Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - Keywords Stu Replacement

Barclays PLC

02 September 2024

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - Amendment to 2a Replaces form Released at 02/09/2024 12:03 RNS Number : 5530C
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN
EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS
(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.	KEY INFORMATION
(a)	Name of exempt principal trader:			BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
(b)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose  relevant securities this form relates:			KEYWORDS STUDIOS PLC
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt  principal trader is connected			KEYWORDS STUDIOS PLC
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:			30 Aug 2024
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal  trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?			NO
2.	POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree
	to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
Class of relevant security:				1p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:				2,384,724	2.96%	91,146	0.11%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				55,613	0.07%	2,336,397	2.90%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				2,440,337	3.03%	2,427,543	3.02%
(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive options)
Class of relevant security in relation to  which subscription right exists
Details, including nature of the rights  concerned and relevant percentages:
3.	DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchase and sales
Class of relevant  security	Purchase/sale	Total number of  securities	Highest price per unit  paid/received	Lowest price per unit  paid/received
1p ordinary	Purchase	228549	24.2600  GBP	24.0648  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	226714	24.2709  GBP	24.1315  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of  relevant  security	Product  description	Nature of dealing	Number of  reference  securities	Price per  unit
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	68,144	24.2593  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	63,435	24.2709  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	25,076	24.0648  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	186	24.1656  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	552	24.2218  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	1,500	24.2219  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	1,908	24.2301  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	938	24.1379  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	46,529	24.2600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	45,192	24.2498  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	39	24.2593  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	7,624	24.1315  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	280	24.1850  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,645	24.2600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,094	24.1641  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	11,522	24.1661  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,923	24.2500  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	26,733	24.2600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	11,309	24.2327  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	526	24.1378  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	197	24.1673  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	24,700	24.2024  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,700	24.2349  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	15,137	24.2299  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	17,260	24.2600  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class  of  relevant  security	Product  description	Writing,  purchasing,  selling,  varying etc	Number  of  securities  to which  option  relates	Exercise  price  per unit	Type	Expiry  date	Option  money  paid/  received  per unit
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant  security	Product description	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of  securities	Exercise price per  unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant  security	Nature of Dealings	Details	Price per unit (if  applicable)
4.	OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,  formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by  the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party  to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
NONE
(b)	Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between  the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to:  (i)   the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or  (ii)   the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which  any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				02 Sep 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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