Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)KEYWORDS STUDIOS PLC

Barclays PLC

21 May 2024

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
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:			20 May 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:				331,324	0.42%	433,183	0.55%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				406,809	0.51%	319,616	0.40%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				738,133	0.93%	752,799	0.95%
(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	716691	24.5122  GBP	22.8200  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	311092	24.1824  GBP	22.9831  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of  relevant  security	Product  description	Nature of dealing	Number of  reference  securities	Price per  unit
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	17	23.6564  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	96	23.2594  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	339	23.3561  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	404	23.6953  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	415	23.5161  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	541	23.6768  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	564	23.6458  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	779	24.0402  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	781	23.8167  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	903	23.6926  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	1,458	22.8220  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	3,226	23.5975  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	3,249	23.4380  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	6,683	23.8073  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	10,464	23.7397  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	10,902	22.8874  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	25,000	22.8218  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	33,968	23.4377  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	38,990	24.5122  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	43,156	24.0120  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	82,144	23.5136  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	19	23.3000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	33	23.1490  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	150	23.2888  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	252	23.2594  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	1,387	23.7691  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	1,994	23.8744  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	2,270	23.0212  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	4,402	23.6686  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	4,623	23.7157  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	5,202	23.7138  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	5,612	23.7541  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	5,957	23.7273  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	6,042	23.8003  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	6,268	22.8228  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	7,500	22.8257  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	8,820	23.7055  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	13,708	23.7081  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	57,761	23.6203  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	61,351	23.5908  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	125,000	23.4754  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	216,361	22.8200  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:				21 May 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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