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:

30 Aug 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:

2,384,724

2.96%

91,146

0.11%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

55,613

0.07%

2,280,021

2.83%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

2,440,337

3.03%

2,371,167

2.95%

(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

228549

24.2600 GBP

24.0648 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

226714

24.2709 GBP

24.1315 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product description

Nature of dealing

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

68,144

24.2593 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

63,435

24.2709 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

25,076

24.0648 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

186

24.1656 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

552

24.2218 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,500

24.2219 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,908

24.2301 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

938

24.1379 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

46,529

24.2600 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

45,192

24.2498 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

39

24.2593 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,624

24.1315 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

280

24.1850 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,645

24.2600 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,094

24.1641 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,522

24.1661 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,923

24.2500 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

26,733

24.2600 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

11,309

24.2327 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

526

24.1378 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

197

24.1673 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

24,700

24.2024 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,700

24.2349 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,137

24.2299 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,260

24.2600 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 Sep 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213