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

Barclays PLC

28 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:			27 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:				979,511	1.23%	335,863	0.42%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				319,326	0.40%	964,329	1.21%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				1,298,837	1.62%	1,300,192	1.63%
(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	69906	21.8572  GBP	21.6400  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	97333	21.7810  GBP	21.6356  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	1,545	21.6992  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	4,057	21.7800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	5,602	21.7314  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	158	21.6774  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	185	21.6989  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	241	21.7001  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	284	21.7592  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	1,507	21.7221  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,972	21.7531  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	39,609	21.7800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	25	21.6800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	82	21.7800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	129	21.6864  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	271	21.7185  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	458	21.7403  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,284	21.7445  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,947	21.6890  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,180	21.7092  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	15,000	21.6356  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	15,078	21.7800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	159	21.7063  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	212	21.6679  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	360	21.7043  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	749	21.7231  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	832	21.7223  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,483	21.6856  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	39,609	21.7800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	21	21.8600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	24	21.6400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	74	21.7400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	126	21.6421  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	338	21.6872  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	477	21.7206  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	582	21.7296  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	938	21.7566  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,018	21.7380  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,700	21.7543  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,177	21.6921  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:				28 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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