![](https://tracker.live.rns-distribution.com/track.live-rns/5195879_d9353a075fe0b610698e373da828b7e4.png)
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 | KEYWORDS STUDIOS PLC | |||||
(c) | Name of the party to the offer with which exempt | KEYWORDS STUDIOS PLC | |||||
(d) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 22 May 2024 | |||||
(e) | In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal | 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: | 316,221 | 0.40% | 276,924 | 0.35% | |||
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: | 264,517 | 0.33% | 305,860 | 0.39% | |||
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||
| 580,738 | 0.73% | 582,784 | 0.74% | |||
| | | | | | | |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive options) | ||||||
Class of relevant security in relation to |
| ||||||
Details, including nature of the rights |
| ||||||
3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Purchase and sales |
| | | | | |
Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Total number of | Highest price per unit | Lowest price per unit | |||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 90571 | 23.0097 GBP | 22.0022 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | Sale | 71770 | 22.5540 GBP | 21.9995 GBP | |||
| | | | | | | |
(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions | ||||||
Class of | Product description | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 1,529 | 21.9995 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 233 | 22.1796 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 247 | 22.4105 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 406 | 22.2293 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 519 | 22.2476 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 606 | 22.3325 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 833 | 22.1546 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 869 | 22.2863 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 922 | 22.2864 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,219 | 22.2426 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,621 | 22.3940 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,842 | 22.3075 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,123 | 22.0008 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,394 | 22.0000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,001 | 22.0000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,603 | 22.1902 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 10,127 | 22.2608 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 18,201 | 22.3059 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 515 | 22.2812 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 1,043 | 22.2192 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,177 | 22.2820 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,372 | 22.1300 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1 | 22.0000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 97 | 22.4600 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 308 | 22.2702 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 624 | 22.1243 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,410 | 22.2592 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 10,000 | 22.1459 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 10,000 | 23.0097 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 18,670 | 22.2248 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 25,000 | 23.0097 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 2 | 22.0200 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 46 | 22.0845 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 331 | 22.2248 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 2,342 | 22.1841 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 2,519 | 22.3755 GBP | |||
| | | | | | | |
(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) | ||||||
(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying | ||||||
Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | | | | | | |
(ii) | Exercising |
| | | | | |
Class of relevant | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of | Exercise price per | |||
|
|
|
|
| |||
| | | | | | | |
(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) | ||||||
Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||
|
|
|
| ||||
4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements | ||||||
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, | |||||||
NONE | |||||||
(b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives | ||||||
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between | |||||||
NONE | |||||||
(c) | Attachments | ||||||
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 23 May 2024 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 |
RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy.