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

Barclays PLC

05 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:			04 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:				424,198	0.53%	306,738	0.38%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				300,843	0.38%	411,573	0.52%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				725,041	0.91%	718,311	0.90%
(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	26222	22.2402  GBP	21.8027  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	24015	22.0800  GBP	21.8025  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	Decreasing Long	200	22.2402  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	535	22.0430  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,251	22.0489  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	68	22.0600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	155	22.0800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	461	21.9867  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	873	21.9400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,485	22.1591  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,366	22.0000  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	190	21.8370  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	618	22.0348  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,490	22.0349  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,005	21.9520  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,107	21.9995  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	4,425	22.0677  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6	22.3600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	63	22.1742  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	100	22.1000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,376	21.9491  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,821	21.9974  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,821	21.9978  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,916	22.0637  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,361	22.0664  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:				05 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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