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

Barclays PLC

10 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:			09 Jul 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:				2,197,812	2.74%	252,037	0.31%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				195,732	0.24%	2,154,986	2.69%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				2,393,544	2.99%	2,407,023	3.01%
(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	454432	23.9462  GBP	23.8988  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	305504	23.9361  GBP	23.8871  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	1,487	23.9342  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	110	23.9237  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	150	23.9239  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	1,625	23.9414  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	442	23.9236  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	5,516	23.9000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	217	23.9388  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	7,029	23.9098  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	553	23.9132  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	75,087	23.9329  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	82,619	23.9462  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,102	23.9329  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,504	23.9462  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	8,885	23.8871  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	18	23.9100  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	281	23.9200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	58,783	23.9281  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,137	23.9000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	39,073	23.9282  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	26,637	23.9289  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	363	23.9300  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	123	23.9331  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	73	23.9400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	4,705	23.9239  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	582	23.9019  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	689	23.9338  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,476	23.9132  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	147	23.9004  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	17	23.9123  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	9,599	23.9262  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	66	23.9326  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,643	23.9263  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	137,159	23.9281  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	782	23.9000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	32,901	23.9290  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,173	23.9300  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	69,183	23.9302  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:				10 Jul 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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