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

Barclays PLC

13 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:			12 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:				638,601	0.80%	355,791	0.45%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				354,709	0.44%	630,789	0.79%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				993,310	1.24%	986,580	1.24%
(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	67748	21.6426  GBP	21.4200  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	41370	21.6023  GBP	21.3795  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	176	21.6458  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	222	21.6426  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	945	21.4858  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,608	21.6357  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	1,760	21.5192  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	4,550	21.6183  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	57	21.5600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	432	21.5552  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	648	21.3795  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	679	21.5000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,903	21.2776  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	167	21.4997  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	199	21.4909  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	392	21.5299  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	784	21.5366  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	926	21.5292  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	1,054	21.5370  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,638	21.5529  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,542	21.4700  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,881	21.5524  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	4,076	21.5347  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	12,647	21.4998  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	10	21.7200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	329	21.6293  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	503	21.6394  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	852	21.5900  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	8,626	21.5832  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	9,299	21.5635  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	12,209	21.5622  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	15,847	21.5688  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	2,283	21.5397  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	2,750	21.5481  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:				13 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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