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

Barclays PLC

18 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:			17 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:				702,814	0.88%	333,906	0.42%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				332,824	0.42%	695,381	0.87%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				1,035,638	1.30%	1,029,287	1.29%
(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	41985	22.4202  GBP	22.2173  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	79250	22.4000  GBP	22.2195  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	95	22.4202  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	135	22.4085  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	502	22.4201  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	545	22.3001  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,234	22.2679  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,812	22.3328  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	6,620	22.3105  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	8,437	22.2400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	75	22.2906  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	215	22.2400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	507	22.3373  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	914	22.3085  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,985	22.2837  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,948	22.3000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	16,877	22.2737  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	777	22.3214  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	816	22.3584  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,628	22.4021  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,671	22.3211  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,334	22.3212  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,590	22.1998  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	6,256	22.2998  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	8,437	22.2400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	10,793	22.2272  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5	22.4200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	132	22.3200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,683	22.4115  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,558	22.3645  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:				18 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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