Keywords Studios PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (8240X)
02 May 2019 - 4:00PM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 8240X
Keywords Studios PLC
02 May 2019
02 May 2019
Keywords Studios plc
Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial
Responsibilities ("PDMRs") and Persons Closely Associated with
them
Keywords Studios plc, the international technical services
provider to the global video games industry, hereby notifies the
market that, on 2 May 2019, PEQ Holdings Ltd ("PEQ"), the holding
company of the founders of Keywords led by Giorgio Guastalla,
Non-Executive Director of Keywords, sold 500,000 shares in the
Company on the London Stock Exchange at a price of 1,540 pence per
share. This sale results in PEQ being interested in a total of
3,500,736 ordinary shares in the Company, representing 5.47% of the
64,023,398 ordinary shares in the Company currently in issue.
PEQ has agreed to lock-in arrangements in relation to the
balance of their Ordinary Shares of 180 days (subject to certain
customary exceptions*).
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
Giorgio Gustalla (through PEQ Holdings
Ltd)
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Non-Executive Director
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b) Initial notification Initial Notification
/Amendment
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3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a) Name Keywords Studios PLC
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b) LEI 2138007VR9ZYCWS7VE12
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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
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a) Description of the Ordinary shares of 1p each
financial instrument,
type of instrument ISIN: GB00BBQ38507
Identification code
b) Nature of the transaction Sales of Shares
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c) Price(s) and volume(s)
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Price(s) Volume(s)
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GBP15.40 500,000
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d) Aggregated information Price GBP15.40
Volume 500,000
- Aggregated volume
- Price
e) Date of the transaction 29 April 2019
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f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange (XLON)
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*and subject to waiver by the Company and Numis Securities
Limited
-ENDS-
For further information, please contact:
Keywords Studios (www.keywordsstudios.com)
Andrew Day, Chief Executive Officer
David Broderick, Chief Financial Officer
Giacomo Duranti, Chief Operating Officer +353 190 22 730
Numis (Financial Adviser)
Stuart Skinner / Kevin Cruickshank
(Nominated Adviser)
James Black / Tom Ballard (Corporate
Broker) 020 7260 1000
MHP Communications (Financial PR) 020 3128 8100
Katie Hunt / Ollie Hoare keywords@mhpc.com
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 50 facilities in 21 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 850 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, Epic Games 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
Rainbow Six Siege. Keywords Studios is listed on AIM, the London
Stock Exchange regulated market (KWS.L).
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