REG - Barclays PLC Gamma Communications - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC
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RNS Number : 5004G Barclays PLC 01 June 2026
FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN
EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS
(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Name of exempt principal trader: BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC
relevant securities this form relates:
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC
principal trader is connected
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 29 May 2026
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal NO
trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
2. POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or
offeree
to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
Class of relevant security: 0.25p ordinary
Interests Short Positions
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 1,395,219 1.54% 1,028,757 1.14%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 1,000,654 1.11% 1,395,218 1.54%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 2,395,873 2.65% 2,423,975 2.68%
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other
executive
options)
Class of relevant security in relation to
which subscription right exists
Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages:
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant Purchase/sale Total number of Highest price per unit Lowest price per unit
security securities paid/received paid/received
0.25p ordinary Purchase 147,547 9.6650 GBP 9.5170 GBP
0.25p ordinary Sale 192,660 9.9400 GBP 9.5825 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant description reference unit
security securities
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 951 9.6200 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,197 9.6195 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 94 9.6200 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 11,277 9.6200 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Closing Long 11,277 9.6200 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 157 9.6650 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 82 9.6267 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 329 9.6274 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,768 9.6200 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,866 9.6200 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,420 9.6200 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 266 9.6495 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 11,434 9.6242 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 112 9.6200 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,839 9.6190 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1 9.6150 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 350 9.6237 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,623 9.5166 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 306 9.6200 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2 9.9400 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 930 9.6335 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 346 9.6335 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Opening Short 300 9.5802 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 11,977 9.6190 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 2,075 9.6200 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 294 9.6495 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 768 9.6245 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 759 9.6195 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 94 9.6227 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 246 9.6227 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 690 9.6491 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 56 9.5949 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 775 9.6260 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 16,814 9.6208 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 112 9.6210 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 815 9.6210 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1 9.6051 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1 9.6182 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,110 9.6182 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1 9.6048 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 306 9.6182 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 659 9.6182 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2 9.6200 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Closing Long 168 9.6200 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 2 9.6200 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Closing Short 300 9.6346 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Opening Long 8,510 9.6346 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 697 9.6408 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 154 9.6210 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 625 9.6133 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 742 9.6427 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 378 9.6463 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 4,093 9.6237 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 503 9.6258 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 214 9.6400 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 119 9.6370 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,138 9.6280 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,060 9.6213 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 625 9.6100 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Closing Long 8,251 9.5950 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Opening Short 156 9.5950 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 647 9.6057 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,334 9.6121 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 876 9.6326 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 252 9.6191 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 8,794 9.6153 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 239 9.6104 GBP
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class Product Writing, Number Exercise Type Expiry Option
of description purchasing, of price date money
relevant selling, securities per unit paid/
security varying etc to which received
option per unit
relates
(ii) Exercising
Class of relevant Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of Exercise price per
security securities unit
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant Nature of Dealings Details Price per unit (if
security applicable)
4. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealings arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or
understanding,
formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement
to deal
or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the
disclosure and any party
to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
NONE
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal,
between
the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person
relating to:
(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant
securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO
Date of disclosure: 01 Jun 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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