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

Barclays PLC

09 July 2024

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Amendment in 2(a) and 3(b)
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:			03 Jul 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:				1,850,766	2.31%	322,480	0.40%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				273,146	0.34%	1,765,374	2.21%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				2,116,756	2.65%	2,087,854	2.61%
(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	798066	23.8983  GBP	23.8200  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	823089	23.9011  GBP	23.8160  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 Short	28,774	23.8228  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	10,189	23.8600  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	311	23.8160  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	761	23.8378  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	831	23.8520  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	20,020	23.8433  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Short	29,732	23.8502  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	5	23.8640  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	544	23.8265  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	292	23.8597  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	2,066	23.8388  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	40,016	23.9000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	42,082	23.8929  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	506	23.8495  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	127,762	23.8319  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	68,784	23.8396  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	62,075	23.8469  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,364	23.8319  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,276	23.8396  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,157	23.8469  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	50,242	23.8275  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,246	23.8277  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	85,100	23.8281  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	29,000	23.8380  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	141	23.8400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,770	23.9000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,670	23.8300  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	12	23.8400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,110	23.8470  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	485	23.8501  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	15,880	23.8570  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	28,182	23.8582  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	27,000	23.8619  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	6,602	23.8229  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,439	23.8561  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	29	23.8249  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	304	23.8265  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	162	23.8597  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,383	23.8496  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	17,856	23.8333  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	15,190	23.8462  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	476	23.8492  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,000	23.8940  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	198,400	23.8288  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	35,879	23.8300  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	71,000	23.8380  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,968	23.9000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,830	23.8300  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	73,000	23.8619  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	40,930	23.8648  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:				09 Jul 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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