RNS Number : 6507R
Barclays PLC
07 June 2024
 

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:

06 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:

583,403

0.73%

308,653

0.39%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

301,960

0.38%

569,980

0.71%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

885,363

1.11%

878,633

1.10%

 








(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

150278

22.0466  GBP

21.9600  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

99149

22.0488  GBP

21.9658  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

9

22.0402  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

279

22.0044  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

487

22.0272  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

519

22.0043  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

577

22.0101  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,711

22.0155  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

2,975

22.0225  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

12,931

22.0300  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

87,026

22.0400  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

281

21.9658  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

300

22.0200  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

456

22.0170  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

807

22.0400  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

359

22.0064  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

909

22.0063  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,413

22.0239  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,482

22.0238  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

12,931

22.0300  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

87,026

22.0400  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6

22.0200  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

37

22.0325  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

133

22.0442  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

375

22.0035  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,132

22.0015  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,500

21.9819  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,500

21.9888  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,500

22.0388  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,475

22.0292  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,814

22.0146  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,201

22.0262  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,204

22.0264  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,702

22.0180  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:

07 Jun 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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