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

Barclays PLC

01 July 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:			28 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:				1,043,291	1.31%	228,970	0.29%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				209,341	0.26%	1,032,316	1.29%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				1,252,632	1.57%	1,261,286	1.58%
(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	525153	23.1200  GBP	23.0000  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	354480	23.2000  GBP	22.9885  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 Short	23,538	23.0108  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	237	23.1199  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	404	23.0979  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	38,750	23.1200  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	531	23.1281  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	1,281	23.0515  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	1,976	23.0633  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	500	23.1000  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	2,956	23.1198  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	38,750	23.1200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	793	23.0875  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	401	23.1146  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	180	23.0963  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	42	23.0762  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	108,552	23.0840  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	95,305	23.0840  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	152,716	22.9885  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,280	23.0840  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	27,867	23.0547  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	748	23.0962  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,083	23.1000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	830	23.0000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	197	23.0109  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	30,015	23.0115  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	245	23.0624  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	750	23.0805  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	16,749	23.0846  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	17,131	23.1200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	5,980	23.0552  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	3,513	23.0800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	450	23.0875  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	143	23.0953  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	229	23.1147  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1	23.1181  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	64	23.1195  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	223	23.0888  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,933	23.1027  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,200	23.0004  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	15,000	23.0658  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	10,998	23.0474  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,778	23.0000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	71,872	23.0115  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,749	23.0805  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	13,183	23.0831  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	17,725	23.1200  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:				01 Jul 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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