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

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:

22 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:

2,342,927

2.92%

217,827

0.27%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

161,856

0.20%

2,301,669

2.87%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

2,504,783

3.13%

2,519,496

3.14%

(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

232999

23.8808 GBP

23.8183 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

143052

23.8880 GBP

23.8192 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

711

23.8774 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

55

23.8498 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,107

23.8254 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,771

23.8275 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,821

23.8400 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

5,516

23.8354 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

6,773

23.8489 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

506

23.8448 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

460

23.8268 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

20,043

23.8412 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,796

23.8880 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

30,000

23.8319 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,796

23.8402 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,471

23.8808 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

63

23.8798 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

835

23.8401 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

868

23.8246 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,406

23.8447 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,047

23.8354 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,278

23.8880 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

70,000

23.8319 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,701

23.8365 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

965

23.8400 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:

23 Jul 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213