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Keywords Studios PLC
21 May 2024
 

21 May 2024

 

 

Keywords Studios plc ("Keywords Studios", "the Company") 

 

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS 

 

Conditional Award of Shares 

 

Keywords Studios, the global provider of creative and technology-enabled solutions to the video games and entertainment industries, today announces that, under the terms of the Keywords Studios Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP"), conditional awards of shares were granted on 20 May 2024 to the below participants. 

 

The LTIPs will normally vest on 7 May 2027, in line with the other LTIP awards granted to the Company's employees on 7 May 2024. Vesting of the LTIPs are conditional on continued employment and the achievement of performance conditions approved by the Company's Remuneration Committee and disclosed in the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023. Subject to the LTIP rules, the number of shares stated for each of the below participants is the maximum number that could be issued upon full satisfaction of the performance conditions.

 

1 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated 

 

a) 

Name 

Bertrand Bodson 

 

2 

Reason for the notification 

 

a) 

Position/status 

Chief Executive Officer 

 

b) 

Initial Notification/ Amendment 

Initial notification 

3 

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 

a) 

Name 

Keywords Studios PLC 

 

b) 

LEI 

2138007VR9ZYCWS7VE12 

 

4 

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted 

a) 

Description of the financial instrument, type of 

instrument and identification code 

Ordinary shares of 1 pence each in Keywords Studios PLC (ISIN: GB00BBQ38507) 

b) 

Nature of the transaction    

Grant of nominal cost conditional award of shares under the Keywords Studios Long Term Incentive Plan, based on Group performance. 

 

c) 

Price(s) and volume(s) 

 

 

 

 

Price(s) 

Volume(s) 

GBP 0.01 

152,311

 

d) 

Aggregated information 

- Aggregated volume 

- Price 

Aggregate volume of shares: 152,311

Aggregate price of shares: GBP 1,523.11

 

e) 

Date of the transaction 

2024-05-20 (UTC) 

 

f) 

Place of the transaction 

Outside a trading venue

 

 

 

 

1 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated 

 

a) 

Name 

 Robert Kingston  

 

2 

Reason for the notification 

 

a) 

Position/status 

Chief Financial Officer 

 

b) 

Initial Notification/ Amendment 

Initial notification 

 

3 

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 

a) 

Name 

Keywords Studios PLC 

 

b) 

LEI 

2138007VR9ZYCWS7VE12 

 

4 

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted 

a) 

Description of the financial instrument, type of 

instrument and identification code 

Ordinary shares of 1 pence each in Keywords Studios PLC (ISIN: GB00BBQ38507) 

b) 

Nature of the transaction    

Grant of nominal cost conditional award of shares under the Keywords Studios Long Term Incentive Plan, based on Group performance. 

 

c) 

Price(s) and volume(s) 

 

 

 

 

Price(s) 

Volume(s) 

GBP 0.01 

 91,981

 

d) 

Aggregated information 

- Aggregated volume 

- Price 

Aggregate volume of shares: 91,981

Aggregate price of shares: GBP 919.81

 

e) 

Date of the transaction 

2024-05-20 (UTC) 

 

f) 

Place of the transaction 

Outside a trading venue

 

 

 

 

 

1 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated 

 

a) 

Name 

Jon Hauck 

 

2 

Reason for the notification 

 

a) 

Position/status 

Chief Operations Officer

 

b) 

Initial Notification/ Amendment 

Initial notification 

 

3 

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 

a) 

Name 

Keywords Studios PLC 

 

b) 

LEI 

2138007VR9ZYCWS7VE12 

 

4 

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted 

a) 

Description of the financial instrument, type of 

instrument and identification code 

Ordinary shares of 1 pence each in Keywords Studios PLC (ISIN: GB00BBQ38507) 

b) 

Nature of the transaction    

Grant of nominal cost conditional award of shares under the Keywords Studios Long Term Incentive Plan, based on Group performance. 

 

c) 

Price(s) and volume(s) 

 

 

 

 

Price(s) 

Volume(s) 

GBP 0.01 

 95,660

 

d) 

Aggregated information 

- Aggregated volume 

- Price 

Aggregate volume of shares: 95,660

Aggregate price of shares: GBP 956.60

 

e) 

Date of the transaction 

2024-05-20 (UTC) 

 

f) 

Place of the transaction 

Outside a trading venue

 

 

 

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