Keywords Studios PLC Completion of the acquisition of Sunny Side Up (1691M)

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Keywords Studios PLC

04 January 2019

4 January 2019

Keywords Studios plc ("Keywords", "the Group")

Completion of the acquisition of Sunny Side Up

Further to the announcement on 21 December 2018, Keywords Studios, the international technical services provider to the global video games industry, today announces that it has completed the acquisition of Sunny Side Up Creative Inc from its founder, Thomas Giroux, after all of the conditions were fulfilled.

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Keywords Studios (www.keywordsstudios.com) 
 Andrew Day, Chief Executive Officer 
 David Broderick, Chief Financial Officer 
 Giacomo Duranti, Chief Operating Officer        [phone] 
 
  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                     [e-mail] 
 

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 20 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 650 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).

About Sunny Side Up (www.sunnysup.com)

Sunny Side Up is an award-winning creative agency and full-service trailer production studio formed by veterans from the video game industry. Founded in 2012 by Thomas Giroux in Quebec City, it worked on trailers and marketing content for games such as Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Rainbow Six Siege, EA's The Sims 4: Get Famous and Eidos' Shadow of the Tomb Raider.

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