Keywords Studios PLC Exercise of options and Director/PDMR shareholding (8807O)
04 Giugno 2020 - 09:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMKWS
RNS Number : 8807O
Keywords Studios PLC
04 June 2020
4 June 2020
Keywords Studios plc
Exercise of options and Director/PDMR shareholding
Keywords Studios, the international technical services provider
to the global video games industry, today announces the exercise of
options due to expire over a total of 150,095 ordinary shares of 1
pence each in the Company by Andrew Day and sale of Ordinary
Shares, as detailed further below.
Andrew Day, Chief Executive Officer, yesterday exercised 150,095
options over Ordinary Shares dating from the time of the Company's
IPO in 2013. Of these 150,095 options, 86,593 were awards granted
on 8 July 2013 under the terms of the Company's long term incentive
plan ("LTIP") and were due to expire on 8 July 2020 and 63,502 were
awards granted on 12 July 2013 under the terms of the Company's EMI
stock option plan ("SOP") and were due to expire on 12 July 2020.
Mr Day has sold the shares issued to him pursuant to these LTIP and
SOP option exercises at a price of 1,770p per Ordinary Share, in
part to cover personal income tax and other liabilities arising
from the exercise of the options. As a result, Mr Day's interest in
the Company's share capital remains unchanged at 3,296,573 Ordinary
Shares, equivalent to 4.5 per cent. of the Company's issued share
capital. Following this exercise of options, Mr Day has 297,000
unexercised options over the Company's Ordinary Shares.
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 Andrew Day
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Chief Executive Officer
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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 Ordinary shares of 1p each
the financial
instrument, type ISIN: GB00BBQ38507
of instrument
Identification
code
b) Nature of the Exercise of options over 150,095
transaction Ordinary Shares
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c) Price(s) and volume(s)
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Price(s) Volume(s)
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Nil Priced 150,095
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d) Aggregated information
N/A
- Aggregated volume
- Price
e) Date of the transaction 3 June 2020
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f) Place of the transaction Outside a Trading Venue
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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 Andrew Day
-------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------
2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Chief Executive Officer
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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 Ordinary shares of 1p each
the financial
instrument, type ISIN: GB00BBQ38507
of instrument
Identification
code
b) Nature of the Sale of shares following exercise
transaction of options
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c) Price(s) and volume(s)
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Price(s) Volume(s)
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GBP17.70 150,095
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d) Aggregated information N/A
- Aggregated volume
- Price
e) Date of the transaction 3 June, 2020
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f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange (XLON)
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For further information, please contact:
Keywords Studios ( www.keywordsstudios.com
)
Andrew Day, Chief Executive Officer
Jon Hauck, Chief Financial Officer
Joseph Quinn, Investor Relations +353 190 22 730
Numis (Financial Adviser)
Stuart Skinner/Kevin Cruickshank
(Nominated Adviser)
James Black/Will Baunton (Corporate
Broker) 020 7260 1000
MHP Communications (Financial PR) 020 3128 8100
Katie Hunt/James Midmer/Charles keywords@mhpc.com
Hirst
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 59 facilities in 21 countries strategically located in Asia,
the Americas and Europe, it provides integrated art creation,
marketing services, software engineering, testing, localization,
audio and customer care services across more than 50 languages and
16 games platforms to a blue-chip client base of over 950 clients
across the globe.
Keywords Studios 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, Microsoft, Riot Games, Square Enix, Supercell,
TakeTwo, Epic Games and Ubisoft. Recent titles worked on include
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Mortal Combat X, Assassin's Creed
Odyssey, Borderlands 3, 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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