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

Barclays PLC

20 August 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				KEYWORDS STUDIOS PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				KEYWORDS STUDIOS PLC
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				19 Aug 2024
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal				NO
	trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
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:			2,255,978	2.80%	123,796	0.15%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			84,442	0.10%	2,205,345	2.74%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,340,420	2.91%	2,329,141	2.90%
(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)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Total number of		Highest price per unit	Lowest price per unit
security				securities		paid/received	paid/received
1p ordinary		Purchase		75,916		24.0004  GBP	23.9755  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		103,328		24.0079  GBP	23.9756  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,452	23.9869  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	24.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,529	24.0052  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		1,853	23.9912  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		10,834	23.9981  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		47	24.0072  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,256	23.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		655	23.9878  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,031	24.0079  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,971	23.9964  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,099	24.0004  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,903	23.9798  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		216	24.0045  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		859	24.0051  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33,969	24.0079  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,140	23.9961  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,530	23.9800  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						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:				20 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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