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

Barclays PLC

07 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:			06 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:				583,403	0.73%	308,653	0.39%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				301,960	0.38%	569,980	0.71%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				885,363	1.11%	878,633	1.10%
(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	150278	22.0466  GBP	21.9600  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	99149	22.0488  GBP	21.9658  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	9	22.0402  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	279	22.0044  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	487	22.0272  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	519	22.0043  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	577	22.0101  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,711	22.0155  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	2,975	22.0225  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	12,931	22.0300  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	87,026	22.0400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	281	21.9658  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	300	22.0200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	456	22.0170  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	807	22.0400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	359	22.0064  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	909	22.0063  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,413	22.0239  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,482	22.0238  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	12,931	22.0300  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	87,026	22.0400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6	22.0200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	37	22.0325  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	133	22.0442  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	375	22.0035  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,132	22.0015  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,500	21.9819  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,500	21.9888  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,500	22.0388  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,475	22.0292  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,814	22.0146  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,201	22.0262  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,204	22.0264  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	14,702	22.0180  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:				07 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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