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 May 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:				347,748	0.44%	300,538	0.38%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				295,602	0.37%	336,116	0.42%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				643,350	0.81%	636,654	0.80%

(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	16613	22.4600 GBP	22.3200 GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	23413	22.4622 GBP	22.3211 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	2	22.5000 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	65	22.4200 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	127	22.4251 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	210	22.4600 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	416	22.3789 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	826	22.3923 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	6,185	22.3800 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	217	22.3626 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	313	22.3505 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,232	22.3574 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	34	22.3600 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	280	22.3944 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	488	22.3815 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	653	22.3947 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	734	22.3369 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	844	22.3687 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	920	22.4197 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	1,186	22.3731 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	3,215	22.3804 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	4,515	22.3682 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:				31 May 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213