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:			07 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:				592,160	0.74%	315,149	0.39%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				308,456	0.39%	578,737	0.73%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				900,616	1.13%	893,886	1.12%

(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	199570	21.9862 GBP	21.8200 GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	197309	22.0600 GBP	21.8779 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	23	21.8601 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	41	21.9601 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	185	21.8978 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	847	21.9731 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	104,944	21.9800 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	61	21.9600 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	432	21.9251 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	437	21.9243 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	445	21.9000 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,549	21.9752 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,729	21.9217 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,939	21.9800 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	144	21.9186 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	491	21.9425 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,183	21.9430 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,094	21.9356 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	3,680	21.9355 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	104,944	21.9800 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	13	22.1000 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	20	21.9802 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	125	21.8821 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	314	21.9674 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	447	21.9446 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,380	21.9221 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,396	21.8531 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,837	21.9194 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	11,817	21.9038 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:				10 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213