2 January 2024

Keywords Studios plc

("Keywords Studios", the "Company")

?Issue of Shares

Keywords Studios, the international provider of creative and technology-enabled solutions to the global video games and entertainment industries, today announces the issuance of 124,221 new ordinary shares to a vendor of Smoking Gun Interactive, Inc. ("Smoking Gun") in respect of the share element of contingent consideration due based on the performance of Smoking Gun in the first-year post completion.

Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the admission of these 124,221 new ordinary shares to trading on AIM.  Admission of the new shares is expected to take place at 8:00am on 5 January 2024.  

The Company's total issued share capital following admission will consist of 79,411,457 ordinary shares of one pence each with one voting right per share. There are 408,485 Ordinary Shares in the Company's Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT"), and the EBT has waived its right to exercise its voting rights and to receive dividends in respect of these Ordinary Shares.

Therefore, the number of Ordinary shares with voting rights following admission will be 79,002,972. This figure 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.

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About Keywords Studios (www.keywordsstudios.com)

Keywords Studios is an international provider of creative and technology-enabled solutions to the global video games and entertainment industries. Established in 1998, and now with over 70 facilities in 26 countries strategically located in Asia, Australia, the Americas, and Europe, it provides services across the entire content development life cycle through its Create, Globalize and Engage service lines to a large blue-chip client base across the globe.

Keywords Studios has a strong market position, providing services to 24 of the top 25 most prominent games companies. Across the games and entertainment industry, clients include Activision Blizzard, Bandai Namco, Bethesda, Electronic Arts, Epic Games, Konami, Microsoft, Netflix, Riot Games, Square Enix, Supercell, TakeTwo, Tencent and Ubisoft. Recent titles worked on include Elden Ring, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Valorant, League of Legends, Fortnite, Clash Royale and Doom Eternal. Keywords Studios is listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (KWS.L).