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21/10/2024 13:45

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RNS Number : 9926I  Keywords Studios PLC  21 October 2024

Keywords Studios PLC ("Keywords", "Keywords Studios" or the "Company")

21 October 2024

Directors' Shareholdings and PDMR notification

Keywords Studios, the global provider of creative and technology-enabled
solutions to the video games and entertainment industries, today announces
that following the High Court of England of Wales sanctioning the scheme of
arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 (which was posted to
shareholders of the Company on 29 July 2024) (the "Scheme") at the Sanction
Hearing (as defined in the Scheme) on 21 October 2024, Jon Hauck, a Company
director acquired ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company pursuant to awards
granted to him under the Keywords Studios Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP"),
detailed below. Keywords today announces that these awards have vested and, in
the case of LTIP awards, been exercised under the terms of the Company's LTIP
rules and the terms of an award agreement.

All shares acquired by the director are subject to an acquisition price of
£24.50 per share, as detailed in the Scheme document.

 Keywords Studios Share Plan   Shares  Price
 LTIP (September 2019 Award)   25,000  £0.01
 LTIP (September 2019 Award)   140     £0.01
 LTIP (May 2020 Award)         25,000  £0.01
 RSU (June 2021 Award)         544     £0.01
 RSU (September 2021 Award)    411     £0.01
 RSU (May 2022 Award)          1,707   £0.01
 LTIP (May 2022 Award)         35,586  £0.01
 LTIP (May 2023 Award)         45,215  £0.01
 RSU (October 2024 RSU Award)  76,528  £0.01

 

The notification below is made in accordance with the requirements of the EU
Market Abuse Regulation (596/2014) as retained in UK law pursuant to the
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("UK MAR").

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging
managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.

 1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
       associated

 a)    Name                                                Jon Hauck
 2     Reason for the notification

 a)    Position/status                                     Chief Operating Officer

 b)    Initial Notification/ Amendment                     Initial notification
 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
       platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 a)    Name                                                Keywords Studios PLC

 b)    LEI                                                 2138007VR9ZYCWS7VE12

 4     Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of
       instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each
       place where transactions have been conducted
 a)    Description of the financial instrument, type of    Ordinary shares of 1 pence each in Keywords Studios PLC (ISIN: GB00BBQ38507)

       instrument and identification code
 b)    Nature of the transaction                           Vesting and, in the case of LTIPs, the exercise of awards of shares under the
                                                           Keywords Studios Long Term Incentive Plan
 c)    Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)    Volume(s)
                                                           GBP 0.01    210,131

 

 d)    Aggregated information                              Aggregate volume of shares: 210,131

       - Aggregated volume                                 Aggregate price of shares: GBP 2,101.31

       - Price
 e)    Date of the transaction                             2024-10-21

 f)    Place of the transaction                            Outside a trading venue

 

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

Aggregate volume of shares: 210,131

Aggregate price of shares: GBP 2,101.31

 

e)

Date of the transaction

2024-10-21

 

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

 

Enquiries:

 

 Keywords Studios plc                                       via Deutsche Numis / Robey Warshaw
 Giles Blackham, Director of Investor Relations

 Deutsche Numis                                             +44 (0) 20 7260 1000
 Joint financial adviser, NOMAD and Joint corporate broker
 Stuart Skinner
 Alec Pratt
 William Baunton

 Alexander Kladov

 Robey Warshaw                                              +44 (0) 20 7317 3900
 Joint financial adviser
 Simon Robey
 Daniel Zumbuehl

 MHP Group                                                  +44 (0) 20 3128 8100
 Financial Communications                                   +44 (0) 7884 494 112
 Katie Hunt

 

 

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