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

Barclays PLC

28 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:			24 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:				366,800	0.46%	271,451	0.34%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				261,209	0.33%	352,585	0.44%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				628,009	0.79%	624,036	0.78%
(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	157515	22.2159  GBP	22.0440  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	47928	22.1811  GBP	22.0285  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	2	22.2400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	170	21.9831  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	294	22.0614  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	308	22.1205  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	1,792	22.1200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	1,800	22.0577  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	2,474	22.1400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	2,870	22.1375  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	434	22.0439  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,405	22.0864  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	3,854	22.0744  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	8,121	22.1417  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	252	22.1008  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	354	22.1400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	450	22.1014  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,413	21.9376  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,709	22.0584  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	27	22.0997  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	55	22.0997  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	67	22.1094  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	177	22.1351  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	306	22.0688  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	439	22.0574  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	691	22.0687  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	899	22.0570  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	1,284	22.0757  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	55	22.1200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	254	22.1400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	376	22.0285  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	5,710	22.0586  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	108,000	22.2159  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:				28-May-24
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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