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

Barclays PLC

26 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:			25 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:				978,930	1.22%	343,609	0.43%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				331,067	0.41%	967,743	1.21%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				1,309,997	1.64%	1,311,352	1.64%
(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	134418	22.2511  GBP	21.9189  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	117754	22.2400  GBP	21.8200  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 Short	1,919	22.1627  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	9,663	21.9600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	27,232	21.9200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	32	22.1801  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	59	22.2002  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	120	22.2099  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	5,216	22.1304  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	63,760	21.9200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	141	22.2400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	302	22.1676  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,073	22.0062  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,615	22.1610  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,754	22.2206  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	134	22.1295  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	224	22.0027  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	243	22.1292  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	458	22.1763  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	475	22.0186  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,261	22.1881  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,214	22.1879  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	63,760	21.9200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	32	22.1036  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	156	22.0888  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	258	22.2000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	523	22.1653  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,077	21.9200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,368	22.1930  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,455	21.9205  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	7,829	22.1844  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	8,409	22.1898  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	35,000	22.2511  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:				26 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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