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

Barclays PLC

25 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:			24 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:				961,398	1.20%	342,741	0.43%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				331,485	0.42%	951,497	1.19%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				1,292,883	1.62%	1,294,238	1.62%
(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	164854	22.7113  GBP	22.3000  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	114046	22.5000  GBP	22.3000  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	8	22.3401  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	154	22.2801  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	190	22.3444  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	253	22.4049  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	542	22.3778  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	67,861	22.3800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	42	22.3200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	94	22.3914  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	700	22.2971  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	791	22.3747  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,790	22.3800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,442	22.3711  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,507	22.3628  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	139	22.3977  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	316	22.3764  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	344	22.3586  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	351	22.3984  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	986	22.3241  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	3,481	22.3727  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	67,861	22.3800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	320	22.3690  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	800	22.3801  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	998	22.3829  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,350	22.3799  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	30,000	22.7113  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	1,993	22.4047  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	9,457	22.3800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	11,450	22.3812  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	34,976	22.3967  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:				25 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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