RNS Number : 4886A
Keywords Studios PLC
30 September 2020
 

30 September 2020

  

Keywords Studios plc ("Keywords Studios", "the Company")

 

     Issue of Shares

 

 

Keywords Studios, the international technical and creative services provider to the global video games industry, today announces that 68,608 new ordinary shares have been issued to the vendor of TV+SYNCRON Berlin GmbH ("TVS") in respect of the deferred share consideration due on the anniversary of TVS being acquired.  

 

Since the acquisition, the shares to be issued relating to TVS have been fully represented in the reported earnings per share numbers through the basic and diluted weighted average denominators used. 

 

Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the admission of 68,608 new ordinary shares to trading on AIM.  Admission of the new shares is expected to take place at 8:00am on 01 October 2020.  The Company's total issued share capital following admission will consist of 73,963,867 ordinary shares of one pence each with one voting right per share. The above figure of 73,963,867 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company following admission. 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

  Keywords Studios (www.keywordsstudios.com)

  Andrew Day, Chief Executive Officer

  Jon Hauck, Chief Financial Officer

  Joseph Quinn, Investor Relations

+353 190 22 730

 

  Numis Securities

  Stuart Skinner/Kevin Cruickshank/Will Baunton

 

020 7260 1000

 

  MHP Communications (Financial PR)

  Katie Hunt/James Midmer/Charles Hirst

 

 

020 3128 8193

keywords@mhpc.com

  

About Keywords Studios (www.keywordsstudios.com)

 

Keywords Studios is an international technical services provider to the global video games industry. Established in 1998, and now with 62 facilities in 21 countries strategically located in Asia, the Americas and Europe, it provides integrated art creation, marketing services, software engineering, testing, localization, audio and customer care services across more than 50 languages and 16 games platforms to a blue-chip client base of over 950 clients across the globe. 

Keywords Studios has a strong market position, providing services to 23 of the top 25 most prominent games companies, including Activision Blizzard, Bandai Namco, Bethesda, Electronic Arts, Konami, Microsoft, Riot Games, Square Enix, Supercell, TakeTwo, Epic Games and Ubisoft. Recent titles worked on include Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Anthem, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Valorant, League of Legends, Fortnite, Clash Royale and Doom Eternal. Keywords Studios is listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (KWS.L).

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