RNS Number : 0594Q Sportech PLC

01 June 2018

For immediate release

1 June 2018

Sportech PLC ('Sportech' or the 'Company')

Director Share Purchase

Sportech, the international betting technology business, announces that the Company has been notified that on 1 June 2018, Richard Cooper, a Non-Executive Director of Sportech, purchased 125,000 Ordinary Shares ('Ordinary Shares') at 83.5 pence each in the Company.

Following the above purchase, Richard Cooper now holds 125,000 Ordinary Shares representing 0.07% of the issued share capital of the Company.

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail:

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

(Disclosure in relation to purchase of Ordinary Shares)

1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

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

a) Description of the

Ordinary Shares

financial instrument,

type of instrument

Identification code

ISIN GB00B28ZPV64

b) Nature of the

Purchase of Ordinary Shares

- Ends -Contacts: Sportech PLC

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7268 2400

Andrew Gaughan, Chief Executive Officer

Tom Hearne, Chief Financial Officer

Peel Hunt LLP

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7418 8900

(Corporate Broker to Sportech) Dan Webster / George Sellar

Buchanan

(Financial PR adviser to Sportech)Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000sportech@buchanan.uk.com

Henry Harrison-Topham / Mark Court / Jamie Hooper

Notes to Editors:

About Sportechwww.sportechplc.com

Sportech PLC, listed on the London Stock Exchange, provides and operates technology solutions for some of the world's best-known gaming companies, sports teams, horse and greyhound racetracks, as well as owning and operating its own gaming venues in Connecticut, USA under exclusive licences.

The Group is an international betting technology business focusing on highly regulated markets worldwide. It has more than 27,000 betting terminals deployed to over 400 clients, across 37 countries including those in the USA, where it operates under 35 licences, across 37 States and processes approximately US$12 billion of bets annually.

The Group has invested over US$60 million in developing its technology services to clients and the successful expansion of its leading US gaming Venues in the last five years, resulting in its proprietary Quantum™ product being the most widely deployed pari-mutuel betting system globally.

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