Form8.5(EPT/NON-RI)KEYWORDS STUDIOS PLC Replace

Barclays PLC

08 August 2024

 

FORM 8.5 - Amendment to section 2A and 3B
Replaces form released on 11:43 05/08/2024
RNS Number :  2082Z
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:			02 Aug 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:				2,310,988	2.88%	185,081	0.23%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				126,465	0.16%	2,251,401	2.81%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				2,437,453	3.04%	2,436,482	3.04%
(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	181621	23.8851  GBP	23.8376  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	162429	23.8805  GBP	23.8400  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	Increasing Short	8	23.8602  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	245	23.8660  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	59	23.8761  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	18,225	23.8400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	24	23.8400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,640	23.8742  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	20,810	23.8400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,010	23.8797  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	22,820	23.8400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	141	23.8660  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	16,297	23.8514  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	16,125	23.8589  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,336	23.8600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,004	23.8400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,206	23.8402  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,551	23.8833  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,077	23.8851  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	412	23.8598  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	470	23.8679  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,470	23.8743  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	496	23.8419  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	174	23.8690  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,651	23.8569  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,520	23.8400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,593	23.8800  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:				08 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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