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				KEYWORDS STUDIOS PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				KEYWORDS STUDIOS PLC
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				10 Sep 2024
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal				NO
	trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
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:			2,340,940	2.91%	79,976	0.10%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			78,315	0.10%	2,323,778	2.89%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			2,419,255	3.01%	2,403,754	2.99%
(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)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Total number of		Highest price per unit	Lowest price per unit
security				securities		paid/received	paid/received
1p ordinary		Purchase		81,433		24.3400 GBP	24.2400 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		45,158		24.3200 GBP	24.2400 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		587	24.2765 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,231	24.2478 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,194	24.2540 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31	24.2597 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		483	24.2598 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		509	24.2600 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,738	24.2800 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,368	24.2602 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		55	24.2619 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		793	24.2674 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,964	24.2724 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,727	24.2769 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,313	24.2783 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,649	24.2800 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		7	24.2557 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,247	24.2678 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,022	24.2618 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,085	24.2619 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		188	24.2714 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		138	24.2839 GBP

(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates


(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit


(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						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:				11 Sep 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213