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

Barclays PLC
01 July 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:

28 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:

1,043,291

1.31%

228,970

0.29%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

209,341

0.26%

1,032,316

1.29%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

1,252,632

1.57%

1,261,286

1.58%

 








(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

525153

23.1200  GBP

23.0000  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

354480

23.2000  GBP

22.9885  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 Short

23,538

23.0108  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

237

23.1199  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

404

23.0979  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

38,750

23.1200  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

531

23.1281  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,281

23.0515  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,976

23.0633  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

500

23.1000  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

2,956

23.1198  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

38,750

23.1200  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

793

23.0875  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

401

23.1146  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

180

23.0963  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

42

23.0762  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

108,552

23.0840  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

95,305

23.0840  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

152,716

22.9885  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,280

23.0840  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

27,867

23.0547  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

748

23.0962  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,083

23.1000  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

830

23.0000  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

197

23.0109  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

30,015

23.0115  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

245

23.0624  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

750

23.0805  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,749

23.0846  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,131

23.1200  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,980

23.0552  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,513

23.0800  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

450

23.0875  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

143

23.0953  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

229

23.1147  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

23.1181  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

64

23.1195  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

223

23.0888  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,933

23.1027  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,200

23.0004  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,000

23.0658  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,998

23.0474  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,778

23.0000  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

71,872

23.0115  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,749

23.0805  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,183

23.0831  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,725

23.1200  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:

01 Jul 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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