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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:			30 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:				377,748	0.47%	300,538	0.38%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				295,602	0.37%	366,116	0.46%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				673,350	0.84%	666,654	0.84%
(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	46613	22.4600  GBP	22.3200  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	23413	22.4622  GBP	22.3211  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	2	22.5000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	65	22.4200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	127	22.4251  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	210	22.4600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	416	22.3789  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	826	22.3923  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	6,185	22.3800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	8,600	22.4312  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	217	22.3626  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	313	22.3505  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,232	22.3574  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	34	22.3600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	280	22.3944  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	488	22.3815  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	653	22.3947  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	734	22.3369  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	844	22.3687  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	920	22.4197  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	1,186	22.3731  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	3,215	22.3804  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	4,515	22.3682  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	21,400	22.4312  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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