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

Barclays PLC

14 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:			13 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:				640,110	0.80%	355,345	0.45%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				354,263	0.44%	632,298	0.79%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				994,373	1.25%	987,643	1.24%
(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	33199	21.5201  GBP	21.3589  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	31244	21.5178  GBP	21.2397  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	6,129	21.4626  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	767	21.4458  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	1,734	21.3600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	2,968	21.4432  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	54	21.4202  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	412	21.5201  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,287	21.3601  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	2,708	21.4191  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2	21.7000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	130	21.4400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	139	21.4800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	244	21.4271  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	549	21.3600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,370	21.4522  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,694	21.3628  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,570	21.4849  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,159	21.4059  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,789	21.4472  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	5	21.4400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	25	21.4598  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	220	21.3649  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	297	21.4333  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	686	21.4346  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,319	21.4650  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,468	21.2397  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,593	21.2398  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,214	21.3598  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,317	21.4651  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	46	21.4800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	73	21.3814  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	200	21.4200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,613	21.4738  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,868	21.3600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,822	21.4841  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,000	21.3653  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:				14 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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