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

Barclays PLC

22 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:			21 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:				306,364	0.39%	285,868	0.36%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				260,484	0.33%	295,567	0.37%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				566,848	0.72%	581,435	0.73%
(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	236866	23.2000  GBP	22.5535  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	255280	23.3400  GBP	22.5535  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	Closing Long	573	22.5600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	1,871	23.0720  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	19,866	22.6183  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	444	22.8082  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,787	22.6578  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	7,503	22.9480  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6	22.5644  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	81	23.1781  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	263	23.3400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	430	22.9780  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	635	22.5600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,266	22.8598  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,467	22.5595  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	7,500	23.0142  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	19,882	22.9971  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	39,824	23.0014  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	900	22.9829  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	1,031	22.9543  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,106	22.9859  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	3,229	22.9291  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	15,482	22.9858  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	29	22.5800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	140	23.1301  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	303	22.7456  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	352	23.1856  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	426	22.9639  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	544	22.8160  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	604	23.0200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	606	22.7937  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,829	22.8679  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,000	22.7097  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	12,445	23.1030  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	25,077	22.8082  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:				22 May 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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