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Keywords Studios PLC - Issue of Shares
9th May 2024, 13:36
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Keywords Studios PLC
09 May 2024
 

 9 May 2024

  

Keywords Studios plc

("Keywords Studios", the "Company")

 Issue of Shares

Keywords Studios, the global provider of creative and technology-enabled solutions to the video games and entertainment industries, today announces the issuance of 27,045 new ordinary shares to the senior management of Helpshift, Inc ("Helpshift") based on the performance of Helpshift in the first year since its acquisition.

Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the admission of these 27,045 new ordinary shares to trading on AIM.  Admission of the new shares is expected to take place at 8:00am on 15 May 2024.  

The Company's total issued share capital following admission will consist of 79,555,831 ordinary shares of one pence each with one voting right per share. There are 393,668 Ordinary Shares in the Company's Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT"), and the EBT has waived its right to exercise its voting rights and to receive dividends in respect of these Ordinary Shares.

Therefore, the number of Ordinary shares with voting rights following admission will be 79,162,163. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company following admission.

For further information, please contact:

Keywords Studios

Giles Blackham

Director of Investor Relations

+44 7714 134 681

gblackham@keywordsstudios.com

Deutsche Numis

Nomad & Joint Corporate Broker

Stuart Skinner / Will Baunton

+44 20 7260 1000

 

 

MHP Group

Financial Communications

Katie Hunt / Eleni Menikou / Charles Hirst

+44 7884 494 112 / +44 20 3128 8100

keywords@mhpgroup.com

Barclays

Joint Corporate Broker

Tom Macdonald / Stuart Jempson

+44 20 7029 8000

 

 

 

 

About Keywords Studios (www.keywordsstudios.com)

Keywords Studios is a global provider of creative and technology-enabled solutions to the video games and entertainment industries. Established in 1998, and now with over 70 facilities in 26 countries strategically located in Asia, Australia, the Americas, and Europe, it provides services across the entire content development life cycle through its Create, Globalize and Engage service lines to a large blue-chip client base across the globe.

Keywords Studios has a strong market position, providing services to 24 of the top 25 most prominent games companies and contributing to over 70% of the 2023 Game Awards winners. Across the games and entertainment industry, clients include Activision Blizzard, Bandai Namco, Bethesda, Electronic Arts, Epic Games, Konami, Microsoft, Netflix, Riot Games, Square Enix, Supercell, TakeTwo, Tencent and Ubisoft. Recent titles worked on include Starfield, Baldur's Gate 3, Diablo IV, Hogwarts Legacy, Elden Ring, Fortnite, Valorant, League of Legends and Clash Royale. Keywords Studios is listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (KWS.L).

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