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

Barclays PLC

29 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:			28 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:				348,467	0.44%	277,060	0.35%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				272,124	0.34%	336,835	0.42%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				620,591	0.78%	613,895	0.77%
(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	14715	22.5400  GBP	22.1020  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	38631	22.5422  GBP	22.1030  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	13,741	22.2000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	41	22.3595  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	154	22.3977  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	399	22.4212  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	572	22.4334  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	621	22.3729  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	751	22.4957  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	1,880	22.5017  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	267	22.4307  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	429	22.4311  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	608	22.4927  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,138	22.3694  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,760	22.5000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	304	22.4750  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	365	22.3873  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	583	22.3618  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	608	22.4012  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	955	22.3792  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	956	22.3597  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,127	22.4992  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,201	22.3571  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	1,293	22.4103  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,544	22.3812  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,457	22.3568  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	3,940	22.5000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2	22.3600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	990	22.4622  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,201	22.4289  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:				29 May 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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