Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - Keywords Studios plc

Barclays PLC

23 May 2024

 

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:			22 May 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:				316,221	0.40%	276,924	0.35%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				264,517	0.33%	305,860	0.39%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				580,738	0.73%	582,784	0.74%
(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	90571	23.0097  GBP	22.0022  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	71770	22.5540  GBP	21.9995  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	Closing Short	1,529	21.9995  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	233	22.1796  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	247	22.4105  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	406	22.2293  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	519	22.2476  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	606	22.3325  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	833	22.1546  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	869	22.2863  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	922	22.2864  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,219	22.2426  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,621	22.3940  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,842	22.3075  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,123	22.0008  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,394	22.0000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,001	22.0000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	7,603	22.1902  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	10,127	22.2608  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	18,201	22.3059  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	515	22.2812  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	1,043	22.2192  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,177	22.2820  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,372	22.1300  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1	22.0000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	97	22.4600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	308	22.2702  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	624	22.1243  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,410	22.2592  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	10,000	22.1459  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	10,000	23.0097  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	18,670	22.2248  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	25,000	23.0097  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	2	22.0200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	46	22.0845  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	331	22.2248  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	2,342	22.1841  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	2,519	22.3755  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:				23 May 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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