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Playtika Holding Corp

For the period ended Dec 31, 2023. Filed Feb 26, 2024.

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FY2023 · Filed Feb 26, 2024

PLTK$2.59+6.1%Stored close · as of Nov 9, 2026

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

For the fiscal period ended December 31, 2023

OR

☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _____ to _____

Commission File Number:001-39896

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware81-3634591
(State of other jurisdiction(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)Identification No.)

c/o Playtika Ltd.

HaChoshlim St 8

Herzliya Pituach, Israel

972-73-316-3251

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par valuePLTKThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer☒Accelerated filer☐
Non-accelerated filer☐Smaller reporting company☐
Emerging growth company☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☒

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b) ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No☒

Based upon the last sale price of the registrant’s common stock, $0.01 par value, as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on June 30, 2023, the aggregate market value of the common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of such date was $766.7 million. For purposes of these computations only, all of the Registrant’s executive officers and directors and entities affiliated with them have been deemed to be affiliates.

As of February 22, 2024, the registrant had 370,648,791 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Part III, Items 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 incorporate by reference certain specific portions of the definitive Proxy Statement for Playtika Holding Corp.’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A. Only those portions of the Proxy Statement which are specifically incorporated by reference herein shall constitute a part of this annual report.

FORM 10-K

INDEX

Page
Part I.
Cautionary Note About Forward Looking Statements6
Item 1.Business8
Item 1a.Risk Factors18
Item 1b.Unresolved Staff Comments59
Item 1c.Cybersecurity Risk Management and Strategy59
Item 2.Properties60
Item 3.Legal Proceedings61
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures63
Part II.
Item 5.Market For Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities64
Item 6.Reserved65
Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations66
Item 7a.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk82
Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data84
Item 9.Changes In and Disagreements with Accountants On Accounting and Financial Disclosure134
Item 9a.Controls and Procedures134
Item 9b.Other Information134
Item 9c.Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections135
Part III.
Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance135
Item 11.Executive Compensation135
Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters135
Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence135
Item 14.Principal Accounting Fees and Services135
Part IV.
Item 15.Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules135
Signatures140

The following terms are used in this Annual Report on Form 10-K unless otherwise noted or indicated by the context:

“Alpha” means Alpha Frontier Limited, a company formed under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

“ASC” means Accounting Standards Codification.

“ASU” means Accounting Standards Update.

“Average Revenue per Daily Active User” or “ARPDAU” means (i) the total revenue in a given period, (ii) divided by the number of days in that period, (iii) divided by the average Daily Active Users during that period.

“Average Revenue per Paying User” or “ARPPU” means (i) the total revenue derived from the purchase of in-game virtual items in a given period, (ii) divided by the number of days in that period, (iii) divided by the average DPUs during the period.

“CIE” means Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc.

“Credit Agreement” means our Credit Agreement, dated as of December 10, 2019, by and among us, the lenders party thereto and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as administrative agent and collateral agent and the other parties thereto, as amended, which includes the Credit Facilities, consisting of the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Loan.

“Credit Facilities” means our Revolving Credit Facility and Term Loan, each pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

“Daily Active Users” or “DAUs” means the number of individuals who played one of our games during a particular day on a particular platform. Under this metric, an individual who plays two different games on the same day is counted as two DAUs. Similarly, an individual who plays the same game on two different platforms (e.g., web and mobile) or on two different social networks on the same day would be counted as two Daily Active Users. Average Daily Active Users for a particular period is the average of the DAUs for each day during that period.

“Daily Payer Conversion” means (i) the total number of Daily Paying Users, (ii) divided by the number of Daily Active Users on a particular day. Average Daily Payer Conversion for a particular period is the average of the Daily Payer Conversion rates for each day during that period.

“Daily Paying Users” or “DPUs” means the number of individuals who purchased, with real world currency, virtual currency or items in any of our games on a particular day. Under this metric, an individual who makes a purchase of virtual currency or items in two different games on the same day is counted as two DPUs. Similarly, an individual who makes a purchase of virtual currency or items in any of our games on two different platforms (e.g., web and mobile) or on two different social networks on the same day could be counted as two Daily Paying Users. Average Daily Paying Users for a particular period is the average of the DPUs for each day during that period.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“GAAP” means accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

“GDPR” means the General Data Protection Regulation.

“Giant” means Giant Investment Co., Ltd.

“Monthly Active Users” or “MAUs” means the number of individuals who played one of our games during a calendar month on a particular platform. Under this metric, an individual who plays two different games in the same calendar month is counted as two MAUs. Similarly, an individual who plays the same game on two different platforms (e.g., web and mobile) or on two different social networks during the same month would be counted as two Monthly Active Users. Average Monthly Active Users for a particular period is the average of the MAUs for each month during that period.

“Nasdaq” means the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

“Notes” means our $600.0 million aggregate principal amount of our 4.250% senior notes due 2029 pursuant to an indenture dated March 11, 2021.

“Playtika,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” mean Playtika Holding Corp. and its subsidiaries.

“Playtika Holding UK” means Playtika Holding UK II Limited, a company formed under the laws of England and Wales, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Alpha.

“Revolving Credit Facility” means our $600.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“SOFR” means the Secured Overnight Financing Rate.

“Term Loan” means our $1,900.0 million senior secured first lien term loan pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

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