Date | Time | Source | Announcement |
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24 Oct 2017 | 11:30 AM | Proposed Acquisition of VMC | |
19 Oct 2017 | 07:00 AM | Acquisition | |
06 Oct 2017 | 01:07 PM | Total Voting Rights | |
27 Sep 2017 | 09:14 AM | Holding(s) in Company | |
19 Sep 2017 | 07:00 AM | Half-year Report | |
01 Sep 2017 | 07:00 AM | Directorate Change | |
31 Aug 2017 | 07:00 AM | Block Admission | |
25 Aug 2017 | 09:32 AM | Notice of Results | |
14 Aug 2017 | 07:00 AM | Issue of Shares | |
09 Aug 2017 | 04:30 PM | Holding(s) in Company | |
09 Aug 2017 | 08:56 AM | Holding(s) in Company | |
04 Aug 2017 | 07:00 AM | Acquisition | |
01 Aug 2017 | 03:58 PM | Holding(s) in Company | |
27 Jul 2017 | 07:00 AM | Half year trading update | |
23 Jun 2017 | 03:43 PM | Holding(s) in Company | |
14 Jun 2017 | 12:35 PM | Holding(s) in Company | |
13 Jun 2017 | 07:00 AM | Director/PDMR Shareholding | |
31 May 2017 | 07:00 AM | Director/PDMR Shareholding | |
26 May 2017 | 10:00 AM | Result of AGM | |
24 May 2017 | 07:00 AM | Sale of ordinary shares by Directors (the "Sale") | |
22 May 2017 | 07:00 AM | Acquisition | |
17 May 2017 | 07:00 AM | Acquisition of GameSim Inc. | |
10 May 2017 | 07:00 AM | Acquisition of XLOC Inc. | |
08 May 2017 | 10:53 AM | Holding(s) in Company | |
24 Apr 2017 | 03:46 PM | Notice of AGM | |
24 Apr 2017 | 09:41 AM | Holding(s) in Company | |
20 Apr 2017 | 05:47 PM | Holding(s) in Company | |
20 Apr 2017 | 08:37 AM | Holding(s) in Company | |
13 Apr 2017 | 07:00 AM | Issue of Shares | |
10 Apr 2017 | 08:27 AM | Holding(s) in Company | |
04 Apr 2017 | 07:00 AM | Final Results | |
17 Feb 2017 | 07:00 AM | Acquisition | |
09 Feb 2017 | 04:58 PM | Holding(s) in Company | |
08 Feb 2017 | 05:35 PM | Holding(s) in Company | |
08 Feb 2017 | 07:00 AM | Trading Statement | |
07 Feb 2017 | 01:54 PM | Holding(s) in Company | |
20 Jan 2017 | 04:18 PM | Holding(s) in Company | |
22 Dec 2016 | 12:50 PM | Acquisition | |
22 Dec 2016 | 10:29 AM | Holding(s) in Company | |
20 Dec 2016 | 10:02 AM | Holding(s) in Company | |
12 Dec 2016 | 05:34 PM | Holding(s) in Company | |
22 Nov 2016 | 10:52 AM | Holding(s) in Company | |
21 Nov 2016 | 06:18 PM | Holding(s) in Company | |
17 Nov 2016 | 03:26 PM | Holding(s) in Company | |
17 Nov 2016 | 07:00 AM | Acquisition | |
08 Nov 2016 | 07:00 AM | Capital Markets Event | |
07 Nov 2016 | 07:00 AM | Trading Update | |
28 Oct 2016 | 12:50 PM | Holding(s) in Company | |
26 Oct 2016 | 07:00 AM | Acquisition | |
14 Oct 2016 | 09:22 AM | Holding(s) in Company |
Keywords Studios plc is an Irish video game industry services company based in Leopardstown. Founded in 1998 by Giorgio Guastalla and Teresa Luppino, the company initially provided localisation services for business software before transitioning to the video game industry. Andrew Day replaced Guastalla as chief executive officer in 2009 and the company completed its initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange in 2013 under the ticker KWS. Since then, Keywords has acquired several other companies, including GameSim, D3T, Heavy Iron Studios, and High Voltage Software.
History
Giorgio Guastalla, an Italian-Irish businessman who had previously worked for Microsoft's Dublin office, founded Keywords Studios in 1998 with his wife, Teresa Luppino. The company was established in Leopardstown (a suburb of Dublin) under the name Keywords International and originally provided localisation services for business software. A regional office in Rome was established in 2001.
Keywords Studios is headquartered at Whelan House in the South County Business Park of Leopardstown. In September 2017, the company leased the entire ground floor and parts of the first and lower ground floor of Whelan House for €422,722. Italicatessen, a food import business founded by Guastalla and Luppino in 2002, provides catering services for Keywords Studios' headquarters. PEQ Holdings, a company 90%-owned by Guastalla, used to be the largest single shareholder in Keywords Studios at 6.3% of shares worth £58.1 million. As of 2022, Keywords Studios employs 11,141 people worldwide.