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

Barclays PLC

13 June 2024

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)  Amendment to Purchase and Sale
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:			05 Jun 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:				533,870	0.67%	310,249	0.39%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				304,354	0.38%	521,245	0.65%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				838,224	1.05%	831,494	1.04%
(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	200836	22.1400  GBP	21.9309  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	94675	22.0800  GBP	21.9800  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 Long	65	22.0002  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	1,085	22.0122  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	5,103	22.0456  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	54,646	22.0200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	82	22.0800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	300	21.9800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	414	21.9960  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	456	22.0163  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	474	21.9828  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	996	22.0812  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,758	22.0270  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	8,006	22.0250  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	54,646	22.0200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	99	22.0000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	105	22.0523  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	107	22.1400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	129	22.0200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,000	22.0055  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,403	22.0335  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,956	22.0105  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	15,000	22.0110  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	16,595	22.0254  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	30,000	21.9309  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	35,000	22.0010  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:				13 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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