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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