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

Barclays PLC

03 June 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:			31 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:				416,888	0.52%	290,867	0.36%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				285,931	0.36%	405,222	0.51%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				702,819	0.88%	696,089	0.87%
(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	200848	22.3400  GBP	22.0984  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	152027	22.3411  GBP	22.1008  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 Long	92	22.1200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	192	22.2000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	392	22.1644  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	24,629	22.3400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2	22.3201  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	213	22.2449  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	490	22.1571  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	54,963	22.3400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	178	22.2585  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	466	22.2450  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,047	22.2406  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,637	22.2038  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	13,898	22.3355  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	19,606	22.3400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	129	22.1946  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	268	22.1934  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	296	22.1008  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	375	22.1163  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	537	22.1782  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	932	22.2034  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,283	22.1783  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	1,304	22.1684  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,901	22.2037  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	54,963	22.3400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	71	22.2599  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,500	22.1244  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,733	22.1875  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	75,000	22.2146  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	16	22.0000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	88	22.1497  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	229	22.2462  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	7,597	22.1779  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	30,000	22.2146  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:				03 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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