Form8.5(EPT/NON-RI)KEYWORDS STUDIOS PLC Replace

Barclays PLC

08 August 2024

 

FORM 8.5 - Amendment to section 2A and 3B
Replaces form released on 10:44 26/07/2024
RNS Number :  0387Y
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:			25 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:				2,285,484	2.85%	200,443	0.25%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				147,342	0.17%	2,243,567	2.80%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				2,432,826	3.02%	2,444,010	3.05%
(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	44112	23.8645  GBP	23.7988  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	26001	23.8400  GBP	23.8095  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	48	23.8000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	4,547	23.8393  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	13,461	23.8095  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	11,801	23.8000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	1,660	23.8333  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	287	23.8379  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	886	23.8295  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	7,379	23.8299  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,305	23.8000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	8,573	23.8267  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	600	23.8481  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	487	23.8645  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	816	23.8379  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,534	23.8393  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	18	23.8026  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	106	23.8400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,699	23.8000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,020	23.8508  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:				08 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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