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

Barclays PLC

02 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:			01 Jul 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:				1,393,958	1.74%	243,301	0.30%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				221,464	0.28%	1,382,983	1.73%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				1,615,422	2.02%	1,626,284	2.03%
(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	376881	23.2600  GBP	23.0115  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	90545	23.2600  GBP	23.0758  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	4,564	23.1303  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,428	23.1018  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	2,851	23.0800  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	173	23.0920  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	534	23.0986  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	2,755	23.1010  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	2,851	23.0800  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	95	23.1437  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,358	23.1040  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	51	23.0802  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	36	23.1078  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	551	23.1128  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	6,011	23.1315  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	14,431	23.1118  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	140,810	23.1215  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,760	23.1315  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	267	23.1118  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2	23.1150  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,612	23.1215  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	137	23.1315  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	612	23.0800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	16,914	23.0945  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	283	23.1020  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	115	23.1166  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	38,000	23.0115  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	144	23.0800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,613	23.1197  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	941	23.1200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	12,494	23.0954  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	481	23.1142  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	63	23.0758  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,031	23.0769  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	476	23.0898  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	32	23.0980  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	30,000	23.0958  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,438	23.0800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	8,800	23.0949  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	92,000	23.0115  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,786	23.1244  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:				02 Jul 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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