Issue of Shares

RNS Number : 0374R

Keywords Studios PLC

12 June 2018

 

12 June 2018

Keywords Studios plc ("Keywords", "the Group")

Issue of Shares

Keywords Studios, the international technical services provider to the global video games industry, announces that 513,189 new ordinary shares have been issued to the vendors of Mindwalk in respect of the non-contingent deferred share consideration due on the second anniversary of Mindwalk being acquired. Since acquisition the shares to be issued relating to Mindwalk have been fully represented in the reported earnings per share numbers through the basic and diluted weighted average denominators used. There is one further payment due to the vendors of Mindwalk of $0.5m which is deferred until the third anniversary post acquisition, which was 31 May 2016.

Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the admission of 513,189 new ordinary shares to trading on AIM. Admission of the new shares is expected to take place at 8:00am on 14 June 2018. The Company's total issued share capital following admission will consist of 63,557,635 ordinary shares of one pence each with one voting right per share. The above figure of 63,557,635 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company following admission.

For further information, please contact:

Keywords Studios (www.keywordsstudios.com) Andrew Day, Chief Executive Officer David Broderick, Chief Financial Officer	[phone]
Numis (Financial Adviser) Stuart Skinner / Kevin Cruickshank (Nominated Adviser) James Black / Tom Ballard (Corporate Broker)	020 7260 1000
MHP Communications (Financial PR) Katie Hunt / Ollie Hoare	020 3128 8771 [e-mail]

Certain information contained in this announcement would have constituted inside information (as defined by Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014) prior to its release as part of this announcement.

About Keywords Studios (www.keywordsstudios.com)

Keywords Studios is an international technical services provider to the global video games industry. Established in 1998, and now with over 40 facilities in 20 countries strategically located in Asia, the Americas and Europe, it provides integrated art creation, software engineering, testing, localisation, audio and customer care services across more than 50 languages and 16 games platforms to a blue-chip client base of approximately 650 clients across the globe.  It has a strong market position, providing services to 23 of the top 25 most prominent games companies, including Activision Blizzard, Bandai Namco, Bethesda, Electronic Arts, Konami, Riot Games, Sony, Square Enix, Supercell, TakeTwo, and Ubisoft. Recent titles worked on include Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Call of Duty: WWII, Mortal Combat X, Assassin's Creed Origins, Battlefield 1, League of Legends, Fortnite, Clash Royale, and Mobile Strike. Keywords Studios is listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (KWS.L).

 

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