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

Barclays PLC

04 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:			03 Jun 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:				413,142	0.52%	297,889	0.37%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				291,994	0.37%	400,517	0.50%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				705,136	0.88%	698,406	0.88%
(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	80140	22.4300  GBP	22.2044  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	90908	22.4022  GBP	22.1400  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	11,403	22.3518  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	7	22.3830  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	8	22.3801  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	33	22.4199  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	279	22.2931  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	753	22.3404  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	959	22.2044  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	54,963	22.3600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	333	22.3463  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	461	22.3222  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,094	22.2550  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,454	22.2949  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,604	22.3017  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	440	22.3346  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,047	22.3342  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	6,615	22.3186  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	54,963	22.3600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	26	22.3200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	289	22.3793  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	370	22.2848  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,258	22.3600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,701	22.3596  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:				04 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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