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

Barclays PLC

17 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:			14 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:				645,159	0.81%	318,984	0.40%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				317,902	0.40%	637,524	0.80%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				963,061	1.21%	956,508	1.20%
(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	108680	22.6201  GBP	21.6400  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	67268	22.6200  GBP	21.6400  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	1	22.1401  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	174	22.3429  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	591	22.1364  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	1,170	22.2124  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,488	22.3469  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,599	22.2911  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	1,618	22.4275  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	4,675	22.3563  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	9,378	22.6201  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	12,375	22.3721  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	12,406	22.2825  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	47	21.9000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	77	22.3340  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	562	22.3879  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	914	22.3780  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,973	22.5955  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,173	22.2501  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,916	22.6200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	5	22.2597  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	30	21.9771  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	198	21.6382  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	230	22.2434  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	546	22.2286  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,151	22.1374  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,629	22.0063  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,024	22.1375  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	3,301	21.6597  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	38	22.3317  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	86	22.4600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	357	22.1419  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	719	22.0931  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,501	22.2499  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,673	22.0898  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,225	22.0726  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	16,289	22.1727  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:				17 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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