RNS Number : 6790R
Barclays PLC
07 June 2024
 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)  Amendment To Purchase

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:

20 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:

472,095

0.59%

433,183

0.55%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

406,809

0.51%

319,616

0.40%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

878,904

1.11%

752,799

0.95%

 








(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

857462

24.5122  GBP

22.8200  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

311092

24.1824  GBP

22.9831  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

Opening Long

17

23.6564  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

96

23.2594  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

339

23.3561  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

404

23.6953  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

415

23.5161  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

541

23.6768  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

564

23.6458  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

779

24.0402  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

781

23.8167  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

903

23.6926  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

1,458

22.8220  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

3,226

23.5975  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

3,249

23.4380  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

6,683

23.8073  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

10,464

23.7397  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

10,902

22.8874  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

11,627

23.8917  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

25,000

22.8218  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

33,968

23.4377  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

38,990

24.5122  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

43,156

24.0120  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

82,144

23.5136  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

121,552

23.8916  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

19

23.3000  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

33

23.1490  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

150

23.2888  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

252

23.2594  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

1,387

23.7691  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

1,994

23.8744  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

2,270

23.0212  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

4,402

23.6686  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

4,623

23.7157  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

5,202

23.7138  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

5,612

23.7541  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

5,957

23.7273  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

6,042

23.8003  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

6,268

22.8228  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

7,500

22.8257  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

8,820

23.7055  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

13,708

23.7081  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

57,761

23.6203  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

61,351

23.5908  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

125,000

23.4754  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

216,361

22.8200  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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