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

Barclays PLC
27 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:

26 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:

1,033,942

1.29%

362,867

0.45%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

348,458

0.44%

991,308

1.24%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

1,382,400

1.73%

1,354,175

1.69%

 








(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

252009

21.9400  GBP

21.5000  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

216255

21.7761  GBP

21.4893  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

21

21.9402  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

26

21.8124  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

30

21.8400  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

148

21.8235  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

167

21.6355  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

279

21.8613  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

335

21.7972  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

4,690

21.8143  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

11,748

21.7458  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

38,985

21.7400  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

31

21.7400  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

791

21.7301  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

880

21.8041  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,923

21.5988  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,047

21.7534  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,675

21.7761  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

30,000

21.7469  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

35,000

21.4892  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

164

21.7842  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

341

21.7915  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,262

21.7659  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,269

21.7580  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,219

21.7662  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

38,985

21.7400  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

160

21.7530  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

222

21.8684  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

306

21.7640  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,642

21.8021  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,216

21.7400  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,876

21.7435  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,000

21.5475  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,909

21.8019  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,102

21.8050  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,645

21.6863  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,749

21.7876  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

38,052

21.8609  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

969

21.7779  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

18,346

21.7097  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

46,957

21.7400  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

19,033

21.8027  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:

27 Jun 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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