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

Barclays PLC

12 June 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:			11 Jun 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:				594,178	0.74%	337,746	0.42%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				336,664	0.42%	586,366	0.73%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				930,842	1.17%	924,112	1.16%
(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	70985	21.6534  GBP	21.4200  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	57865	21.6275  GBP	21.4198  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	98	21.6128  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	357	21.7485  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	464	21.5313  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	502	21.5356  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	432	21.5126  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	847	21.5753  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,294	21.6722  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,977	21.5512  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,190	21.5599  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	305	21.5197  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	408	21.6024  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,009	21.6078  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,148	21.5103  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,689	21.6103  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,967	21.6105  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	3,537	21.4198  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	4,693	21.5804  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	191	21.6375  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	200	21.4803  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	481	21.6223  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	495	21.5482  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	699	21.6534  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,000	21.5154  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,354	21.6423  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,243	21.4200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,818	21.4210  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	7,500	21.5413  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:				12 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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