Playtech to vote on Financial Betting
August 12, 2015Playtech shareholders will vote on August 19th on a merger deal between Playtech PLC and Forex/CFD broker Plus 500 Ltd. What does this mean in more detail? It means a £459.6 acquisition proposal which on July 16th was approved by Plus500 shareholders. 60 million Plus500 shareholders had voted in favour of the proposed acquisition with only 5 million voting against it.
Playtech is looking at expanding its offering of financial betting products, as its shareholders are poised to vote on a merger deal between Playtech PLC and Forex/CFD broker Plus500 Ltd on August 19th.
The Playtech deliberations will take place on Isle of Man and promises to be an interesting day for the financial betting industry, a sector that has been growing drastically in the past few years.
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