQMV65
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b) Nature of the transaction Grant of conditional shares under the Entain plc 2017
Long Term Investment Plan
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c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
Nil 316,198
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d) Aggregated information- Aggregated volume
- Price 316,198 ordinary shares of EUR0.01 each
Nil consideration
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e) Date of the transaction 16 June 2023
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f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
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1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a) Name Robert Wood
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Executive
Officer
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b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial notification
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3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer
or auction monitor
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a) Name Entain plc
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b) LEI 213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
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4 Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii)
each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been
conducted
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a) Description of the financial instrument, type of Ordinary shares of Entain plc of EUR0.01 each
instrument
Identification code IM00B5VQMV65
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b) Nature of the transaction Grant of conditional shares under the Entain plc 2017
Long Term Investment Plan
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c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
Nil 184,459
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d) Aggregated information- Aggregated volume
- Price 184,459 ordinary shares of EUR0.01 each
Nil consideration
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e) Date of the transaction 16 June 2023
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f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
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