Keywords Studios Plc Regulatory News (KWS)

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)i

1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii:

Keywords Studios plc (Company No. 08548351)

1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)

Non-UK issuer

2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify)iii:

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv

Name

TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC on behalf of the accounts listed in Exhibit B.

Teachers Advisors, LLC on behalf of the fund

listed in Exhibit C.

Nuveen Asset Management, LLC on behalf of the account listed in Exhibit D.

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC - New York, USA

Teachers Advisors, LLC. - New York, USA

Nuveen Asset Management, LLC. - Chicago, USA

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v

Name

See Number 3.

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

See Number 3.

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:

3 January 2019

6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):

7 January 2019

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)

% of voting rights through financial instruments(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)

Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)

Total number of voting rights of issuervii

Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached

3.034%

0%

3.034%

63,779,193

Position of previous notification (if

applicable)

N/A

N/A

N/A

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

ISIN code (if possible)

Number of voting rightsix

% of voting rights

Direct

(Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)

Indirect

(Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)

Direct

(Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)

Indirect

(Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)

GB00BBQ38507

1,934,945

0%

3.034%

0%

SUBTOTAL 8. A

1,934,945

3.034%

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))

Type of financial instrument

Expirationdatex

Exercise/Conversion Periodxi

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is

exercised/converted.

% of voting rights

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

SUBTOTAL 8. B 1

N/A

N/A

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))

Type of financial instrument

Expirationdatex

Exercise/Conversion Period xi

Physical or cash

settlementxii

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

N/A

N/A

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the

applicable box with an "X")

Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuerxiii

X

Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv (please add additional rows as necessary)

Namexv

% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:

Name of the proxy holder

TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC/ Teachers Advisors, LLC/ Nuveen Asset Management, LLC

The number and % of voting rights held

N/A

The date until which the voting rights will be held

N/A

11. Additional informationxvi

The College Retirement Equities Fund ("CREF") hereby informs you that on January 3, 2019, Nuveen Asset Management, LLC ("NAM"), an affiliate of CREF, bought 26,175 shares of Keywords Studios plc bringing its total ownership to 419,536. It is our understanding the total voting shares outstanding of Keywords Studios plc is 63,779,193 thus bringing NAM's ownership percentage to a 0.658% level.

For your information, CREF is a U.S. based investment company, which is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). CREF has multiple investment accounts, each with separate investment objectives and policies. All assets in the accounts are beneficially owned by CREF, and all the accounts are managed by TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC ("TCIM"), an SEC registered investment adviser.

CREF owns 611,123 shares of Keywords Studios plc equivalent to a voting share ownership of 0.958% of Keywords Studios plc. CREF owns these shares through two of its investment accounts: the Global Equities Account and the Stock Account.

Additionally, a fund managed by an affiliate of CREF, Teachers Advisors, LLC ("TAL"), owns 904,286 shares of Keywords Studios plc equivalent to a 1.418% ownership of Keywords Studios plc. These holdings are owned by mutual funds which are investment portfolios of the TIAA-CREF Funds or the TIAA-CREF Life Funds (collectively, the "Funds"). The Funds are SEC registered investment companies and the Funds are managed by Teachers Advisors, LLC ("TAL"), an SEC registered investment adviser that is affiliated with TCIM.

A total of 1,934,945 shares or 3.034% of the outstanding voting shares of Keywords Studios plc are owned, in aggregate, by CREF and these affiliated funds and accounts. TAL and TCIM follow the same policies when voting on behalf of CREF and the Funds. Additionally, each of TAL, TCIM and NAM separately and independently vote all proxies for shares held in Keywords Studios pc. We are therefore aggregating the holdings in Keywords Studios plc as requested by the current FCA Disclosure and Transparency Rules for purposes of this form.

(See Exhibit A)

Place of completion

TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC, 730 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10017-3206 USA

Date of completion

7 January 2019

TIAA-CREF

Summary of Holdings in Keywords Studios plc

Between January 2, 2018 - January 3, 2019

TIAA-CREF Investment Management LLC ("CREF")

Teachers Advisors LLC

Aggregate Holdings

Global Equities Account

Stock Account

Total CREF Holdings

Total CREF %

TIAA-CREF International Opportunities Fund

Total Mutual Funds %

Total Holdings

Total %

Holdings as of January 2, 2018

577,276

33,847

611,123

0.958%

904,286

1.418%

1,515,409

2.376%

Transactions as of January 3, 2019

-

0.000%

-

0.000%

-

0.000%

Holdings as of January 3, 2019

577,276

33,847

611,123

0.958%

904,286

1.418%

1,515,409

2.376%

Total Voting Shares Outstanding

63,779,193

Nuveen Asset Management, LLC (NAM)

NAM

Total NAM Holdings

Total NAM%

Holdings as of January 2, 2018

393,361

393,361

0.617%

Transactions as of January 3, 2019

26,175

26,175

Holdings as of January 3, 2019

419,536

419,536

0.658%

Total Combined

Total Percentage

1,934,945

3.034%