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	FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)- Amendment to section 2a ,3a and 3b
	Replaces form released on 11:15 01/07/2024
	RNS Number : 6124U

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:			28-Jun-24
(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:				1,093,291	1.37%	228,970	0.29%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				209,341	0.26%	1,082,316	1.35%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
				1,302,632	1.63%	1,311,286	1.64%

TOTAL:



(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	Purchase/sale	Total number of	Highest price per unit	Lowest price per unit

security		securities	paid/received	paid/received
1p ordinary	Purchase	575153	23.1200 GBP	23.0000 GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	354480	23.2000 GBP	22.9885 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of	Product description	Nature of dealing	Number of	Price per

relevant			reference	unit

security			securities
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	23,538	23.0108 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	237	23.1199 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	404	23.0979 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	38,750	23.1200 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	531	23.1281 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	1,281	23.0515 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	1,976	23.0633 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	500	23.1000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	2,956	23.1198 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	38,750	23.1200 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	793	23.0875 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	401	23.1146 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	180	23.0963 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	42	23.0762 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	108,552	23.0840 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	95,305	23.0840 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	152,716	22.9885 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,280	23.0840 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	27,867	23.0547 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	748	23.0962 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,083	23.1000 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	830	23.0000 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	197	23.0109 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	30,015	23.0115 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	245	23.0624 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	750	23.0805 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	16,749	23.0846 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	17,131	23.1200 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	5,980	23.0552 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	3,513	23.0800 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	450	23.0875 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	143	23.0953 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	229	23.1147 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1	23.1181 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	64	23.1195 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	223	23.0888 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,933	23.1027 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,200	23.0004 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	15,000	23.0658 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	10,998	23.0474 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,778	23.0000 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	71,872	23.0115 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,749	23.0805 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	13,183	23.0831 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	17,725	23.1200 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	35,000	23.0615 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	15,000	23.0615 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:				02-Jul-24
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213