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:

04 Jun 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:

424,198

0.53%

306,738

0.38%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

300,843

0.38%

411,573

0.52%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

725,041

0.91%

718,311

0.90%

(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

26222

22.2402 GBP

21.8027 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

24015

22.0800 GBP

21.8025 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

200

22.2402 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

535

22.0430 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,251

22.0489 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

68

22.0600 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

155

22.0800 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

461

21.9867 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

873

21.9400 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,485

22.1591 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,366

22.0000 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

190

21.8370 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

618

22.0348 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,490

22.0349 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,005

21.9520 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,107

21.9995 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,425

22.0677 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6

22.3600 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

63

22.1742 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

100

22.1000 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,376

21.9491 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,821

21.9974 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,821

21.9978 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,916

22.0637 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,361

22.0664 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:

05 Jun 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213