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

Barclays PLC

27 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:			26 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:				1,033,942	1.29%	362,867	0.45%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				348,458	0.44%	991,308	1.24%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				1,382,400	1.73%	1,354,175	1.69%
(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	252009	21.9400  GBP	21.5000  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	216255	21.7761  GBP	21.4893  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	21	21.9402  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	26	21.8124  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	30	21.8400  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	148	21.8235  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	167	21.6355  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	279	21.8613  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	335	21.7972  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	4,690	21.8143  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	11,748	21.7458  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	38,985	21.7400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	31	21.7400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	791	21.7301  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	880	21.8041  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,923	21.5988  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,047	21.7534  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	7,675	21.7761  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	30,000	21.7469  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	35,000	21.4892  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	164	21.7842  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	341	21.7915  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,262	21.7659  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	1,269	21.7580  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,219	21.7662  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	38,985	21.7400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	160	21.7530  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	222	21.8684  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	306	21.7640  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,642	21.8021  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,216	21.7400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,876	21.7435  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,000	21.5475  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,909	21.8019  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,102	21.8050  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	7,645	21.6863  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	14,749	21.7876  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	38,052	21.8609  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	969	21.7779  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	18,346	21.7097  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	46,957	21.7400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	19,033	21.8027  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:				27 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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