Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - Keywords Studios plc

Barclays PLC

24 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:			23 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:				268,191	0.34%	282,429	0.36%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				270,022	0.34%	257,830	0.33%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				538,213	0.68%	540,259	0.68%
(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	38592	22.3400  GBP	22.0184  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	92127	22.3389  GBP	21.9600  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	Decreasing Long	11	22.0401  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	22	22.0501  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,481	22.0697  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	173	22.0000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	183	22.2392  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	208	22.2965  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	233	22.1496  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	640	22.2983  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	721	22.0814  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,589	22.1782  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,615	22.1344  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,783	22.2181  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,920	22.3389  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,207	22.2972  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	12,862	22.0385  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	26,828	22.0444  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	28,680	22.3000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	154	22.1927  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	259	22.0696  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	313	22.1925  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	508	21.9998  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	525	22.0705  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	619	22.0586  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	1,097	22.1095  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,413	22.0575  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	3,025	22.1679  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	42	21.9800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	192	22.2338  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	340	22.0233  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,919	22.3339  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,121	22.1703  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,498	22.0080  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	13,726	22.1796  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	106	22.2995  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	1,270	22.3022  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	2,504	22.2586  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:				24 May 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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