Entain Board signals confidence through major share purchases

In a sign of the Board’s strong confidence in Entain’s future growth prospects, the Chairman, Barry Gibson, has acquired nearly £870k of the company’s shares. Meanwhile the CEO, Jette Nygaard-Andersen, has more than doubled her holding, and Stella David (the Senior Independent Director) has acquired nearly £900k worth.

Last week, the company announced a number of initiatives to accelerate its operational strategy. Further details of the share purchases (announced to the market at 7am this morning) are below, and last week’s statement can be found here: https://www.investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/entain–ent/q3-trading-statement-business-update/7855037

Entain plc

(“Entain” or “Group” or “Company”)

Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (“PDMR”)
Or Persons Closely Associated

Entain plc (LSE: ENT), the global sports betting and gaming group, announces the purchases of Entain ordinary shares of €0.01 each in the capital of the Company (“Shares”) as set out below:

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The Entain Directors hold in aggregate 665,682 Shares (including those of their closely associated persons) equivalent to 0.104% of the Company’s issued share capital.

The information set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation No 596/2014.

 

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