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

Barclays PLC

24 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:			21 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:				905,320	1.13%	337,471	0.42%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				327,015	0.41%	895,419	1.12%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				1,232,335	1.54%	1,232,890	1.54%
(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	261865	22.8000  GBP	22.2311  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	182354	22.6800  GBP	22.3672  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	748	22.5884  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	2,850	22.5938  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	16,185	22.3800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	56	22.5402  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,542	22.6414  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,832	22.6832  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	8,729	22.6535  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	80,349	22.3800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	60	22.5400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	83	22.5279  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	476	22.4892  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,995	22.5798  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,319	22.5193  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	104	22.5396  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	329	22.5529  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,237	22.5644  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,176	22.5641  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	80,349	22.3800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	23	22.4878  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	216	22.5800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	228	22.5731  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	682	22.5773  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,826	22.5377  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	9,141	22.6206  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	14,139	22.3800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	25,000	22.2311  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	50,000	22.5061  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:				24 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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