Director/PDMR Shareholding

Keywords Studios PLC
21 October 2024
 

Keywords Studios PLC ("Keywords", "Keywords Studios" or the "Company")

21 October 2024

Directors' Shareholdings and PDMR notification

Keywords Studios, the global provider of creative and technology-enabled solutions to the video games and entertainment industries, today announces that following the High Court of England of Wales sanctioning the scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 (which was posted to shareholders of the Company on 29 July 2024) (the "Scheme") at the Sanction Hearing (as defined in the Scheme) on 21 October 2024, Robert Kingston, a Company director acquired ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company pursuant to awards granted to him under the Keywords Studios Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP"), detailed below. Keywords today announces that these awards have vested and, in the case of LTIP awards, been exercised under the terms of the Company's LTIP rules and the terms of an award agreement.

All shares acquired by the director are subject to an acquisition price of £24.50 per share, as detailed in the Scheme document. 

Keywords Studios Share Plan

Shares

Price

LTIP (August 2023 Joining Award)

29,545

£0.01

RSU (October 2024 Award)

13,391

£0.01

RSU (October 2024 Business Impact Award)

73,585

£0.01

 

The notification below is made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation (596/2014) as retained in UK law pursuant to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("UK MAR").

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.

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    

Vesting and, in the case of LTIPs, the exercise of awards of shares under the Keywords Studios Long Term Incentive Plan.

c) 

Price(s) and volume(s) 

 

 

 

 

Price(s) 

Volume(s) 

GBP 0.01 

116,521

 

d) 

Aggregated information 

- Aggregated volume 

- Price 

Aggregate volume of shares: 116,521

Aggregate price of shares: GBP 1,165.21

 

e) 

Date of the transaction 

2024-10-21

 

f) 

Place of the transaction 

Outside a trading venue

 

 

Enquiries:

 

Keywords Studios plc

via Deutsche Numis / Robey Warshaw

Giles Blackham, Director of Investor Relations

 

 

 

Deutsche Numis

+44 (0) 20 7260 1000

Joint financial adviser, NOMAD and Joint corporate broker

 

Stuart Skinner

 

Alec Pratt

 

William Baunton

Alexander Kladov

 


 

Robey Warshaw

+44 (0) 20 7317 3900

Joint financial adviser

 

Simon Robey

 

Daniel Zumbuehl

 


 

MHP Group

+44 (0) 20 3128 8100

Financial Communications

+44 (0) 7884 494 112

Katie Hunt

 

 


 

 

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