Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - Keywords Studios plc

Barclays PLC
14 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:

13 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:

640,110

0.80%

355,345

0.45%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

354,263

0.44%

632,298

0.79%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

994,373

1.25%

987,643

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

33199

21.5201  GBP

21.3589  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

31244

21.5178  GBP

21.2397  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

6,129

21.4626  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

767

21.4458  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

1,734

21.3600  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

2,968

21.4432  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

54

21.4202  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

412

21.5201  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,287

21.3601  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

2,708

21.4191  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2

21.7000  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

130

21.4400  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

139

21.4800  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

244

21.4271  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

549

21.3600  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,370

21.4522  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,694

21.3628  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,570

21.4849  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,159

21.4059  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,789

21.4472  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

5

21.4400  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

25

21.4598  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

220

21.3649  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

297

21.4333  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

686

21.4346  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,319

21.4650  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,468

21.2397  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,593

21.2398  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,214

21.3598  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,317

21.4651  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

46

21.4800  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

73

21.3814  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

200

21.4200  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,613

21.4738  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,868

21.3600  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,822

21.4841  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,000

21.3653  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:

14 Jun 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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